Patent ID: 7623668

Claim:
An audio alert system, comprising: a customizable audio alert; a device configured to detect an occurrence of an audio alert triggering event, the device comprising an emitter for emitting one or more iterations of the audio alert; and the device further comprising a data structure for relating the audio alert triggering event to the audio alert; wherein the device modulates the audio alert according to retail information associated with the audio alert triggering event in order to generate the iterations, the audio alert triggering event comprising at least one of: the device being within a predetermined proximity of a selected type of retail store; an availability of a selected retail item at a predetermined price range; or an availability of relative price data about the selected retail item; wherein the device is activated to receive the retail information for a product from a particular retail store by pointing the device toward the particular retail store; and wherein when the audio alert triggering event occurs, the data structure causes the device to emit the modulated audio alert associated with the audio alert triggering event.