Mms system and method with protocol conversion suitable for mobile/portable handset display

• US 20050143136A1
• Filed: 02/18/2005
• Published: 06/30/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 06/22/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mobixell Networks Incorporated (Constellation Software Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Emblaze Systems Ltd. (Clearone Incorporated)
• Inventors: Avnimelech, Ran, Lev, Tvsi
• Application Number:
  US10/482,566
• Publication Number:
  US 20050143136A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/566
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/066 Format adaptation, e.g. format conversion or compression
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/56 Unified messaging, e.g. interactions between e-mail, instant messaging or converged IP messaging [CPM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/08 Protocols for interworking; Protocol conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/18 Multiprotocol handlers, e.g. single devices capable of handling multiple protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72439 for image or video messaging

Abstract

An MMS communication system for displaying images on a display terminal of a mobile or portable communication device, the system comprising: an input adapted to receive pre-source information; a transmitter adapted to transmit the pre-source information; a server adapted to receive the transmitted pre-source information and further adapted to convert the pre-source information to source information suitable for display on the display terminal, and a source transmitter adapted to transmit the source information to the display terminal.

Claims

1. An MMS communication system for displaying images on a display terminal of a mobile or portable communication device, the system comprising:

an input adapted to receive pre-source information;

a transmitter adapted to transmit the pre-source information;

a server adapted to receive the transmitted pre-source information and further adapted to convert the pre-source information to source information suitable for display on the display terminal; and

a source transmitter adapted to transmit the source information to the display terminal.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the server further comprises a display characteristics identifier adapted to identify display characteristics of the display terminal.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the server further comprises a pre-source transcoder adapted to transcode pre-source information to source information.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the served comprises at least one source transcoder adapted to transcode a first source information in a first format to a second source information in a second format,

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the second format corresponds to a display format for the display terminal.

6. A method for enabling communication of MMS information suitable for display on a mobile or portable communication terminal, comprising:

inputting pre-source information;

transcoding pre-source information into source information;

transcoding source information another source format suitable for display on the target display terminal;

transmitting the transcoded source information to the target display terminal;

displaying the transmitted and transcoded source information on the display space of a target display terminal in a format most suitable for that particular display terminal.