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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2012
Mehul Shah, Vadodara, IN;
Harshini Ramnath Krishnan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Neel Goyal, Reston, VA (US);
Mehul Shah, Vadodara, IN;
Harshini Ramnath Krishnan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Neel Goyal, Reston, VA (US);
VERISIGN, INC., Reston, VA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for using a hidden audio signal. In one exemplary embodiment, the method includes registering, at a central database, one or more of an identifier and a destination resource associated with the identifier, and encoding the one or more of the identifier and the destination resource in a hidden audio signal. The method further includes transmitting the hidden audio signal, including the one or more of the identifier and the destination resource, in connection with an acoustic signal, and receiving the acoustic signal at a user device. In addition, the method includes decoding the encoded one or more of the identifier and the destination resource at the user device; and requesting, from the central database, information associated with the one or more of the identifier and the destination resource. Further, the method includes receiving, at the user device, the requested information.