Patent ID: 6788768
Filing Date: 2004-09-07
Classification: G06Q,H04M

Abstract:
A method for providing personalized, interactive real-time transmissions of book information to one or more users, the method comprising the steps of:(a) creating at least one service to which a user can subscribe to enable personalized book information to be selectively output to the user; (b) enabling the user to subscribe to the at least one service, and provide user information and identify information about books of interest to the user, and to specify how book information personalized for the user is to be output to the user; (c) processing the at least one service to identify at least one book of interest to the user; (d) generating personalized content relating to the at least one book, wherein the personalized content includes information about the at least one book and user inputs to enable the user to interact with the personalized content; (e) initiating communication with the user to deliver the personalized content to a user-specified device when a predetermined condition has been met, wherein the predetermined condition comprises a triggering event which further comprises at least one of publication of a new book from a favorite author, publication of a reprint of a book, publication of a book in paperback, or a reduction in price of a book; and (f) receiving instructions from the user in response to the delivery of the personalized content.