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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018
Filed:
May. 15, 2015
Applicant:
Aintu Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Arthur Vaysman, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Aintu Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/00 (2012.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); G06Q 20/32 (2012.01); G06Q 20/38 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/0257 (2013.01); G06Q 20/327 (2013.01); G06Q 20/387 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0207 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for redeeming a coupon using a mobile device is disclosed. The method comprises allowing a user to select the coupon; accessing at least one melody stored in a memory of the mobile device; passing a coupon identifier for the coupon and the at least one melody to an encoder component of the mobile device encoding the coupon identifier and the melody by the encoder component to generate a signal for transmission; and transmitting said signal through a speaker of said mobile device for reception through a microphone of a receiving mobile device.