Patent ID: 8355756
Filing Date: 2013-01-15
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for managing a ring tone setting of a mobile phone, the ring tone setting being stored at a service server and used to provide customized ring-back tones for callers calling the mobile phone, the method comprising: obtaining, by a management client located in the mobile phone, a ring tone setting processing request in response to input from a user of the mobile phone, wherein the ring tone setting processing request carries parameters of the ring tone setting and is used to manage the ring tone setting stored at the service server; and sending, by the management client, the ring tone setting processing request to the service server through a mobile network by using Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) or XML Configuration Access Protocol (XCAP), without accessing a website, so that the service server is requested to process the ring tone setting according to the ring tone setting processing request; wherein the ring tone setting processing request includes any one of the following: a ring tone setting query request, a ring tone setting adding request, a ring tone setting deleting request, and a ring tone setting modifying request; wherein the method further comprises: receiving, by an access server, through the mobile network, a ring tone setting query request sent by the management client, and authenticating the management client; if the authentication succeeds, judging whether the ring tone setting of the user corresponding to the management client is stored locally; if the ring tone setting is stored locally, returning the locally stored ring tone setting to the management client through the mobile network; if the ring tone setting is not stored locally, obtaining the user's ring tone setting from the service server, and feeding back the ring tone setting obtained from the service server to the management client through the mobile network.