Patent ID: 7555537

Claim:
A method comprising: requesting a ring tune by sending a message with a header including a mobile identification number from a mobile station; receiving a file with said ring tune requested, a reply Universal Resource Locator (URL) identifying a server, and a transaction identification at said mobile station; verifying a format of said file; temporarily saving said file within said mobile station based on the format of said file; previewing said ring tune on said mobile station; sending a primitive with said mobile identification number from said mobile station to said server identified by said reply URL upon acceptance of said ring tune; creating a usage record from said primitive; receiving, at the mobile station, permission to save said ring tune in response to receipt of the primitive at said server; permanently saving said ring tune within said mobile station only when the permission to save has been received from said server; reporting and updating said usage record upon use of said ring tune employing said reply URL; and receiving credit on a bill for compensating the use of said ring tune.