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Active user registry

  • US 6,546,005 B1
  • Filed: 03/25/1997
  • Issued: 04/08/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/25/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An active user registry system responsive to a request for communications contact information corresponding to a user, comprising:

  • a. a computer;

    b. a database, linked to the computer, containing communications information for contacting the user including a user identifier, a plurality of communications addresses and information corresponding to the user'"'"'s preferred communications options;

    c. a voice interface for enabling interaction with, and control and management of, the system from any available voice-compatible communication interface; and

    D. a cache coupled to the database for storing information, for a particular subscriber, corresponding to an entry point to communications information for contacting the user stored in the database, the information stored in the cache for a particular subscriber is updated in accordance with a pattern of communications options utilized over time by the subscriber upon access to the database;

    wherein the system determines a communications address for contacting the user by brokering a communication in accordance with a comparison between a communications option accompanying the request and the user'"'"'s preferred communications option.

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