Method and mobile apparatus of receiving a multimedia message

• US 7,835,758 B2
• Filed: 11/04/2005
• Issued: 11/16/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/11/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
• Original Assignee: MediaTek, Inc.
• Inventors: Tu, Guan-Hua, Wang, Jyh-Chun
• Primary Examiner(s): Kincaid; Lester
• Assistant Examiner(s): MITCHELL, NATHAN A
• Application Number:
  US11/266,255
• Publication Number:
  US 20060099942A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,838 Days
• Field of Search: 370/349, 455/406, 455/466, 455/412.1, 455/412.2, 709/203, 709/206
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/53358 Message preview
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/537 Arrangements for indicating the presence of a recorded message , whereby the presence information might include a preview or summary of the message
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel

Abstract

A receiver terminal, like a mobile apparatus or a mobile phone, downloads a multimedia message from a message center via a network. An arrival notification is first transmitted from the message center to the receiver terminal. In the notification, a length of the multimedia message is identified. The receiver terminal, however, checks a portion of the multimedia message downloaded to ensure the actual size indicated by the portion of the multimedia message is consistent with the length identified by the notification. If there is problem, users are inquired for confirmation to determine whether to continue downloading the rest portion of the multimedia message.

Claims

1. A method for a receiver terminal to download a multimedia message from a message center in a wireless network, comprising:

receiving a notification at the receiver terminal from the message center, wherein the notification informs the receiver terminal of arrival of the multimedia message at the message center and the notification contains a predetermined message size indicating length of the multimedia message;

downloading at the receiver terminal a first portion of the multimedia message, which is not the entirety of the multimedia message; and

confirming at the receiver terminal whether to continue downloading a second portion of the multimedia message, which is distinct from the first portion of the multimedia message, if the first portion of the multimedia message downloaded indicates that the actual size of the multimedia message exceeds the predetermined message size.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of downloading a first portion of the multimedia message comprises sending a request to the message center according to the notification.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

inquiring of a user of the receiver terminal whether to download the multimedia message if the predetermined message size is larger than a default value set by the user.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of confirming whether to download the second portion of the multimedia message comprises inquiring of a user of the receiver terminal whether to download the second portion of the multimedia message.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of confirmation whether to download the second portion of the multimedia message comprises automatically checking at least one condition.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first portion of multimedia message downloaded contains a message part having a parameter indicating the actual size of the multimedia message.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the size of the first portion of the multimedia message downloaded is calculated and compared with the predetermined message size for indicating whether the actual size of the multimedia message exceeds the predetermined message size.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the multimedia message is transmitted in a series of chunks, the first portion of multimedia message downloaded contains at least one chunk, and the size of the first portion of the multimedia message downloaded is calculated by accumulating chunk size of the at least one chunk.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the wireless network is a telecommunication network and the receiver terminal is a mobile phone.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein the multimedia message is a Multimedia Message Service message.

10. A mobile apparatus used in a network, comprising:

a memory device for storing a program; and

a processor for executing the program that downloads a first portion of a multimedia message, which is not the entirety of the multimedia message, from a message center and confirms whether to continue downloading a second portion of the multimedia message, which is distinct from the first portion of the multimedia message, if the first portion of the multimedia message downloaded indicates that the actual size of the multimedia message exceeds a predetermined message size,

wherein the program manipulates a notification transmitted from the message center, the notification informing about arrival of the multimedia message at the message center and the notification containing the predetermined message size indicating length of the multimedia message.

11. The mobile apparatus of claim 10, wherein the program sends a request to the message center according to the notification for downloading the first portion of the multimedia message.

12. The mobile apparatus of claim 10, wherein the program inquires a user whether to download the multimedia message if the predetermined message size is larger than a default value set by the user.

13. The mobile apparatus of claim 10, wherein the program confirms whether to download the second portion of the multimedia message by inquiring a user whether to download the second portion of the multimedia message.

14. The mobile apparatus of claim 10, wherein the program confirms whether to download the second portion of the multimedia message by automatically checking at least one condition.

15. The mobile apparatus of claim 10, wherein the first portion of multimedia message downloaded contains a message part having a parameter indicating the actual size of the multimedia message.

16. The mobile apparatus of claim 10, wherein the size of the first portion of the multimedia message downloaded is calculated and compared with the predetermined message size for indicating whether the actual size of the multimedia message exceeds the predetermined message size.

17. The mobile apparatus of claim 16, wherein the multimedia message is transmitted in a series of chunks, the first portion of multimedia message downloaded contains at least one chunk, and the size of the first portion of the multimedia message downloaded is calculated by accumulating chunk size of the at least one chunk.

18. The mobile apparatus of claim 10, wherein the network is a telecommunication network and the mobile apparatus is a mobile phone.

20. The mobile apparatus of claim 10, wherein the multimedia message is a Multimedia Message Service message.