SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SAMPLING AUDIO RECORDINGS ON A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE

摘要

A method for sampling music on a wireless communication device (Fig. 1) is presented that allows a user connected to a data network through a wireless communication device to preview audio items prior to making a purchasing decision. The wireless device (32) establishes a first data connection to a data server (12) and navigates through a menu system and selects to listen to an audio item. The data server (12) instructs the wireless device (32) to terminate the first data connection and establish a voice connection with an audio server (22). The audio server (22), which is notified by the data server (12) of the audio item and the particular wireless device (32), plays the audio item once the voice connection is established with the wireless device (32). The wireless device (32) subsequently establishes a second data connection with the data server (12) and resumes navigation through the menu system at the point where the first data connection was terminated.