Patent ID: 8577346

Claim:
A method for receiving a promotion at a mobile device, the method comprising executing computer-executable instructions performed by one or more processors for: receiving, by a microphone associated with a mobile device from a tone transmission device, an information carrying tone, wherein the information carrying tone comprises at least one location identifier associated with stored promotion information for the promotion; processing, by a tone processing application executed by the mobile device, the information carrying tone to extract the at least one location identifier; transmitting, by the mobile device to an information source utilizing the extracted at least one location identifier, an indication responsive to receiving the information carrying tone; transmitting, by the mobile device to the information source, confirmation data indicating that an operator of the mobile device has perceived selected content associated with an event tied to the promotion, wherein the confirmation data facilitates the activation of the promotion, and the confirmation data comprises a unique code or identifier; and receiving, by the mobile device based at least in part upon the information source processing the indication and the confirmation data, the promotion.