Multi-media messaging

• US 8,161,117 B2
• Filed: 09/03/2004
• Issued: 04/17/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/03/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Ye, Zhou, Wilsher, Thomas, Xiang, Jibin, Shi, Jimmy, Shah, Ali
• Primary Examiner(s): Pwu, Jeffrey
• Assistant Examiner(s): MUSA, ABDELNABI O
• Application Number:
  US10/933,836
• Publication Number:
  US 20060053227A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,783 Days
• Field of Search: 709/206, 709/205, 709/207, 709/204, 709/208
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/066 Format adaptation, e.g. format conversion or compression
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/565 Conversion or adaptation of application format or content adding application control or application functional data H04L67/561
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/08 Protocols for interworking; Protocol conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/22 Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities

Abstract

Methods, systems, and machine-readable mediums are disclosed for creating multimedia messaging service (MMS) messages. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving a message in a first format, adapting the message to a MMS message, and sending the MMS message to a user device.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a message in an extendable markup language (XML) format, the message referencing one or more external files;

determining a recipient, wherein the recipient is associated with a plurality of devices capable of receiving messages;

determining the plurality of devices associated with the recipient, each device associated with a device identifier and a communication type;

obtaining communication capabilities for the plurality of devices;

selecting at least one of the devices having MMS communication capabilities, the at least one device being associated with at least one device identifier, wherein selecting the at least one of the devices comprises selecting the device, from the plurality of devices capable of receiving messages, based at least in part on device presence information, which indicates that the recipient is actively using the selected device;

determining one or more formats supported by the selected at least one device;

adapting the message to a multimedia messaging service (MMS) message, wherein the adapting includes transcoding the message from the XML format to a Synchronized Media Integration Language (SMIL) format, obtaining the one or more external files referenced by the message in the XML format, packaging the obtained one or more external files in the SMIL message, and converting the SMIL message packaged with the one or more obtained external files to the MMS message; and

sending the MMS message to the at least one selected device at the associated at least one device identifier.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein transcoding the message comprises transcoding the message using mappings mapping the first format to SMIL.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the mappings comprise Extensible StyleSheet Language Transformations (XSLT).

4. The method of claim 1, wherein converting the message further comprises converting the message in the SMIL format to a binary format.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining one or more formats supported by the device.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the one or more external files include a graphic file and wherein converting the message comprises converting the graphic file from a first graphic format to a second graphic format supported by the selected device and based on device preference information for the selected device.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the one or more external files include an audio file and wherein converting the message comprises converting the audio file from a first audio format to a second audio format supported by the selected device and based on device preference information for the selected device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein selecting the device associated with the recipient comprises:

determining a plurality of devices associated with the recipient; and

selecting at least one of the plurality of devices in which to send the MMS message.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein selecting at least one of the plurality of devices comprises:

obtaining communication capabilities for the plurality of devices; and

determining at least one of the plurality of devices having MMS communication capabilities.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein selecting at least one of the plurality of devices further comprises selecting at least one of the devices having MMS communication capabilities, the selecting based at least in part on user preferences.

11. A system comprising:

a first communications interface, to receive a message an extendable markup language format (XML) message referencing a plurality of external files;

a recipient determiner to determine a recipient, wherein the recipient is associated with a plurality of devices;

a device determiner to select a device associated with the recipient, the device being associated with a device identifier, wherein selecting a device associated with the recipient comprises selecting a device, from the plurality of devices, based at least in part on device presence information, which indicates that the recipient is actively using the selected device;

an adapter, to transcode the XML message to a Synchronized Media Integration Language (SMIL) format message, to retrieve the plurality of external files referenced by the XML message, convert the retrieved files from a first format to a second format supported by the selected device and based on preference information for the selected device, to package the converted files in the transcoded SMIL format message, and convert the SMIL message with the converted files to a multimedia messaging service (MMS) format message; and

a second communications interface, to send the MMS format message to a Multimedia Messaging Service Center (MMSC).

12. The system of claim 11, wherein transcoding the message comprises transcoding the message using mappings mapping the first format to SMIL.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the mappings comprise Extensible StyleSheet Language Transformations (XSLT).

14. The system of claim 11, wherein converting the message further comprises converting the message in the SMIL format to a binary format.

15. The system of claim 11, further comprising determining one or more formats supported by the device.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the one or more external files include a graphic file and wherein converting the message comprises converting the graphic file from a first graphic format to a second graphic format supported by the selected device and based on device preference information for the selected device.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the one or more external files include an audio file and wherein converting the message comprises converting the audio file from a first audio format to a second audio format supported by the selected device and based on device preference information for the selected device.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein selecting the device associated with the recipient comprises:

determining a plurality of devices associated with the recipient; and

selecting at least one of the plurality of devices in which to send the MMS message.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein selecting at least one of the plurality of devices comprises:

obtaining communication capabilities for the plurality of devices; and

determining at least one of the plurality of devices having MMS communication capabilities.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein selecting at least one of the plurality of devices further comprises selecting at least one of the devices having MMS communication capabilities, the selecting based at least in part on user preferences.

21. At least one machine-readable memory, having stored thereon sequences of instructions, which, when executed by a machine cause the machine to:

receive a extendable markup language (XML) message identifying a plurality of external files;

determine a recipient, wherein the recipient is associated with a plurality of devices;

select a device associated with the recipient, the device being associated with a device identifier, wherein selecting a device associated with the recipient comprises selecting a device, from the plurality of devices, based at least in part on device presence information, which indicates that the recipient is actively using the selected device;

adapt the message to a Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) format, wherein adapting the message includes transcoding the XML message to a Synchronized Media Integration Language (SMIL) message, obtaining the plurality of external files identified by the XML message, packaging the obtained external files in the SMIL message, and converting the SMIL message packaged with the obtained external files to a MMS message; and

send the MMS message to a Multimedia Messaging Service Center (MMSC) for delivery to the selected device.

22. The machine-readable memory of claim 21, wherein transcoding the message comprises transcoding the message using mappings mapping the first format to SMIL.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein the mappings comprise Extensible StyleSheet Language Transformations (XSLT).

24. The machine-readable memory of claim 21, wherein converting the message further comprises converting the message in the SMIL format to a binary format.

25. The machine-readable memory of claim 21, further comprising determining one or more formats supported by the device.

26. The machine-readable memory of claim 25, wherein the one or more external files include a graphic file and wherein converting the message comprises converting the graphic file from a first graphic format to a second graphic format supported by the selected device and based on device preference information for the selected device.

27. The machine-readable memory of claim 25, wherein the one or more external files include an audio file and wherein converting the message comprises converting the audio file from a first audio format to a second audio format supported by the selected device and based on device preference information for the selected device.

28. The machine-readable memory of claim 21, wherein selecting the device associated with the recipient comprises:

determining a plurality of devices associated with the recipient; and

selecting at least one of the plurality of devices in which to send the MMS message.

29. The machine-readable memory of claim 28, wherein selecting at least one of the plurality of devices comprises:

obtaining communication capabilities for the plurality of devices; and

determining at least one of the plurality of devices having MMS communication capabilities.

30. The machine-readable memory of claim 28, wherein selecting at least one of the plurality of devices further comprises selecting at least one of the devices having MMS communication capabilities, the selecting based at least in part on user preferences.