Leap Wireless International, Inc.

Kevin Thornton

Vincent Chern

A method for sampling music on a wireless communication device 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 establishes a first data connection to a data server and navigates through a menu system and selects to listen to an audio item. The data server instructs the wireless device to terminate the first data connection and establish a voice connection with an audio server. The audio server, which is notified by the data server of the audio item and the particular wireless device, plays the audio item once the voice connection is established with the wireless device. The wireless device subsequently establishes a second data connection with the data server and resumes navigation through the menu system at the point where the first data connection was terminated.

System and method for sampling audio recordings on a wireless communication device

A monitoring and alert system includes a wireless device that sends a monitoring request to a remote server. When the conditions specified by the monitoring request are met, the server generates an SMS alert message. The server determines the maximum length in characters of the SMS message and whether there is sufficient space remaining for an advertisement. If sufficient space is available, the server generates an advertisement and appends it to the SMS alert message. The alert message with appended advertising is then sent to the wireless device.

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Kevin Thornton