System of interoperability between MMS messages and SMS/EMS messages and an associated exchange method
First Claim
1. A method of exchanging messages between a first mobile terminal which is part of a first message domain and at least one second mobile terminal which is part of a second message domain, each domain including at least one mobile radio network, one message server conforming to a first standard, referred to as the enhanced message service/short message service standard, and/or one message server conforming to a second standard, referred to as the multimedia message service standard, which method includes the following steps:
- initiation of a message conforming to said first standard from a first terminal to at least one second terminal not compatible with said first standard to which said initiated message conforms;
transmission of said message by said message server conforming to said first standard to a message gateway including a database comprising a table of message profiles of terminals belonging to a message domain with which said gateway is associated;
conversion by said message gateway of said initiated message conforming to said first standard into a message conforming to said second standard supported by said destination terminal or terminals;
transmission of the converted message conforming to said second standard by said message gateway to said message server conforming to said second standard; and
delivery of said message conforming to said second standard by said server conforming to said second standard to said destination terminal or terminals.
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Abstract
A message system is associated with a message domain which includes a mobile radio network, a message server conforming to a first standard referred to as the Enhanced Message Service and/or Short Message Service standard and/or a message server conforming to a second standard referred to as the Multimedia Message Service standard. The message domain further includes a message gateway which includes a database including a table of message profiles of terminals belonging to the message domain and is able to convert a message sent in accordance with the first standard into a message in accordance with the second standard.
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13 Claims
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1. A method of exchanging messages between a first mobile terminal which is part of a first message domain and at least one second mobile terminal which is part of a second message domain, each domain including at least one mobile radio network, one message server conforming to a first standard, referred to as the enhanced message service/short message service standard, and/or one message server conforming to a second standard, referred to as the multimedia message service standard, which method includes the following steps:
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initiation of a message conforming to said first standard from a first terminal to at least one second terminal not compatible with said first standard to which said initiated message conforms;
transmission of said message by said message server conforming to said first standard to a message gateway including a database comprising a table of message profiles of terminals belonging to a message domain with which said gateway is associated;
conversion by said message gateway of said initiated message conforming to said first standard into a message conforming to said second standard supported by said destination terminal or terminals;
transmission of the converted message conforming to said second standard by said message gateway to said message server conforming to said second standard; and
delivery of said message conforming to said second standard by said server conforming to said second standard to said destination terminal or terminals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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- 9. A message system associated with a message domain which includes a mobile radio network, a message server conforming to a first standard referred to as the Enhanced Message Service and/or Short Message Service standard and/or a message server conforming to a second standard referred to as the Multimedia Message Service standard, and a message gateway which includes a database including a table of message profiles of terminals belonging to said message domain and is able to convert a message sent in accordance with said first standard into a message in accordance with said second standard.
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12. A Short Message Service short message initiated by a mobile radio terminal and containing user data including a header including information elements and a data text, wherein each information element includes an identification field followed by a field indicating the length of the data of said information element followed by the data of said information element and said header includes a profile information element whose identifier is associated with the updating of a message profile and whose data indicates the message standard or standards supported by the terminal which initiated said message.
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13. An Enhanced Message Service enhanced message initiated by a mobile radio terminal and including user data including a header including information elements and a data text, wherein each information element includes an identification field followed by a field indicating the length of the data of said information element followed by said data of said element and said header includes a Multimedia Message Service information element whose identifier indicates the presence of Multimedia Message Service information in said data of said message whose data indicates the length of said Multimedia Message Service information, which includes at least one Multimedia Message Service message header.
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