METHOD, APPARATUS AND SOFTWARE PROGRAM FOR EXTENDING THE FLOW OF INFORMATION WHEN TRANSMITTING A MESSAGE
First Claim
1. A method for transmitting a multimedia message via a network from a transmitting application to a receiving application during a data interchange, the method comprising the steps of:
- using an originator network unit and a recipient network unit being identical or different than one another and situated in a domain of one or two service providers for the transmission;
using the multimedia message to request a particular functionality in the domain of at least one service provider; and
transmitting information regarding support of the requested functionality by the at least one of the originator network unit and the recipient network unit from one of the originator network and the recipient network unit to one of other applications or units involved in the data interchange.
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Abstract
Methods, apparatuses and software programs which are used to facilitate the flow of information in terms of functionalities in the domain of at least one service provider, in particular of a multimedia message in the UMTS, this functionality having been requested by a subscriber (for example, reply charging or recall of the message), wherein the present invention proposes transmitting information which reveals whether implicated network units in the domain of service providers support the requested functionality and proposes limiting the maximum size of the reply messages for reply charging.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for transmitting a multimedia message via a network from a transmitting application to a receiving application during a data interchange, the method comprising the steps of:
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using an originator network unit and a recipient network unit being identical or different than one another and situated in a domain of one or two service providers for the transmission; using the multimedia message to request a particular functionality in the domain of at least one service provider; and transmitting information regarding support of the requested functionality by the at least one of the originator network unit and the recipient network unit from one of the originator network and the recipient network unit to one of other applications or units involved in the data interchange. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 22)
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17. A network unit in a network in a domain of a service provider, the network unit associated with at least one of a transmitting application and a receiving application, comprising:
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a part for transmitting multimedia messages from the transmitting application to the receiving application, the message being used to request a particular functionality in the domain of a service provider; and a part for interchanging information regarding support by the network unit of the requested functionality with one of the other applications or units involved in the data interchange.
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19. A subscriber unit for communication in a network, comprising:
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at least one receiving application for receiving multimedia messages from at least one network unit in a domain of a service provider, the messages containing a request for a particular functionality in the domain of a service provider; and a part for receiving and evaluating information regarding support of the requested functionality by the network units involved.
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