Multimedia messaging method and system
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1. A multimedia messaging service system comprising:
- a first network entity for storing a multimedia message;
a plurality of user agents;
a second network entity for notifying a user agent of a multimedia message available to the user agent, the user agent being a recipient user agent;
a third network entity for searching the multimedia message for a streamable media component, for storing the streamable media component, and for modifying the multimedia message by placing into the multimedia message, a descriptor allowing the recipient user agent to initiate a streaming session to retrieve the streamable media component; and
the second network entity receiving a request for delivering the multimedia message to the recipient user agent and transferring the multimedia message to the recipient user agent responsive to the request, wherein the recipient user agent is configured to separate a non-streamable media component from the multimedia message.
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Abstract
A multimedia messaging method and system, wherein the same multimedia message can be used to encapsulate both non-streamable media components and descriptors relating to streamable media components. A recipient extracts the descriptors from the multimedia message and initiates streaming sessions accordingly. The notification process by which a recipient user agent is informed of the availability of a multimedia message is the same regardless the type of the components within the message.
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1. A multimedia messaging service system comprising:
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a first network entity for storing a multimedia message; a plurality of user agents; a second network entity for notifying a user agent of a multimedia message available to the user agent, the user agent being a recipient user agent; a third network entity for searching the multimedia message for a streamable media component, for storing the streamable media component, and for modifying the multimedia message by placing into the multimedia message, a descriptor allowing the recipient user agent to initiate a streaming session to retrieve the streamable media component; and the second network entity receiving a request for delivering the multimedia message to the recipient user agent and transferring the multimedia message to the recipient user agent responsive to the request, wherein the recipient user agent is configured to separate a non-streamable media component from the multimedia message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method, comprising:
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receiving at a network entity, a multimedia message comprising a non-streamable component and a streamable component; replacing the streamable component with a descriptor associated with the streamable component, the descriptor enabling initiation of a streaming session to retrieve the streamable component; transmitting the multimedia message, the multimedia message comprising the non-streamable component and the descriptor associated with the streamable component. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method, comprising:
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transmitting, from a user agent, a request to receive a multimedia message comprising a non-streamable component and a streamable component; receiving, in response to the request, the multimedia message containing the non-streamable component and a descriptor describing the streamable component, the descriptor having replaced the streamable component; and initiating a streaming session using the descriptor to one of retrieve and down stream the streamable component of the multimedia message. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An apparatus, comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following; transmit a request to receive a multimedia message comprising a non-streamable component and a streamable component; receive, in response to the request, the multimedia message containing the non-streamable component and a descriptor describing the streamable component, the descriptor having replaced the streamable component; and initiate a streaming session using the descriptor to one of retrieve and down stream the streamable component of the multimedia message. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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