Mobile Sharing: "Bezos Beep" Vs. Smartphone Bump 180
theodp writes "GeekWire wonders if the 'Bezos Beep' could replace the smartphone bump for mobile content sharing. A newly-published patent application listing Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos as sole inventor describes the use of audio signals to share content and communicate between devices, eliminating the need for NFC chips and facilitating the simultaneous sharing of content with multiple people via a remote server. From the patent application: 'For example, a first device can emit an encoded audio signal that can be received by any capable device within audio range of the device. Any device receiving the signal can decode the information included in the signal and obtain a location to access the content from that information.'"
Dang (Score:5, Funny)
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Actually it's talking about a broadcast medium, where any device within range can listen to the encoded signal.
Modem? They are trying to patent talking!
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Jeff just patented the 300 baud modem.
No, no, no! He said 'encode' and 'decode' rather than 'modulate' and 'demodulate', which makes this totally different. Plus, we all know that the patentability of an otherwise ridiculous claim can be magically restored by the addition of 'over the internet' or 'on a cellphone'. This patent includes both!
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they'll play it so loud, it Hertz!
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New form of urban terrorism: Ringtone trolling. Set your ringtone to loud, have it as the encoded URL to $ShockSite.
In the next generation of this technology, there will be a secure way of transmitting messages by moving the audio in a small tube connected to the other device.
Future developments may include sending audio messages to multiple devices across a network of interconnected tubes.
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