Patent ID: 7817785

Claim:
A method for delivering audio announcements, comprising: (a) receiving an announcement package by a telephone, the announcement package comprising a first package identity, a package update time, and one or more announcement items, and each announcement item comprising a first item identity and an audio data; (b) receiving an update by the telephone, the update comprising a second package identity, an updated package update time, and one or more updated announcement items, and each updated announcement item comprising a second item identity and an updated audio data; (c) determining by the telephone if the second package identity matches the first package identity; (d) if the second package identity matches the first package identity, updating by the telephone the announcement package, wherein the updating comprises: (d1) updating by the telephone the package update time with the updated package update time; (d2) for each updated announcement item, determining by the telephone if the second item identity matches the first item identity of any of the one or more announcement items; and (d3) for the announcement item with the first item identity matching the second item identity, updating by the telephone the audio data of the matching announcement item with the updated audio data; and (e) sending the updated announcement package to an audio player.