Patent ID: 8374639
Filing Date: 2013-02-12
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. An enhanced services platform said platform comprising: an interface for receiving a communication from a user requesting a desired data; a response module for parsing said communication and retrieving said desired data, said enhanced services platform configured to arrange said desired data into a response message that is sent to said user; and a user identifier database module configured to store information about said users in a user profile, said user profile including at least a preferences field and a corresponding preference value field identifying relative values for each of a plurality of user preferences stored in said preference field, wherein said information in said preferences fields is generated by a combination of direct user settings of preferences and derived preferences based on said user's history, said relative values in corresponding preference value field being changeable by direct action by said user, and wherein when a preference having a higher ranking in said preference value field is not available, a second preference having a lower ranking in said preference value field is utilized.