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Method and system for inserting a multimedia message multiple element into a multimedia message

  • US 7,917,128 B2
  • Filed: 01/08/2004
  • Issued: 03/29/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for inserting at least one multimedia message multiple element into a multimedia message, comprising:

  • receiving a first multimedia message at a network element;

    at the network element, inserting at least one multimedia message multiple element into the first multimedia message;

    transmitting the first multimedia message including the at least one multimedia message multiple element from the network element to a mobile station;

    storing the received at least one multimedia message multiple element at the mobile station;

    after transmitting the first multimedia message that includes the at least one multimedia message multiple element from the network element to the mobile station;

    transmitting a plurality of additional multimedia messages not including the at least one multimedia message multiple element from the network element to the mobile station; and

    at the mobile station, inserting the stored at least one multimedia message multiple element into each of the plurality of additional multimedia messages, such that the at least one multimedia message multiple element is sent only once from the network element to the mobile station and is inserted at the mobile station into each of the plurality of additional multimedia messages;

    such that the same network element (a) inserts the at least one multimedia message multiple element into the first multimedia message and transmits the first multimedia message including the at least one multimedia message multiple element to the mobile station, and (b) transmits the plurality of additional multimedia messages not including the at least one multimedia message multiple element to the mobile station.

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