Mobile device self-identification system
AssigneeeBay Inc.
InventorsNikhil Vijay Thaker, Kamal Zamer, Jeremiah Joseph Akin, Joseph Vernon Paulson, IV, Praveen Nuthulapati, Jayasree Mekala
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Abstract
Techniques for locating and identifying mobile devices are described. According to various embodiments, an ambient sound signal may be detected using a microphone of a mobile device. Thereafter, it may be determined that the ambient sound signal corresponds to a predefined user query for assistance in locating the mobile device. For the, a predefined response sound corresponding to the predefined user query may be emitted, using a speaker of the mobile device.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- detecting, using a microphone of a mobile device, an ambient sound signal;
- determining that the ambient sound signal corresponds to a predefined user query for assistance in locating the mobile device;
- and
- emitting, using a speaker of the mobile device, a predefined response sound corresponding to the predefined user query.
A apparatus comprising:
- a microphone configured to detect an ambient sound signal;
- a determination module configured to determine that the ambient sound signal corresponds to a predefined user query for assistance in locating a mobile device;
- and
- a speaker module configured to emit a predefined response sound corresponding to the predefined user query.
A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium having embodied thereon instructions executable by one or more machines to perform operations comprising:
- detecting, using a microphone of a mobile device, an ambient sound signal;
- determining that the ambient sound signal corresponds to a predefined user query for assistance in locating the mobile device;
- and
- emitting, using a speaker of the mobile device, a predefined response sound corresponding to the predefined user query.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.