All-HTTP multimedia messaging
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1. A method of sending a multimedia message, comprising:
- encapsulating, at a wireless device, a multimedia message as a multipurpose internet mail extensions (MIME) multipart message;
addressing said MIME multipart message, via a Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) POST command, to a multimedia messaging service center (MMSC); and
transmitting, from said wireless device to said MMSC, said Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) POST command including said encapsulated multimedia message through an Internet Protocol (IP) interface.
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Abstract
A WAP-free, IETF-Specification Compliant Multimedia Message Service Center (MMSC)-Multimedia Message Service (MMS) User Agent Interface based on the Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is provided, as well as an all-HTTP multimedia messaging technique in general, using HTTP POST and GET techniques, between mobile stations and multimedia messaging service centers (MMSCs) for multimedia message (MM) submission and delivery.
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1. A method of sending a multimedia message, comprising:
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encapsulating, at a wireless device, a multimedia message as a multipurpose internet mail extensions (MIME) multipart message; addressing said MIME multipart message, via a Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) POST command, to a multimedia messaging service center (MMSC); and transmitting, from said wireless device to said MMSC, said Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) POST command including said encapsulated multimedia message through an Internet Protocol (IP) interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A wireless device for sending a multimedia message, comprising:
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an encapsulator to encapsulate, at a wireless device, a multimedia message as a multipurpose internet mail extensions (MIME) multipart message; an addressing module for addressing said MIME multipart message, via a Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) POST command, to a multimedia messaging service center (MMSC); and a wireless transmitter for transmitting from said wireless device to said MMSC said Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) POST command including said encapsulated multimedia message through an Internet Protocol (IP) interface. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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