Patent Document ID: 7991129
Application ID: 10954387

Base Claim:
1. A method for providing a service for delivering information over a communications network, comprising: maintaining a record identifiable by data representing a user, the record containing user defined voice preferences for delivering information in one of a plurality of automated voices, each of said user defined voice preferences being associated with one or more different services, aspects of a service or combination of services and aspects of a service respectively; receiving a call from the user, along with the data representing said user, through the communications network, the call including a request for the service for delivering selected information; determining the selected information in response to the request; retrieving the record based at least on the received data representing said user; determining from the record an automated voice preference associated with the requested service; and generating an automated voice in accordance with the voice preference assigned by said use to deliver the selected information from said service.

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Claim 5:
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the characteristics of the information being delivered is a function of the service.