Patent ID: 7894834

Claim:
A method of integrating a call tones content provider with a call tones service provider, the call tones content provider providing a facility allowing a user to purchase call tones content and the call tones service provider including a call tones service platform, a profile database and a call tones database, comprising the steps of: providing a notification message to a user in response to the user purchasing a call tone from the call tones content provider; providing in the notification message a network address of the call tones service platform of the call tones service provider, the network address facilitating the user accessing the call tones service platform; providing an identification of the purchased call tone to the call tones service platform in response to the user accessing the call tones service platform via the network address provided in the notification message; making a determination whether the purchased call tone is stored in the call tones database of the call tones service provider; responsive to the determination of the purchased call tone not being stored in the call tones database, the call tones service provider (i) connecting to the call tones content provider, and (ii) updating the call tones database to include the purchased call tone; and updating the profile database of the call tones service provider to include assignment of the purchased call tone in response to information from the user.