METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUDIO COMMUNICATION OF INFORMATION

摘要

A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a controller configured to obtain information associated with media content, to generate a first group of tones representative of the information associated with the media content, and to generate a media stream comprising the media content and the first group of tones; and a communication interface configured to transmit the media stream to a media device whereby the media device presents the media content and a sequence of tones, where the sequence of tones is generated based at least in part on the first group of tones, where the first group of tones comprises high frequency tones and low frequency tones, and where one of the high and low frequency tones represents a binary one and the other of the high and low frequency tones represents a binary zero. Other embodiments are disclosed.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
generating, by a system including a processor, a media stream that includes audio content and a first group of tones, wherein the first group of tones represents first information associated with the audio content; and transmitting, by the system over a network, the media stream to a media device to enable the media device to add a second group of tones to the audio content and the first group of tones and to enable the media device to present the audio content, the first group of tones and the second group of tones, wherein the first and second groups of tones comprise high frequency tones and low frequency tones, wherein one of the high and low frequency tones represents a binary one and the other of the high and low frequency tones represents a binary zero, wherein the second group of tones represents second information associated with the media device, and wherein the audio content and the first and second group of tones are recordable by a communication device, that is separate from the media device, to enable the communication device to determine the first information based on the first group of tones and to enable the communication device to determine the second information based on the second group of tones.