System for delivering user-generated short-text notified multimedia messages between operator networks
First Claim
1. A multimedia message interworking system for delivering multimedia messages, the system including at least one sender in a voice/video short messaging service system (VVSS) in communication with message recipients, the sender VVSS comprising:
- a first multimedia message storage to store one or more first multimedia messages for a first message recipient and one or more second multimedia messages for a second message recipient;
a sender routing table to store routing information of at least one recipient operator; and
a sender routing logic component for deciding a mode of interworking for routing the one or more first multimedia messages to the first message recipient and the one or more second multimedia messages to the second message recipient based upon the routing information;
wherein the first message recipient calls a common multimedia message retrieval number to directly access one of the one or more first multimedia messages stored in the first multimedia message storage and calls a second common multimedia message retrieval number to directly access a different one of the one or more first multimedia messages stored in the first multimedia message storage;
wherein the second multimedia message recipient calls the common multimedia message retrieval number to directly access a second multimedia message stored in the first multimedia message storage;
wherein the accessed one of the one or more first multimedia messages is identified based on the common multimedia message retrieval number and an identification of the first message recipient and the accessed different one of the one or more first multimedia messages is identified based on the second common multimedia message retrieval number and the identification of the first message recipient; and
wherein the second multimedia message is identified based on the common multimedia message retrieval number and an identification of the second message recipient.
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Abstract
A system for delivering a multimedia message from a message sender in a sender voice/video short messaging service system (VVSS) operator network to a message recipient in a recipient operator network. The system comprises a services hub suitable for routing the multimedia message, the services hub comprising one or more of a first interface with a sender in the sender VVSS operator network, a second interface with a second VVSS in the recipient operator network, a third interface with a third-party VVSS in a third-party VVSS operator network, wherein the third-party operator network is in communication with the recipient operator network, and a fourth interface with another services hub. Further, the services hub communicates with a sender VVSS and a recipient operator. The recipient operator may be a recipient VVSS operator or a non-VVSS recipient operator.
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34 Claims
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1. A multimedia message interworking system for delivering multimedia messages, the system including at least one sender in a voice/video short messaging service system (VVSS) in communication with message recipients, the sender VVSS comprising:
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a first multimedia message storage to store one or more first multimedia messages for a first message recipient and one or more second multimedia messages for a second message recipient; a sender routing table to store routing information of at least one recipient operator; and a sender routing logic component for deciding a mode of interworking for routing the one or more first multimedia messages to the first message recipient and the one or more second multimedia messages to the second message recipient based upon the routing information; wherein the first message recipient calls a common multimedia message retrieval number to directly access one of the one or more first multimedia messages stored in the first multimedia message storage and calls a second common multimedia message retrieval number to directly access a different one of the one or more first multimedia messages stored in the first multimedia message storage; wherein the second multimedia message recipient calls the common multimedia message retrieval number to directly access a second multimedia message stored in the first multimedia message storage; wherein the accessed one of the one or more first multimedia messages is identified based on the common multimedia message retrieval number and an identification of the first message recipient and the accessed different one of the one or more first multimedia messages is identified based on the second common multimedia message retrieval number and the identification of the first message recipient; and wherein the second multimedia message is identified based on the common multimedia message retrieval number and an identification of the second message recipient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A multimedia message interworking system for delivering multimedia messages, the system including a voice/video short messaging service system (VVSS) coupled to a recipient operator network in communication with message recipients, the VVSS comprising:
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a multimedia message storage to store one or more first multimedia messages for a first recipient and one or more second multimedia messages for a second recipient; a multimedia message retrieval number storage to store a set of multimedia message retrieval numbers; and a recipient notification module to generate a notification alert, the notification alert comprising at least one selected from a group consisting of a message type, a message sender'"'"'s identification, and one of the multimedia message retrieval numbers; wherein the first message recipient calls a common one of the multimedia message retrieval numbers to directly access one of the one or more first multimedia messages stored in the multimedia message storage and calls a second common one of the multimedia message retrieval numbers to directly access a different one of the one or more first multimedia messages stored in the first multimedia message storage, wherein the second message recipient calls the common one of the multimedia message retrieval numbers to directly access a second multimedia message stored in the multimedia message storage, wherein the accessed one of the one or more first multimedia messages is identified based on the common multimedia message retrieval number and an identification of the first message recipient and the accessed different one of the one or more first multimedia messages is identified based on the second common one of the multimedia message retrieval numbers and the identification of the first message recipient; and wherein the second multimedia message is identified based on the common multimedia message retrieval number and an identification of the second message recipient. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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21. A multimedia message interworking system for delivering multimedia messages to message recipients, the system comprising:
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a sender in a voice/video short messaging service system (VVSS) in communication with a message sender; at least one services hub for receiving one or more first multimedia messages for a first recipient and one or more second multimedia messages for a second recipient from the sender VVSS, the one or more first and second multimedia messages comprising at least a message type and a recipient number from which a recipient operator network can be identified; and a services hub routing module residing in the at least one services hub, the services hub routing module identifying a recipient operator based upon the message type and the recipient operator network identification; wherein the first message recipient calls a common multimedia message retrieval number to directly access one of the one or more first multimedia messages stored in a multimedia message storage and calls a second common multimedia message retrieval number to directly access a different one of the one or more first multimedia messages stored in the first multimedia message storage; wherein the second message recipient calls the common multimedia message retrieval number to directly access a second multimedia message stored in the multimedia message storage, wherein the accessed one of the one or more first multimedia messages is identified based on the common multimedia message retrieval number and an identification of the first message recipient and the accessed different one of the one or more first multimedia message is identified based on the second common multimedia message retrieval number and the identification of the first message recipient; and wherein the second multimedia message is identified based on the common multimedia message retrieval number and an identification of the second message recipient. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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