1. An automated communications system, comprising: a notification manager that receives one or more items and processes the one or more items via learning algorithms to direct the one or more items to a user; a language component that provides at least one user interface that receives one or more user inputs to at least one of control, adjust and tune at least one value of at least one attribute of the one or more items representing user preferences regarding computing a priority score for directing the one or more items to the user, wherein the at least one user interface facilitates a plurality of definitions, selections and controls that provide indications of the user preferences, wherein the at least one user interface allows the user to adjust a value of the priority score based on adjusting the at least one value of the at least one attribute; and a preference component that receives the user preferences as output from the language component to influence automated learning processes that direct delivery of the one or more items to the user.
2. The system of claim 1 , the one or more items include at least one selected from the group consisting of a message, a notification, a voice message, web information, an e-mail, pager information, an image, an audio file, a video, an alert, and content provided from a web service.