Providing sender-selected sound items to conversation participants

C:NRPorbI\DCC\MAG\4575442 I DOC-8/31/2012 A method for creating a new sound item, comprising: receiving the user's selection of a source sound item; displaying a graphical depiction of a part of the source sound item; presenting a graphical selection unit over a segment of the source sound item within the displayed part of the source sound item, wherein the graphical selection unit is a window having a beginning endpoint and an ending endpoint which together demarcate the segment of the source sound item; receiving the user's instruction to move at least one endpoint of the graphical selection unit; playing the segment of the source sound item demarcated by the graphical selection unit in response to the user's instruction; and receiving the user's instruction to save the segment of the source sound item as the new sound item. COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORK PRESENCE SERVERS, ETC.) INFORMATION I 114 --- I NETWORK 1Q4 REPRESENTATIVE REPRESENTATIVE FIRST USER SECOND CONTENT CONTENT MANAGEMENT --I - MANAGEMENT USRMODULIE MODULE UjR 120U A m -j L- - USER DEVICE D1 DEVICE D2 (FRIST DEVICE) (SECOND DEVICE) DEVICE D, PRESENCE CONTENT 124 . D SOUND ITEM DEVICE D3 -OTHER PRESENCE CONTENT OTHER DEVICE PRESENCE CONTENT USER 126 CONTACT D2 D2 SOUND ITEM DEVICE D4 - OTHER PRESENCE CONTENT 112 FIG. 1 *