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Multimedia messaging service routing system and method
Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson AB
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Filing: 2001-12-21
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Granted: 2005-09-20
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Expires: 2021-12-21
Abstract
Abstract A multimedia messaging system for sending and receiving multimedia MMS messages. The MMS messages are sent to a MMS server and addressed to the recipient's MSISDN number. MMS server sends a notification to a PAP server that sends the notification as a WAP Push to the recipient mobile device telling the mobile device to retrieve the message. If the recipient mobile device is engaged in an on going or dedicated session with the Internet, the notification is sent to the recipient mobile device during the session. The recipient mobile device then initiates a HTTP GET request to retrieve the multimedia message via the voice or data channel of a PLMN. If the recipient mobile device is not engaged in an on going or dedicated session with the Internet, the notification is sent to the recipient mobile device as a WAP Push using SMS as bearer via the signaling channel of the PLMN. The recipient mobile device then initiates a HTTP GET request to retrieve the multimedia message via the voice or data channel of the PLMN.
Inventors
- 👤 Robert Skog
- 👤 Eniko Torok
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 18:15
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04L; H04L69/00; H04L69/30; H04L69/32; H04L69/322; H04L69/329; H04L51/00; H04L51/21; H04L51/224; H04L51/58; H04L65/00; H04L65/1066; H04L65/1101; H04L67/00; H04L67/01; H04L67/02; H04L67/04; H04W; H04W4/00; H04W4/12; H04W80/00; H04W80/08; H04W88/00; H04W88/18; H04W88/184
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 22
Claim 1
Independent Claim
193 words
A method of sending a multimedia message from a sender having an associated sender's server to a mobile device having an associated server serving the mobile device, wherein said sender's server is connected to the server serving the mobile device, said method comprising the steps of: sending a multimedia message from the sender to the sender's server, said multimedia message including an identification number for the mobile device; sending a notification from the sender's server to the mobile device utilizing the mobile device identification number, wherein the notification includes a network address of the sender's server and indicates that the multimedia message is available for retrieval from the sender's server; in response to receipt of the notification, sending from the mobile device to the server serving the mobile device, a request to retrieve the multimedia message from the sender's server, wherein the request includes the network address of the sender's server; retrieving the multimedia message from the sender's server, through the network, by the server serving the mobile device; retrieving by the mobile device, the multimedia message from the server serving the mobile device; and storing the multimedia message in the mobile device.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
193 words
A method of sending a multimedia message from a sender having an associated sender's server to a mobile device having an associated server serving the mobile device, wherein said sender's server is connected to the server serving the mobile device, said method comprising the steps of: sending a multimedia message from the sender to the sender's server, said multimedia message including an identification number for the mobile device; sending a notification from the sender's server to the mobile device utilizing the mobile device identification number, wherein the notification includes a network address of the sender's server and indicates that the multimedia message is available for retrieval from the sender's server; in response to receipt of the notification, sending from the mobile device to the server serving the mobile device, a request to retrieve the multimedia message from the sender's server, wherein the request includes the network address of the sender's server; retrieving the multimedia message from the sender's server, through the network, by the server serving the mobile device; retrieving by the mobile device, the multimedia message from the server serving the mobile device; and storing the multimedia message in the mobile device.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein the mobile device is a mobile telephone.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method of claim 1 , further comprising sending the multimedia message to the sender's server from a second mobile device.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method of claim 3 , wherein the mobile device and the second mobile device are mobile telephones.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
34 words
The method of claim 4 , wherein the mobile telephones are in a same or different public land mobile network (PLMN), and are addressed with Mobile Station Integrated Services Digital Network (MSISDN) identification numbers.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method of claim 1 , further comprising: sending the notification using Short Messaging Service (SMS) as bearer and addressed to the mobile device's Mobile Station Integrated Services Digital Network (MSISDN) identification number.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein the sender's server and the server serving the mobile device are Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) servers.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
50 words
The method of claim 7 , further comprising: sending the notification from the sender's MMS server to a Push Access Protocol (PAP) server associated with the mobile device; and sending the notification from the PAP server to the mobile device, wherein the notification includes a Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) Push.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
41 words
The method of claim 8 , further comprising sending, in response to the WAP Push, a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) GET request from the mobile device to the server serving the mobile device in order to automatically retrieve the multimedia message.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 7 , further comprising sending the multimedia message from a second mobile device to the senders MMS server.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
197 words
A system for sending a multimedia message from a sender having an associated senders server to a destination mobile device having an associated server serving the mobile device, wherein said senders server is connected to the server serving the mobile device, the system comprising: in the sender's server, logic configured to: initially receive the multimedia message from the sender, said multimedia message including an identification number for the destination mobile device; and send a notification of the multimedia message to the mobile device utilizing the mobile device identification number, wherein the notification includes network address of the sender's server and indicates that a multimedia message is available for retrieval from the sender's server; in the mobile device, logic configured to send a request to the server serving the mobile device in response to receipt of the notification, wherein the request includes the network address of the sender's server; in the server serving the mobile device, logic configured to retrieve the multimedia message from the sender's server through the network; and in the mobile device, logic configured to: retrieve the multimedia message from the server serving the mobile device; and store the multimedia message in the mobile device.
Claim 13
Independent Claim
197 words
A system for sending a multimedia message from a sender having an associated senders server to a destination mobile device having an associated server serving the mobile device, wherein said senders server is connected to the server serving the mobile device, the system comprising: in the sender's server, logic configured to: initially receive the multimedia message from the sender, said multimedia message including an identification number for the destination mobile device; and send a notification of the multimedia message to the mobile device utilizing the mobile device identification number, wherein the notification includes network address of the sender's server and indicates that a multimedia message is available for retrieval from the sender's server; in the mobile device, logic configured to send a request to the server serving the mobile device in response to receipt of the notification, wherein the request includes the network address of the sender's server; in the server serving the mobile device, logic configured to retrieve the multimedia message from the sender's server through the network; and in the mobile device, logic configured to: retrieve the multimedia message from the server serving the mobile device; and store the multimedia message in the mobile device.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
14 words
The system of claim 11 , wherein the mobile device is a mobile telephone.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
29 words
The system of claim 11 , further comprising a second mobile device having logic configured to send the multimedia message from the second mobile device to the sender's server.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
18 words
The system of claim 13 , wherein the mobile device and the second mobile device are mobile telephones.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
32 words
The system of claim 14 , wherein the mobile telephones are in a same or different public land mobile network (PLMN) addressed with Mobile Station Integrated Services Digital Network (MSISDN) identification numbers.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
41 words
The system of claim 11 , wherein the notification is sent from the sender's server to the mobile device using Short Messaging Service (SMS) as bearer and addressed to the mobile device's Mobile Station Integrated Services Digital Network (MSISDN) identification number.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
23 words
The system of claim 11 , wherein the sender's server and the server serving the mobile device are Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) servers.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
56 words
The system of claim 17 , further comprising: A Push Access Protocol (PAP) server associated with the mobile device, said PAP server having logic configured to: receive the notification from the sender's MMS server; and send the notification from the PAP server to the mobile device, wherein the notification is a Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) Push.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
43 words
The system of claim 18 , further comprising logic in the mobile device configured to automatically retrieve the multimedia message by sending a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) GET request to the MMS Server of the mobile device in response to the WAP Push.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
30 words
The system of claim 18 , further comprising logic in a second mobile device configured to send the multimedia message from the second mobile device to the sender's MMS server.
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