Patent ID: 8271107

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for controlling audio operation for data management and data rendering, the method comprising: retrieving, by an audio operation module, current speech characteristic of a user and context information comprising current device-state information and current geographical coordinates of a plurality of devices; selecting, by the audio operation module, a device from among said plurality of devices to be a selected device, the selection being based upon the current speech characteristic of the user and the context information, wherein the current device-state information indicates a power state of the selected device; selecting, by the audio operation module, one of a plurality of predetermined audio configurations for the selected device in dependence upon the current speech characteristic of the user and said context information; setting, by the audio operation module, audio operation of a data management and data rendering module to the selected predetermined audio configuration; and providing, by the data management and data rendering module, an audio presentation of synthesized data with the audio operation set to the selected predetermined audio configuration; wherein the synthesized data comprises data of disparate types that has been synthesized into data of a uniform data type, the data of disparate types comprising at least one of Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feed text, calendar information, and email text.