Patent ID: 7610044
Filing Date: 2009-10-27
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for sharing ringtone content independent of audio content used to generate the ringtone content, comprising: receiving a ringtone definition wherein the ringtone definition describes characteristics of and manipulations used to transform a first instance of audio content on a first device into a ringtone content, wherein the manipulations define one or more effects to be applied to an audio recording of the first instance of audio content; sending the ringtone definition to a second device; and generating the ringtone content from a second instance of the audio content on the second device using the ringtone definition, wherein the second instance of the audio content is separate from the first instance of audio content and the second instance of the audio content is received separately from the ringtone definition; determining that a licensed version of a second instance of the audio content is not locally available; and automatically obtaining the second instance for the audio content with a license.