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Voice interaction to instruct a user to effect a transaction while avoiding repeated transmission of a previously transmitted voice message

  • US 6,965,665 B2
  • Filed: 02/12/2004
  • Issued: 11/15/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/16/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for instructing a user to effect a transaction, the method comprising:

  • (1) receiving user location information at a computer system via a network transmission from a location device;

    (2) the computer system determining if the location device is within a predetermined traveling distance from a predetermined location;

    (3) upon determining that one or more conditions are satisfied including a condition that the location device is within said predetermined traveling distance from said predetermined location, the computer system performing a network transmission of a voice message to the user, the voice message comprising instructions to the user to effect a transaction at the predetermined location;

    wherein determining that one or more conditions are satisfied comprises determining if a first message regarding the predetermined location has been previously transmitted to the user within a predetermined time, wherein the computer system does not transmit the voice message if the first message has been previously transmitted to the user within the predetermined time.

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