Methods and systems for ringtone definition sharing

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,
• wherein the one or more devices comprises a mobile telephone.

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,
• wherein the ringtone definition is received by a ringtone sharing device operated by a ringtone service provider.

A system for sharing ringtone definitions independent of audio content used to generate the ringtone definitions, comprising:

• a ringtone originator that generates ringtone definitions wherein the ringtone definitions describe characteristics of, and manipulations to instances of audio content, wherein the manipulations define one or more effects to be applied to an audio recording of the first instance of audio content;
• a ringtone sharing device coupled to the ringtone originator wherein the ringtone sharing device receives the ringtone definitions from the ringtone originator and shares the ringtone definition with a ringtone receiver running on a separate device;
• and
• said ringtone receiver that receives the ringtone definitions from the ringtone sharing device.

A user device comprising:

• a ringtone definition stored on a computer-readable storage medium describing characteristics of and manipulations used to transform an audio file into a ringtone, wherein the manipulations define one or more effects to be applied to an audio recording of the first instance of audio content;
• said audio file;
• and
• a ringtone generator software executing on the user device operable to use the ringtone definition and the audio file to create the ringtone suitable for use on a mobile telephone, wherein the audio file is received separately from the ringtone definition,
• wherein the user device is the mobile telephone.

A user device comprising:

• a ringtone definition stored on a computer-readable storage medium describing characteristics of and manipulations used to transform an audio file into a ringtone, wherein the manipulations define one or more effects to be applied to an audio recording of the first instance of audio content;
• said audio file;
• and
• a ringtone generator software executing on the user device operable to use the ringtone definition and the audio file to create the ringtone suitable for use on a mobile telephone, wherein the audio file is received separately from the ringtone definition,
• wherein the user device is a personal computer capable of sharing the ringtone definition with the mobile telephone.