SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSMISSION AND DELIVERY OF TRAVEL INSTRUCTIONS TO INFORMATIONAL APPLIANCES
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1. A method for communicating with a wireless informational device comprising the steps of:
- receiving an information request and device identification information of said wireless device;
accessing an informational database with said information request;
receiving from the informational database information in response to the information request; and
transferring said responsive information and said wireless identification information to a wireless information distribution system capable of communicating said responsive information to said wireless informational device.
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Abstract
A system and method to provide requested travel directions to a user'"'"'s pager or voice mail system includes an Internet based server which accepts the geographic endpoints defining the desired directions and the user'"'"'s pager or voice mail information. The server uses the endpoints as a query to a mapping database to determine the directions. The server then formats and sends the directions to the paging system and pager or voice mailbox identified by the user.
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1. A method for communicating with a wireless informational device comprising the steps of:
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receiving an information request and device identification information of said wireless device;
accessing an informational database with said information request;
receiving from the informational database information in response to the information request; and
transferring said responsive information and said wireless identification information to a wireless information distribution system capable of communicating said responsive information to said wireless informational device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for communicating with a voice mailbox comprising the steps of:
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receiving an information request and voice mailbox identification information;
accessing an informational database with said information request;
receiving from the informational database text format information in response to said request;
processing said text format information with a text-to-voice processor to generate an audio representation of said responsive information;
accessing a voice mailbox identified by said voice mailbox identification information; and
sending said audio representation to said accessed voice mailbox. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for communicating with a wireless informational device comprising:
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a receiver accepting an information request and identification information of the wireless device;
a connection to all informational database, said information request being sent over said connection, and responsive information being received thereover from said informational database; and
a transmitter linked to a wireless information distribution system, said transmitter transferring said responsive information and wireless device identification information to said distributor system for subsequent transmission of said responsive information to said wireless informational device. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A system for communicating with a voice mailbox comprising:
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a receiver accepting an information request and identification information of said voice mailbox;
a connection to an informational database, said information request being sent over said connection, and responsive information being received thereover from said informational database;
a text-to-voice processor receiving said responsive information in text format and providing responsive information in voice format; and
a transmitter providing said responsive information in voice format to said mailbox. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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