Customizable Delivery of Audio Information
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1. A method to customize delivery of audio content to one or more clients, said audio content derived from textual content obtained from one or more content providers, said method comprising the steps of:
- a. identifying textual content based on pre-stored content preferences or user content selections associated with a client;
b. receiving and disaggregating identified textual content into one or more content units based on predefined content classification;
c. automatically converting said disaggregated content units into one or more audio files based on audio preferences and audio format preferences; and
d. delivering said one or more audio files to said client in (a) based on at least delivery method preferences.
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Abstract
A system for delivering customized audio content to customers. A central processing site (120) is coupled with content providers (110) through a network (142). The central processing consists of a number of components, namely content classification system (200), user preference management (400), content conversion system (500), content delivery system (600), and user authentication (300).
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34 Claims
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1. A method to customize delivery of audio content to one or more clients, said audio content derived from textual content obtained from one or more content providers, said method comprising the steps of:
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a. identifying textual content based on pre-stored content preferences or user content selections associated with a client; b. receiving and disaggregating identified textual content into one or more content units based on predefined content classification; c. automatically converting said disaggregated content units into one or more audio files based on audio preferences and audio format preferences; and d. delivering said one or more audio files to said client in (a) based on at least delivery method preferences. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A central processing site to customize delivery of audio content to one or more clients, said audio content derived from textual content obtained from one or more content providers, said central processing site comprising:
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a) a user preferences management component storing at least the following preferences;
content preferences, delivery method preferences, audio preferences, and audio format preferences;b) a content classification component comprising a library storing content classifications and a storage storing textual content disaggregated into one or more content units based on said content classifications, wherein said textual content is identified based on said content preferences or user content selections associated with a client; c) a content conversion component automatically converting said disaggregated content units into one or more audio files based on said audio preferences and said audio format preferences; and d) a content delivery component delivering said one or more audio files to said client in (b) based on at least said delivery method preferences. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. An article of manufacture comprising a computer readable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein which implements a method to customize delivery of audio content to one or more clients, said audio content derived from textual content obtained from one or more content providers, said medium comprising:
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a. computer readable program code identifying textual content based on pre-stored content preferences or user content selections associated with a client; b. computer readable program code aiding in receiving said identified textual content; c. computer readable program code disaggregating said received textual content into one or more content units based on predefined content classification; d. computer readable program code automatically converting said disaggregated content units into one or more audio files based on audio preferences and audio format preferences; and e. computer readable program code aiding in delivering said one or more audio files to said client in (a) based on at least delivery method preferences.
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