Communication systems and methods
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
InventorSimon Turner
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Abstract
A communication system includes a receiver for receiving an audio signal. The audio signal includes an embedded telephone number, and the system includes an output device for outputting the embedded telephone number. In a first embodiment, the output device is a short-range wireless transceiver, such as Bluetooth transceiver. In this embodiment, the receiver is a digital television receiver and the output device is a separate unit connected to the SCART socket of the receiver.
Claims18
A communication system comprising a receiver for receiving an audio signal, said audio signal including an embedded telephone number, and an output device for outputting said embedded telephone number.
A system according to any preceding claim, and further comprising a mobile device for receiving the embedded telephone number from the output device.
A communication method comprising receiving an audio signal, said audio signal including an embedded telephone number, and outputting said embedded telephone number.
A communication system comprising a multiplexer for receiving an audio signal and for embedding a telephone number in said audio signal, and a transmitter for transmitting said audio signal.
A communication method comprising multiplexing a received audio signal, embedding a telephone number in said audio signal, and transmitting said audio signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.