Patent ID: 9020415
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: H04H

Abstract:
1. A method for awarding incentives, the method comprising: receiving, by a server, audio signals record ed by a user device over a communication network; receiving, by the server, audio signals from a plurality of broadcast channels over the communication network; comparing, by a processor in the server, the audio signals received from the user device and the audio signals received from the plurality of broadcast channels; determining, by the processor, based on the act of comparing, that the audio signals from the user device correspond to audio signals broadcast on a particular one of the plurality of broadcast channels; processing, by the processor, schedule information to determine a program currently being broadcast on the particular broadcast channel; and in response to the act of processing, automatically awarding, by the processor, at least one incentive to a user of the user device for perceiving the program currently being broadcast.