Method and system for inserting a multimedia message multiple element into a multimedia message
First Claim
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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Abstract
The invention relates to a method and system for inserting at least one multimedia message multiple element into a multimedia message. The method comprises the following steps transmitting at least one multimedia message multiple from a network element to a mobile station, transmitting one first multimedia message from the network element to the mobile station, and inserting the multimedia message multiple element into the first multimedia message. Preferably, insertion occurs in the mobile station, and the multimedia message multiple element is only transmitted once by the network element to the mobile station and is inserted into a plurality of multimedia messages.
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38 Claims
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1. A method for inserting at least one multimedia message multiple element into a multimedia message, comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for inserting at least one multimedia message multiple element into a multimedia message, comprising:
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a network element configured for; receiving a first multimedia message; 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 such that the mobile station stores the received at least one multimedia message multiple element; and 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; such that the 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; and the mobile station configured for inserting the stored at least one multimedia message multiple element into each of the plurality of additional multimedia messages, such that the system transmits the at least one multimedia message element once only from the network element to the mobile station and the mobile station inserts the received at least one multimedia message element into each of the received plurality of additional multimedia messages. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A mobile station for inserting at least one multimedia message multiple element into a plurality of received multimedia messages, the mobile station performing the following:
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the mobile station receiving a first multimedia message including at least one multimedia message multiple element transmitted from a network element; after receiving the at least one multimedia message multiple element from the network element, the mobile station receiving from the network element a plurality of additional multimedia messages not including the at least one multimedia message multiple element; such that the first unit receives from the same network element both (a) the first multimedia message including the at least one multimedia message multiple element to the mobile station, and (b) the plurality of additional multimedia messages not including the at least one multimedia message multiple element; and the mobile station inserting the 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 received from the network element only once and is inserted by the mobile station into each of the received plurality of additional multimedia messages. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A mobile station for inserting at least one multimedia message multiple element into a plurality of received multimedia messages, the mobile station comprising:
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a first unit for; receiving a first multimedia message including at least one multimedia message multiple element transmitted from a network element to the mobile station; and after receiving the at least one multimedia message multiple element from the network element, receiving from the network element a plurality of additional multimedia messages not including the at least one multimedia message multiple element; such that the first unit receives from the same network element both (a) the first multimedia message including the at least one multimedia message multiple element to the mobile station, and (b) the plurality of additional multimedia messages not including the at least one multimedia message multiple element; and a second unit for inserting the 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 received once only from the network element and is inserted by the mobile station into each of the received plurality of additional multimedia messages. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34)
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35. Software embodied in tangible computer-readable storage at a mobile station and executable by one or more processors to:
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receive a first multimedia message including at least one multimedia message multiple element transmitted from a network element to the mobile station; receive from the network element a plurality of multimedia messages not including the at least one multimedia message multiple element; such that both (a) the first multimedia message including the at least one multimedia message multiple element to the mobile station, and (b) the plurality of additional multimedia messages not including the at least one multimedia message multiple element to the mobile station are received at the mobile station from the same network element; and automatically insert the 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 received from the network element only once and is inserted by the mobile station into each of the received plurality of additional multimedia messages. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38)
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