Context-sensitive multimedia message service response

• US 20070070979A1
• Filed: 09/23/2005
• Published: 03/29/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/23/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mavenir Systems Incorporated (Mavenir Group Holdings Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Airwide Solutions Inc.
• Inventors: Wang, Jiwei, Kadar, Vincent, Kim, Ken
• Granted Patent: US 8,121,147 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/352
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication

Abstract

An apparatus and a method for context-sensitive multimedia message service (MMS) response. The provision of a response to a MMS UA originated MMS message (e.g. requesting to send a multimedia message (MM)) that is context-sensitive allows the network operator/service provider to provide value-added and potentially revenue generating content in the response. The content of the response can be context-sensitive based on one or more context parameters. The context parameters can be based on any of the information elements in the MMS UA originated MMS message, on fields in an associated MM, inputs provided by other external systems (e.g., accounting, presence and location information) and combinations thereof.

Claims

1. An apparatus for providing a context-sensitive response to a user agent originated multimedia service message, the apparatus comprising:

a multimedia service message handler adapted to receiving the user agent originated multimedia service message and sending the context-sensitive response;

a reply store having a plurality of reply messages; and

a logic engine adapted to;

determine a context based on one or more context parameters derived from the user agent originated multimedia service message;

select, based on the context, one or more reply messages from the plurality of reply messages and includes the selected reply messages in the context-sensitive response; and

provide for the context-sensitive response to be sent to the user agent by the multimedia service message handler.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the one or more context parameters can be derived from one or more information elements in the user agent originated multimedia service message.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the plurality of reply messages comprises a plurality of fixed reply messages.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the plurality of reply messages comprises a plurality of template reply messages, content data derived from the one or more context parameters can be added to each template reply message to complete a reply message.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, the logic engine further processes the context-sensitive response to remove duplicate reply messages and to resolve conflicting reply messages.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a mediation module interfacing with one or more external systems that provide one or more inputs.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the one or more inputs can be used to derive one or more context parameters and the context determined by the logic element is further based on the one or more context parameters derived from the one or more inputs.

8. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the one or more inputs can include an externally-provided reply message and the logic engine can include the externally-provided reply message in the context-sensitive response.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the user agent originated multimedia service message is a request to send a multimedia message.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein each of the one or more context parameter can be based on any of:

a sender of the multimedia message;

an intended receiver of the multimedia message;

a keyword contained in the multimedia message;

a message content-type of the multimedia message; and

combinations thereof.

11. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the one or more context parameters can be derived from one or more fields in the multimedia message.

12. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the user agent originated multimedia service message is any one of the messages:

MM1_submit.REQ;

MM1_forward.REQ;

MM1_mmbox_store.REQ;

MM1_mmbox_view.REQ;

MM1_mmbox_upload.REQ;

MM1_mmbox_delete.REQ; and

MM1_delete.REQ;

in accordance with the 3GPP TS 23.140 technical specification.

13. A method for providing a context-sensitive response to a user agent originated multimedia message, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving the user agent originated multimedia message;

determining a context based on one or more context parameters, the context parameters being derived from the user agent originated multimedia message;

selecting one or more reply messages from a plurality of reply messages based on the context;

including the selected reply messages in the context-sensitive response; and

sending the context-sensitive response to the user agent.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the one or more context parameter can be derived from one or more information elements in the user agent originated multimedia message.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the plurality of reply messages comprises a plurality of fixed reply messages.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the plurality of reply messages comprises a plurality of template reply messages, content data derived from the one or more context parameters can be added to each template reply message to complete a reply message.

17. The method of claim 13, further comprising the step of:

processes the context-sensitive response to remove duplicate reply messages and to resolve conflicting reply messages.

18. The method of claim 13, further comprising the step of:

receiving, from one or more external systems, one or more inputs.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising the step of:

deriving one or more context parameters from the one or more inputs; and

wherein the step of determining a context is further based on the one or more context parameters derived from the one or more inputs.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein the one or more inputs can include an externally-provided reply message and the step of including can further include the externally-provided reply message in the context-sensitive response.

21. The method of claim 13, wherein the user agent originated message is a request to send a multimedia message.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein each of the one or more context parameter can be based on any of:

a sender of the multimedia message;

an intended receiver of the multimedia message;

a keyword contained in the multimedia message;

a message content-type of the multimedia message; and

combinations thereof.

23. The method of claim 21, wherein each context parameter can be derived from one or more fields in the multimedia message.

24. The method of claim 13, wherein the user agent originated multimedia service message is any one of the messages:

MM1_submit.REQ;

MM1_forward.REQ;

MM1_mmbox_store.REQ;

MM1_mmbox_view.REQ;

MM1_mmbox_upload.REQ;

MM1_mmbox_delete.REQ; and

MM1_delete.REQ;

in accordance with the 3GPP TS 23.140 technical specification.