Patent ID: 8571607
Filing Date: 2013-10-29
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, at a server, a ring alert selection from a calling party telephone, the ring alert selection representing a media segment selected from a plurality of party-selectable media segments, the ring alert selection associated with a called party telephone; receiving, at the server from the called party telephone, a type and a form of media segment that the called party phone is capable of receiving, wherein the type and the form of media segment comprises an indication that the called party telephone uses media segments selected by calling party telephones; in response to an incoming telephone call initiated by the calling party telephone to the called party telephone, sending, by the server, a ring alert response to the called party telephone, wherein sending the ring alert response comprises streaming, by the server, the media segment to the called party telephone, the media segment being a portion of a greater work available for purchase, the media segment temporarily stored as a data file on the called party telephone; after streaming the media segment to the called party telephone, providing, by the server to the called party telephone, a purchase query for display on the called party telephone, the purchase query presenting an option to a user of the called party telephone to purchase the media segment streamed to the called party telephone and the greater work; receiving, by the server from the called party telephone, an election to purchase the media segment and the greater work; and in response to receiving the election to purchase the media segment and the greater work,