Method and arrangement for indicating a size restriction of a message
First Claim
1. A device for composing a multimedia message for which a network defines a given multimedia message size limit for enabling transmission of the multimedia message in said network, characterized in that the device includes an application program for creating the multimedia message, and that in the device, there is registered said multimedia message size limit defined by the network, so that said multimedia message size limit is available for the application program, and that the device includes means for producing before an attempt for transmission of the multimedia message in said network is done an indication to a user of the device as a response to a situation in which a size of the multimedia message exceeds said multimedia message size limit.
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Abstract
The invention relates to indicating the size limit of messages, particularly multimedia messages, to the user. A device according to the invention includes an application program for composing multimedia messages. A multimedia message size limit defined by the network is registered in the device, so that it is available for the application and can be indicated to the user in the application composing multimedia messages.
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- 1. A device for composing a multimedia message for which a network defines a given multimedia message size limit for enabling transmission of the multimedia message in said network, characterized in that the device includes an application program for creating the multimedia message, and that in the device, there is registered said multimedia message size limit defined by the network, so that said multimedia message size limit is available for the application program, and that the device includes means for producing before an attempt for transmission of the multimedia message in said network is done an indication to a user of the device as a response to a situation in which a size of the multimedia message exceeds said multimedia message size limit.
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10. A method for composing a multimedia message for which a network defines a given multimedia message size limit for enabling transmission of the multimedia message in said network, characterized in that
the multimedia message is created by means of an application program, the multimedia message size limit defined by the network is made available for the application program, the application program looks up the information concerning the multimedia message size limit, and as a response to a situation in which a size of the multimedia message exceeds the multimedia message size limit the application program produces an indication to a user of the method before an attempt for transmission of the multimedia message in said network is done.
- 17. A software for composing a multimedia message for which a network defines a given multimedia message size limit for enabling transmission of the multimedia message in said network, characterized in that the software includes software means for obtaining the multimedia message size limit defined by the network for the multimedia message, software means for comparing a size of the multimedia message with the multimedia message size limit, and software means for producing before an attempt for transmission of the multimedia message in said network is done an indication to a user of the software as a response to a situation in which the size of the multimedia message exceeds the multimedia message size limit.
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