Method of third party paying for multimedia message transmission from sending party
First Claim
1. A method for a third party paying for Multimedia Message (MM) transmission from a sending party, comprising:
- a. a Multimedia Message Service (MMS) network setting and storing the third party paying rules and information according to paying type of the third party, and setting an account for the third party in a billing system;
b. a sending party transmitting an MM to a MMS Relay/Sever of the sending party by means of a submit request message, the MMS Relay/Sever of the sending party acquiring the third party paying rules and information and judging whether this MM transmission from the sending party is to be paid by the third party according to the rules, if not, ending the procedure of the third party paying for the MM transmission from the sending party, otherwise, going to step c; and
c. the MMS Relay/Sever of the sending party transmitting the MM to a User Agent (UA) of a receiving party via a MMS Relay/Sever of the receiving party, and notifying the billing system that this MM transmission is to be paid by the third party, the billing system then deducting relevant cost from the account of the third party.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
The present invention discloses a method for a third party paying for the multimedia message transmission from a sending party. The third party signs a third party paying contract with a service provider or the sending party, the service provider sets an account for the third party in the billing system and stores the third party paying rules and relevant information. The sending party transmits a multimedia message to the MMS Relay/Sever thereof, the MMS Relay/Sever thereof acquires the third party paying rules and relevant information. If the multimedia message transmission from the sending party is to be paid by the third party, the MMS Relay/Sever of the sending party, after sending the MM to the receiving party, notifies the billing system of the service provider that this MM transmission is to be paid by third party, the billing system of the service provider then deducts relevant cost from the account of the third party. With the method of the present invention, a third party can pay for an MM transmission from a sending party, and the sending party can be notified that this MM transmission is free.
9 Citations
14 Claims
-
1. A method for a third party paying for Multimedia Message (MM) transmission from a sending party, comprising:
-
a. a Multimedia Message Service (MMS) network setting and storing the third party paying rules and information according to paying type of the third party, and setting an account for the third party in a billing system;
b. a sending party transmitting an MM to a MMS Relay/Sever of the sending party by means of a submit request message, the MMS Relay/Sever of the sending party acquiring the third party paying rules and information and judging whether this MM transmission from the sending party is to be paid by the third party according to the rules, if not, ending the procedure of the third party paying for the MM transmission from the sending party, otherwise, going to step c; and
c. the MMS Relay/Sever of the sending party transmitting the MM to a User Agent (UA) of a receiving party via a MMS Relay/Sever of the receiving party, and notifying the billing system that this MM transmission is to be paid by the third party, the billing system then deducting relevant cost from the account of the third party. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
-
Specification