Patent Document ID: 8332741
Application ID: 12330006

Base Claim:
1. A method for providing an on-demand narration of a story comprising: receiving, by a server via a network, a request for a customized story from a user device; receiving personalization information relating to a user associated with the user device; receiving localization information relating to a current location of the user device; generating, by the server, the customized story based on the personalization information and the localization information, the customized story comprising a plot and at least one character; and effecting an audible narration of the customized story over the network to the user device by: selecting, by the server, a human reader from a plurality of human readers; and sending, by the server, the customized story to a computer associated with the human reader, wherein the human reader audibly narrates the customized story in real-time over the network to the user device.

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Claim 4:
4. The method of claim 1 further comprising identifying a first advertiser associated with the customized story, and wherein generating the customized story based on the personalization information and the localization information further comprises generating the customized story based on the personalization information, the localization information, and information associated with the first advertiser.