Patent ID: 7082422

Claim:
A method for providing interactive, real-time, voice transmission of output from a data query system, the method comprising: enabling at least one user to subscribe to and personalize at least one alert service, the at least one alert service comprising at least one query to be performed against a data query system; processing the at least one alert service for the at least one user; inititiaiting an outbound communication to a voice-enabled terminal device specified by the at least one user when one or more alert criteria specified for the at least one alert service are satisfied; delivering output from the at least one alert service to the voice-enabled terminal device during the outbound communication, wherein the output is presented from a personalized markup document generated for the at least one user; and enabling the at least one user to respond to the output in real-time, via the voice-enabled terminal device, during the outbound communication by responding to one or more prompts presented from the personalized markup document.