Patent ID: 6807574
Filing Date: 2004-10-19
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04M

Abstract:
A method of using a telephone identifying information to present information over a telephone interface using a first computer, the method comprising:modifying a user profile on the first computer over an Internet using a second computer with a web interface to the first computer, the user profile including at least one topic; associating the user profile with at least one telephone identifying information; receiving the telephone identifying information on the first computer from the telephone interface; identifying a corresponding user profile having an associated at least one telephone identifying information matching the telephone identifying information; using the first computer to present content relating to the at least one topic included in the corresponding user profile over the telephone interface; including a record of actions in the user profile; using the first computer to present a suggestion for updating the user profile over the telephone interface based on the record of actions, the suggestion comprising at least one of a second topic and a sub-topic of the at least one topic; receiving a response to the suggestion; and adding the second topic or the sub-topic to the user profile according to the response to the suggestion, wherein topics and sub-topics in the user profile are user-selectable, and wherein the first computer presents content relating to a topic or sub-topic in the user profile over the telephone interface in response to user-selection of a topic or sub-topic in the user profile.