SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INAUDIBLE CODES AND CORRESPONDING INFORMATION TO USERS VIA THEIR COMPUTING DEVICES

摘要

In accordance with embodiments of the invention, systems and methods are provided to facilitate the processing of inaudible codes in audio and audio/visual streams broadcast over television, radio, computer, or in piped music/muzak, for example, by computing devices, such as mobile devices and computers. The inaudible codes are associated with items of information provided by third parties, such as coupons, offers, advertising, explanatory information, etc. The mobile devices may be a smart phone, tablet, laptop computer, digital reader, etc. Codes and corresponding items may be provided to a computing device by a code/offer management system via a network, and stored by the computing device, upon the request of the respective device. When an inaudible code is received and identified by a respective device, it is compared to the stored codes and if there is a match, the corresponding offer may be identified and displayed or offered for display.

主权项

1. A system for providing information to a user via a user computing device, comprising:
a processing device; and a database to store codes and corresponding items of information to be provided to user computing devices; wherein the processing device is configured to: provide the codes and corresponding items of information to respective user computing devices via a network, to be stored in the respective user devices and to be selectively retrieved by a user in response to inaudible codes corresponding to respective items received by the respective computing device in an audio stream.