Patent ID: 7359737

Claim:
A server device comprising: a communication unit configured to receive, from a first terminal device, content for use as a ring tone for an incoming call, and content provider identification data identifying the provider of the content; a storage unit configured to store the content received through the communication unit and the corresponding content provider identification data; and a controller configured to transmit the content through the communication unit to a second terminal device based on user identification data received from the second terminal device; wherein the storage unit stores first account information corresponding to the content provider identification data and second account information corresponding to the user identification data; wherein the controller increments first amount information in the first account information when receiving the content from the first terminal device through the communication unit, decrements second amount information in the second account information when transmitting the content to the second terminal device through the communication unit, and further decrements the second amount information based on the number of times the content is reproduced as a ring tone of an incoming call on the second terminal device.