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US 6,792,086 B1Granted
Voice network access provider system and method
AssigneeMicroStrategy Incorporated
InventorsMichael J. Saylor, Stephen S. Trundle, Anurag Patnaik, David A. Garr, Benjamin M. Lindsey, Josh Mahowald, Zeynep Inanoglu
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Abstract
A system and method for creating voice codes (“VCodes”), storing content corresponding to the VCodes, publicly displaying the VCodes in proximity to an object, attraction or subject, and enabling users to selectively access the stored content via telephone by calling a central number and entering the VCode or verbally describing the object, attraction or subject, in which case the verbal description is associated with a VCode or collection of VCodes.
Claims92
A method of providing audible content associated with a subject comprising:
- storing one or more voice pages regarding a subject, at least one of the voice pages created through an electronic voice page creation process that comprises the steps of;
- receiving an electronically transmitted request at a computer system, the request comprising a request for the computer system to create one or more voice pages to be distributed by a voice network access provider system;
- electronically transmitting from that computer system one or more voice page creation files to be utilized by a user system to prompt the user to input data to be used to generate the one or more voice pages;
- electronically receiving one or more voice page creation input files generated from the voice page creation files and based on input received by a voice page creation user, the one or more voice page creation input files comprising at least one content input and at least one link to a second voice page on the voice network access provider system;
- automatically generating a voice page based on the one or more modified voice page creation files and predetermined criteria, the voice page including the content input and the at least one link to a second voice page;
- associating a voice code to at least one of the voice pages regarding that subject;
- displaying a voice code in a manner suggesting an association with the subject;
- enabling a user to access a central system;
- accepting input of the displayed voice code to the central system;
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- delivering one or more voice pages associated with the input voice code to the user.
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A system for providing audible content associated with a subject comprising:
- storage means for storing one or more voice pages regarding a subject, at least one of the voice pages created through an electronic voice page creation process that comprises the steps of;
- receiving an electronically transmitted request at a computer system, the request comprising a request for the computer system to create one or more voice pages to be distributed by a voice network access provider system;
- electronically transmitting from that computer system one or more voice page creation files to be utilized by a user system to prompt the user to input data to be used to generate the one or more voice pages;
- electronically receiving one or more voice page creation input files generated from the voice page creation files and based on input received by a voice page creation user, the one or more voice page creation input files comprising at least one content input and at least one link to a second voice page on the voice network access provider system;
- automatically generating a voice page based on the one or more modified voice page creation files and predetermined criteria, the voice page including the content input and the at least one link to a second voice page;
- association means for associating a voice code to at least one of the voice pages regarding that subject, at least one of the voice codes being displayed in a manner suggesting an association with the subject;
- a central system for enabling users to input the displayed voice code;
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- delivery means for delivering one or more voice pages associated with the voice code input by the user.
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A system for delivering voice pages of content associated with a subject selected by a user by entering a voice code through a telephone device, the system comprising:
- a display that contains one or more voice codes, each voice code indicating a subject about which content may be received by entering that voice code to a central telephone system;
- a voice page storage system that stores one or more voice page, each voice page containing content regarding a subject of interest, at least one of the voice pages created through an electronic voice page creation process that comprises the steps of;
- receiving an electronically transmitted request at a computer system, the request comprising a request for the computer system to create one or more voice pages to be distributed by a voice network access provider system;
- electronically transmitting from that computer system one or more voice page creation files to be utilized by a user system to prompt the user to input data to be used to generate the one or more voice pages;
- electronically receiving one or more voice page creation input files generated from the voice page creation files and based on input received by a voice page creation user, the one or more voice page creation input files comprising at least one content input and at least one link to a second voice page on the voice network access provider system;
- automatically generating a voice page based on the one or more modified voice page creation files and predetermined criteria, the voice page including the content input and the at least one link to a second voice page;
- a voice code storage system that stores voice codes, each voice code corresponding to at least one voice page;
- a central telephone system that enables a user to call using a central telephone number and enter a voice code corresponding to a subject that the user desires to receive content;
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- delivery means for delivering voice content from one or more voice pages associated with the voice code input by the user and presenting the user with one or more options that may be selected to execute an additional action relating to the subject.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.