Linktone sells ring tones, virtual pets and other forms of wireless content over mobile phones.
The company said it surveyed 900 Web sites and 150 ring tones for its analysis.
The second obstacle: To get music, videos, ring tones and games out wirelessly, content providers such as Hurray!
They change the way the phone behaves, adding themed features like games, theme-specific ring tones and other goodies.
They can also assign different 12 different ring tones, and a "Fireworks" button causes the phone to strobe colorfully for 30 seconds.
Others sites will offer pay-per-play classic games such as Asteroids and Pac Man, and others will offer cinema and theatre tickets or ring tones and icons.
We heard of people in Sunni areas loading Shia religious songs as ring tones for their cell phone to try and protect themselves when they were in Shia areas.
Kids love to talk, they love to send text messages and to download custom ring tones, and they put a high premium on having the newest and most stylish devices.
Gloria Wilhelm fought for the Illinois law after her son, Matt, was struck and killed while he was riding his bike by a driver who was downloading cell phone ring tones.
The patent gets even more creative, suggesting customization options similar to how people assign a variety of ring tones for different contacts and whether the incoming signal is a call, text or alert.
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Ciaran Bradley, head of handset security at security firm Adaptive Mobile, said copyright infringement on phone apps was nothing new and had been seen since the days of ring tones and other extras.
Just think of mobile phone plans with special rates for calling other mobiles, free calls among family members, introductory offers, cancellation clauses, ring tones, roaming agreements and tracking minutes against plans which change anytime marketing comes up with some new program.
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With the rise of creating customized music and ring tones for mobile phones, the Jabra Solemate and Club Create partnership capitalizes on the trend, enabling users to legally create and personalize their own music with ClubCreate and share what they've created with friends and family via the Solemate.
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There was also evidence of people being annoyed by the inconsiderate use of mobile phones - with loud ring-tones the biggest irritation.
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His big break came at the age of 24 when he earned his first million dollars by selling Hip-hop ring-tones to mobile phone subscribers in the United Kingdom.
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