Patent ID: 11929789
Assignee: THE TONE KNOWS, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method for communicating data with a tone-emitting device comprising:
receiving, by a tone-determining computing device of the tone-emitting device, data related to a characteristic of an object, wherein the object includes a visitor in a medical facility and wherein the characteristic includes an identity of the visitor, a location of where the visitor is to be, facility access for the visitor, and medical details of the visitor;
encoding, by the tone-determining computing device, a first inaudible tone that includes a first pair of non-naturally occurring frequencies and represents at least a portion of the medical details of the visitor, the location of the visitor, and the identity of the visitor;
encoding, by the tone-determining computing device, a second inaudible tone that includes a second pair of non-naturally occurring frequencies and represents data related to the identity of the visitor, the location of where the visitor is to be and the facility access for the visitor;
sending first instructions by the tone-determining computing device, to a tone-emitting speaker of the tone-emitting device for outputting the first inaudible tone and the second inaudible tone, wherein the first inaudible tone is sent in response to receiving a user input to broadcast the medical data of the visitor and is received by a mobile communication device of a medical professional, wherein the mobile communication device must authenticate to receive access to a portion of the data for which the communication device or user of the communication device is authorized to receive, and wherein upon authenticating, the communication device decodes the portion of the data for which the communication device or user of the communication device is authorized to receive, wherein in response to the medical professional not being able to authenticate, denying access to the medical data to the medical professional and providing a message to the medical professional that access to the medical data is denied; and
sending second instructions by the tone-determining computing device, to a tone-emitting speaker of the tone-emitting device for outputting the second inaudible tone, wherein the second inaudible tone is received by a stationary device that determines whether, based on the characteristic, the visitor is granted access to a portion of the facility, and wherein the second inaudible tone changes, based on a location of the visitor.