Patent ID: 6765997
Filing Date: 2004-07-20
Classification: G06Q,H04M

Abstract:
A method for providing one or more individuals with personalized information in an audible format, the method comprising:enabling one or more individuals to subscribe to at least one voice service that can output customized, personalized sound files to voice mail boxes for the one or more individuals, wherein the step of subscribing comprises at least receiving personalized information from the one or more individuals, presenting the one or more individuals with a plurality of style properties to be used in generating the personalized sound files, and registering style property selections from the one or more individuals; monitoring a scheduling condition, and when the scheduling condition is satisfied, executing the at least one voice service by: (a) accessing the personalized information for the one or more individuals; (b) generating personalized markup documents for the one or more individuals from the personalized information; (c) generating personalized sound files from the personalized markup documents in accordance with the registered style property selections; and, (d) delivering the personalized sound files to voice mail boxes for the one or more individuals.