System for providing a promotion at a point-of-sale terminal based upon an inaudible promotion signal and related methods
US10817908B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 23, 2015 |
| Grant date | Oct 27, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 25, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q30/0267
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system may include wireless broadcast receivers and a wireless broadcast station configured to broadcast a wireless signal causing each of the wireless broadcast receivers to generate an audible advertisement and an inaudible promotion signal associated therewith. The inaudible promotion signal may be for promotion subscribers. The system may also include a digital promotions network (DPN) device, and a mobile wireless communications device carried by a given subscriber and that may include a microphone, a wireless transceiver, and a processor cooperating with the microphone and the wireless transceiver to wirelessly send notification of the inaudible promotion signal to the DPN device based upon receiving the inaudible promotion signal from a proximate one the wireless broadcast receivers. The DPN device may provide, after receiving the notification of the inaudible promotion signal, the given subscriber with the promotion associated with the inaudible promotion signal at a point-of-sale (POS) terminal.
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