Patent ID: 8160220

Claim:
A method, comprising the steps of: receiving a request from a user of a communication device to block a use of a ring tone remotely selected by another user for an incoming call to the communication device; saving the ring tone, with an offer to keep the ring tone, in a voicemail message for later presentation to the user of the communication device after the incoming call; blocking the ring tone remotely selected by the other user from being played to the user of the communication device on the incoming call to the communication device to allow the communication device to play a ring tone selected by the user of the communication device for the incoming call; receiving, after a presentation of the voicemail to the user of the communication device, a call from the user of the communication device to an access number, wherein the offer comprises the access number; prompting the user of the communication device for a code number that allows access to the ring tone, wherein the offer comprises the code number; sending an offer message to the user of the communication device to purchase the ring tone for subsequent use; releasing the ring tone for subsequent use by the user of the communication device if a response to the offer message indicates that the user of the communication device wants to purchase the ring tone.