Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for determining co-location of services using a device that generates an audio signal
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Application No.: US15224108Application Date: 2016-07-29
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Publication No.: US09641980B2Publication Date: 2017-05-02
- Inventor: Lampros Kalampoukas , Ashish Chordia , Raghu Srinivas Kodige
- Applicant: Alphonso Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Carlos
- Assignee: Alphonso Inc.
- Current Assignee: Alphonso Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Carlos
- Agency: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP
- Main IPC: H04W4/02
- IPC: H04W4/02 ; G10L19/018 ; G06F17/30

Abstract:
An audio signature is generated by a user device by generating an audio signal indicative of the user device, outputting the audio signal indicative of the user device through a speaker of the user device, using a microphone of the user device to sense audio, generating an audio signature of the audio sensed by the microphone in the user device, and transmitting the audio signature from the user device to a communication channel. The audio signal may be used by another user device which generates its own audio signature, and which can be compared to the audio signature of the user device that originally generated the audio signal to determine if the user devices are co-located.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160337803A1 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING CO-LOCATION OF SERVICES Public/Granted day:2016-11-17
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