Audio-Based Wireless Device Pairing for Transport Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional wireless devices do not effectively integrate with transports to share data or communicate, limiting their ability to provide personalized services or suggestions to users based on their interests and preferences during travel.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus that utilize audio signals to pair wireless devices with transports, allowing them to communicate and determine user characteristics and probable routes based on search history, preferences, and route history, enabling intuitive interactions and personalized services.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If wireless devices operate independently without integration with transports, then device simplicity and ease of operation are maintained, but the ability to provide personalized services and communicate effectively with transports is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an audio signal as an intermediary medium to enable communication between wireless devices and transports. The transport system broadcasts audio identifiers that wireless devices can capture through their microphones, serving as a simple intermediary that bridges the gap between the two systems without requiring complex integrated hardware in either component.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent makes the wireless device's audio processing capabilities serve multiple functions: the microphone and audio processor used for standard audio tasks are also utilized to capture and process audio identifiers from transports. This multi-functional use of existing components enables transport integration without adding dedicated hardware complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If wireless devices integrate with transports to access user data and provide personalized services, then service personalization and user experience are improved, but data security and authentication complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary authentication by having the wireless device capture the audio identifier broadcast by the transport before any data exchange occurs. This pre-authentication step using the audio signal establishes a trusted connection, allowing subsequent personalized services to proceed without repeated complex authentication sequences.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where the transport broadcasts audio identifiers that wireless devices capture and use to retrieve user data. The system then provides feedback by delivering personalized content and services based on the user profile, creating a closed-loop system that continuously adapts to user preferences while maintaining security through the audio-based authentication feedback cycle.
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AI summary
A method, apparatus and non-transitory computer readable storage medium, in one embodiment, associating at least one wireless device and at least one user, requesting audio information from at least one remote source by the at least one wireless device, receiving the audio information from the remote source, broadcasting an audio identifier to the at least one wireless device, using the audio information, authenticating the association between the at least one wireless device and at least one transport, based on the audio information, determining at least one characteristic of the at least one user based on at least one of at least one user search history and at least one user preference selection and determining at least one probable route of the at least one transport based on the at least one characteristic and at least one of at least one route history and at least one input destination.