Multimedia message service method and system

• US 10,117,102 B2
• Filed: 03/05/2018
• Issued: 10/30/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/06/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Kyung-Tak, Park, Joon-Goo, Sung, Sang-Kyung, Seshadri, Thirumalai Echampadi
• Primary Examiner(s): Doan, Phuoc H
• Application Number:
  US15/912,082
• Publication Number:
  US 20180199203A1
• Time in Patent Office: 239 Days
• Field of Search: 4554141, 4554121, 455466, 707600, 7071041, 709206, 709231
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/189 in combination with wireless systems selective distribution or broadcast in wireless communication networks H04W4/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/10 Multimedia information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/108 when the policy decisions are valid for a limited amount of time
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/082 using revocation of authorisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data

Abstract

Disclosed is a server including a transceiver, and a controller configured to receive, via the transceiver from a terminal, multimedia contents, store the multimedia contents, receive, via the transceiver from the terminal, a request for establishing one of a plurality of access modes with respect to the multimedia contents, wherein the plurality of access modes includes a restricted mode where at least one user designated by the terminal is allowed to access the multimedia contents, and a public mode where all users are allowed to access the multimedia contents, establish an access mode for the multimedia contents based on the request, and transmit, if the request includes information on the at least one user, via the transceiver to the at least one user, a notification that the at least one user is allowed to access the multimedia contents, based on the information on the at least one user.

Claims

1. A server for sharing multimedia content, the server comprising:

a transceiver; and

a controller configured to;

receive, via the transceiver from a terminal, a first message including first information for requesting to share multimedia content stored in the server with at least one specified user and second information related to expiration of time for sharing the multimedia content, and

based on the received first message;

establish a condition for sharing the multimedia content, and

transmit, via the transceiver to the at least one specified user, a second message notifying that the at least one specified user is allowed to access the multimedia content.

2. The server of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

receive, via the transceiver from the terminal, a third message including third information for requesting to share the multimedia content with one or more non-specified users and fourth information related to expiration of time for sharing the multimedia content, and

establish a condition for sharing the multimedia content based on the received third message.

3. The server of claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to:

receive, via the transceiver from a third terminal of one of the one or more non-specified users, a seventh message for requesting the multimedia content, and

transmit, via the transceiver, the multimedia content to the third terminal of the one of the one or more non-specified users based on the received seventh message.

4. The server of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

receive, via the transceiver from the terminal, a fourth message for requesting information related to the condition established for sharing the multimedia content, and

transmit, via the transceiver to the terminal, based on the received fourth message, a fifth message including the information related to the condition established for sharing the multimedia content.

5. The server of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

receive, via the transceiver from a second terminal of one of the at least one specified user, a sixth message for requesting the multimedia content, and

transmit, via the transceiver, the multimedia content to the second terminal of the one of the at least one specified user based on the received sixth message.

6. The server of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

receive, via the transceiver from the terminal, an eighth message for requesting to revoke the condition established for sharing the multimedia content, and

revoke the condition established for sharing the multimedia content based on the received eighth message.

7. The server of claim 1, wherein the second message includes location information related to the multimedia content.

8. A method for sharing multimedia content by a server, the method comprising:

receiving, from a terminal, a first message including first information for requesting to share multimedia content stored in the server with at least one specified user and second information related to expiration of time for sharing the multimedia content; and

based on the received first message;

establishing a condition for sharing the multimedia content, and

transmitting, to the at least one specified user, a second message notifying that the at least one specified user is allowed to access the multimedia content.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

receiving, from the terminal, a third message including third information for requesting to share the multimedia content with one or more non-specified users and fourth information related to expiration of time for sharing the multimedia content; and

establishing a condition for sharing the multimedia content based on the received third message.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

receiving, from a third terminal of one of the one or more non-specified users, a seventh message for requesting the multimedia content; and

transmitting the multimedia content to the third terminal of the one of the one or more non-specified users based on the received seventh message.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

receiving, from the terminal, a fourth message for requesting information related to the condition established for sharing the multimedia content; and

transmitting, to the terminal, based on the received fourth message, a fifth message including the information related to the condition established for sharing the multimedia content.

12. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

receiving, from a second terminal of one of the at least one specified user, a sixth message for requesting the multimedia content; and

transmitting the multimedia content to the second terminal of the one of the at least one specified user based on the received sixth message.

13. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

receiving, from the terminal, an eighth message for requesting to revoke the condition established for sharing the multimedia content; and

revoking the condition established for sharing the multimedia content based on the received eighth message.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein the second message includes location information related to the multimedia content.

15. A terminal for sharing multimedia content, the terminal comprising:

an input unit;

a transceiver; and

a controller configured to;

identify, via the input unit, inputs for first information for requesting to share multimedia content stored in a server with at least one specified user and second information related to expiration of time for sharing the multimedia content,

generate a first message including the first information and the second information based on the inputs, and

transmit the first message via the transceiver to the server.

16. The terminal of claim 15, wherein the controller is further configured to:

identify, via the input unit, inputs for third information for requesting to share the multimedia content with one or more non-specified users and fourth information related to the expiration of time for sharing the multimedia content,

generate a third message including the third information and the fourth information based on the inputs for the third information and the fourth information, and

transmit the third message to the server.

17. The terminal of claim 15, wherein the controller is further configured to:

transmit, via the transceiver to the server, a fourth message for requesting information related to a condition established for sharing the multimedia content, and

receive, via the transceiver from the server, a fifth message including the information related to the condition established for sharing the multimedia content.

18. The terminal of claim 15, wherein the controller is further configured to:

transmit, via the transceiver to the server, a sixth message for requesting to revoke a condition established for sharing the multimedia content.

19. The terminal of claim 15, wherein the second information includes an expiration time for sharing the multimedia content.

20. A method for sharing multimedia content by a terminal, the method comprising:

identifying inputs for first information for requesting to share multimedia content stored in a server with at least one specified user and second information related to expiration of time for sharing the multimedia content;

generating a first message including the first information and the second information based on the inputs; and

transmitting the first message to the server.

21. The method of claim 20, further comprising:

identifying inputs for third information for requesting to share the multimedia content with one or more non-specified users and fourth information related to the expiration of time for sharing the multimedia content;

generating a third message including the third information and the fourth information based on the inputs for the third information and the fourth information; and

transmitting the third message to the server.

22. The method of claim 20, further comprising:

transmitting, to the server, a fourth message for requesting information related to a condition established for sharing the multimedia content; and

receiving, from the server, a fifth message including the information related to the condition established for sharing the multimedia content.

23. The method of claim 20, further comprising:

transmitting, to the server, a sixth message for requesting to revoke a condition established for sharing the multimedia content.

24. The method of claim 20, wherein the second information includes an expiration time for sharing the multimedia content.