Audio Signal Triggering for Interactive Communication
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional methods for initiating interaction between potential clients and marketing systems often introduce latency and extra work, as they rely on traditional digital media that can be inefficient and labor-intensive.
Innovation Solution
A communication appliance and method that captures and interprets audio signals as code, allowing for automatic initiation of interaction between clients and marketing sources, reducing latency and workload by using a processor, data store, display screen, interface, and software to recognize trigger signals and initiate actions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If traditional digital media (email, web banners, telephony) are used to contact potential consumers, then proactive contact can be made, but latency and extra work are introduced for the client
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical/digital media-based interaction initiation (email, web banners, telephony) with an acoustic field-based system. Audio signals containing encoded information are transmitted through the acoustic medium, allowing clients to receive and process information passively through their audio devices, thereby eliminating the need for active engagement with traditional digital media and reducing latency.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an audio signal as an intermediary carrier of information. Instead of direct digital communication requiring client action, the system embeds encoded information within audio signals that can be passively received and automatically processed by the client's device, serving as a mediator that bridges the marketing system and the client without requiring active participation from the client.
2Productivity
If traditional digital media are used for proactive contact, then marketing information can be delivered, but extra work and task intensity are imposed on potential consumers
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables the client's device to automatically process and act upon the information contained in audio signals without requiring manual intervention. The system embeds executable instructions or links within the audio signals that are automatically recognized and processed by the client's device, allowing the marketing system to self-serve the client without imposing additional workload.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical interaction required by traditional digital media (clicking, reading, navigating) with an automated acoustic-based system. The audio signals contain encoded information that is automatically decoded and processed by the client's device, eliminating the need for manual tasks and reducing client workload while maintaining marketing effectiveness.
3Extent of automation
If audio signals are used to convey code, then automatic interaction initiation is achieved, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent leverages the existing audio output capabilities of common client devices (smartphones, computers, audio players) to convey encoded information. By using a medium that is already universally supported by client hardware and software, the system avoids requiring specialized equipment or complex additional components, thereby achieving automatic interaction initiation without proportionally increasing system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent embeds encoded information within audio signals that can be played through standard audio devices. Instead of requiring a specialized communication channel, the system uses the existing audio output function of client devices, effectively copying the information transmission function onto a already-present and universally supported medium, thus avoiding additional complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
A communication appliance has a processor, a data store, a display screen, an interface to a wireless network, a microphone, and software executable from a machine-readable physical medium, wherein the software provides a function for comparing incoming audio signals with signals stored in the data store as trigger signals, and a function for initiating an action or sequence of actions in response to recognizing an incoming signal as a trigger signal.