Audio request interaction system
AssigneeRadiant Systems, Inc.
InventorsMichael C. Finley, Michael Dudgeon, Lehman Zellosis Smith, IV, John Wade, David Griffin, David Edward McCaw, Jr., James Lee Fortuna
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Abstract
A person can use a portable electronic device to electronically purchase or otherwise request a product, service or other deliverable related to audio programming to which the person is listening at the time they initiate the request. The request is fulfilled by a service that analyzes the audio content to identify the deliverable the person desires.
Claims6
A system for conducting a transaction between a person and a remote service, comprising:
- an electronic device operable by said person, comprising:
- a housing;
- a microphone for recording audio;
- a request input accessible to said person on said housing;
- a wireless modem circuit integral to said housing for communicating with a network;
- a processor programmed to include:
- a sampling task continuously directing recording of the audio on a first-in-first-out (FIFO) basis, providing a continually updated fixed interval of audio recording;
- a request handling task ascertaining a readiness state for a purchase request by interacting with said sampling task in response to activation of said request input, said request handling task moving sampling data into a transaction queue to transmit a consumer request;
- and
- a buy task continuously awaiting creation of a transaction queue record and, finding said record, initiating a remote connection to said processor host service and creating a communication record including request data and said recorded signal sample;
- and
- said remote service at a location remote from said person comprising:
- a detector detecting said request;
- a matcher matching said content to said deliverable to identify said deliverable in response to said request;
- and
- a deliverable controller controlling delivery of said deliverable to said person.
A system for conducting a transaction between a person and a remote service, comprising:
- an electronic device operable by said person, comprising:
- a housing;
- a microphone for recording audio;
- a request input accessible to said person on said housing;
- a wireless modem circuit integral to said housing for communicating with a network;
- a clock circuit;
- a radio receiver;
- a processor programmed to include:
- a sampling task continuously directing recording of the audio on a first-in-first-out (FIFO) basis, providing a continually updated fixed interval of audio recording;
- a request handling task ascertaining a readiness state for a purchase request by interacting with said sampling task in response to activation of said request input, said request handling task moving sampling data into a transaction queue to transmit a consumer request;
- and
- a buy task continuously awaiting creation of a transaction queue record and, finding said record, initiating a remote connection to said processor host service and creating a communication record including request data and said recorded signal sample;
- and wherein said processor scans a predetermined range of broadcast frequencies and compares said signals from sampling task to signals received by said radio receiver to determine and fix a match between them;
- and
- said remote service at a location remote from said person comprising:
- a detector detecting said request;
- a matcher matching said content to said deliverable to identify said deliverable in response to said request;
- and
- a deliverable controller controlling delivery of said deliverable to said person.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.