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.
