Method and system to produce customizable information guides based on individual customer preferences
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1. A method of producing customized information documents, the method comprising:
- recording a plurality of user preferences;
retrieving service provider information that is associated with a service host, a location, or a subject;
identifying a portion of the information that relates to the user preferences;
creating a custom information document using the identified portion of the service provider information; and
outputting the custom information document.
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Abstract
The present invention is used to create customized information guides. One aspect of the invention includes a questionnaire used by information-recipients to describe their preferences. User preferences along with available information about a specific location are used to automatically create a personalized information guide. By presenting the user with a questionnaire, the task of acquiring information about the services available from a specific location is greatly simplified.
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55 Claims
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1. A method of producing customized information documents, the method comprising:
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recording a plurality of user preferences;
retrieving service provider information that is associated with a service host, a location, or a subject;
identifying a portion of the information that relates to the user preferences;
creating a custom information document using the identified portion of the service provider information; and
outputting the custom information document. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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29. A method providing formatted service provider information, comprising:
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generating a questionnaire with a plurality of questions, with each question having one or more potential answers;
associating at least one reference to service provider information with each potential answer;
receiving answers to the questionnaire;
generating an answer list comprising the associated references to the received answers;
retrieving service provider information for at least one of the references in the answer list;
formatting the service provider information in a layout suitable for printing or viewing; and
outputting the formatted service provider information to an output device.
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50. A system to produce customized information documents, comprising:
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means for storing service provider information that describes one or more aspects of a service provider;
means for inputting a set of user preferences;
means for associating selecting information content, wherein the information content that is selected is based at least in part upon the input user preferences;
means for storing layout information;
means for formatting the selected information content with the layout information in the form of a guide suitable for printing or viewing in a plurality of media; and
means for outputting the guide to an output device. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52, 53, 54)
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55. A program storage device storing instructions that when executed perform the method comprising:
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recording a plurality of user preferences;
retrieving service provider information that is associated with a service host, a location, or a subject;
identifying a portion of the information that relates to the user preferences;
creating a custom information document using the identified portion of the service provider information; and
outputting the custom information document.
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