Patent attributes
A system and methods for presenting a notification for playback at a smart speaker device including a real-time location (RTL) server, a portable device configured to transmit an output signal including a portable device ID representative of the portable device to the RTL server, a notification server configured to communicate with the RTL server, where the notification server is configured to associate the notification with the portable device ID, and at least one of generate, store, distribute, cue and present for playback the notification based on the portable device ID on the smart speaker device associated with a location. The RTL server is configured to determine the location and an identity of the portable device based on receiving the output signal including the portable device ID, and the notification server is configured to cue the associated notification for playback at the smart speaker device based on the determined location of the portable device.