Optimized MMS architecture for application-to-person and person-to-application messaging
First Claim
1. A method of handling Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) message communications through a wireless communication system, between mobile stations served by the wireless communication system and application servers, the method comprising steps of:
- concentrating communication of MMS messages with the application servers, in a mobile origination mode, by;
receiving MMS messages intended for the application servers from the mobile stations at a Multimedia Messaging Service Center (MMSC) dedicated to application-specific traffic, via a plurality of other MMSCs not dedicated to application-specific MMS traffic;
forwarding the received MMS messages intended for the application servers from the MMSC dedicated to application-specific traffic, to the application servers;
receiving responsive MMS messages from the application servers at the MMSC dedicated to application-specific traffic;
forwarding the received responsive MMS messages from the MMSC dedicated to application-specific traffic to the other MMSCs; and
delivering the responsive MMS messages from the other MMSCs through the wireless communication system, to the mobile stations; and
concentrating communication of MMS messages with the application servers, in a mobile termination mode, by;
receiving MMS messages from the application servers intended for mobile stations at the MMSC dedicated to application-specific traffic; and
delivering received MMS messages from the MMSC dedicated to application-specific traffic through the wireless communication system to respective destination mobile stations without forwarding to any of the other MMSCs.
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Abstract
A system provides Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) to mobile stations through a wireless communication network for person-to-person traffic and traffic to/from an application. The network may include a plurality of Multimedia Messaging Service Centers (MMSCs) coupled to the wireless communication network for MMS communication between two mobile stations, and between a mobile station and an application during call origination mode operations. A second MMSC coupled to the wireless communication network, provides MMS communications between mobile stations and one or more applications during call termination mode operations. In a mobile origination mode operation, the second MMSC concentrates signaling from the first MMSCs and forwards received MMS data, and in a mobile termination mode operations, the second MMSC delivers MMS data to a destination mobile station without forwarding the MMS data to one of the first MMSCs.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of handling Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) message communications through a wireless communication system, between mobile stations served by the wireless communication system and application servers, the method comprising steps of:
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concentrating communication of MMS messages with the application servers, in a mobile origination mode, by; receiving MMS messages intended for the application servers from the mobile stations at a Multimedia Messaging Service Center (MMSC) dedicated to application-specific traffic, via a plurality of other MMSCs not dedicated to application-specific MMS traffic; forwarding the received MMS messages intended for the application servers from the MMSC dedicated to application-specific traffic, to the application servers; receiving responsive MMS messages from the application servers at the MMSC dedicated to application-specific traffic; forwarding the received responsive MMS messages from the MMSC dedicated to application-specific traffic to the other MMSCs; and delivering the responsive MMS messages from the other MMSCs through the wireless communication system, to the mobile stations; and concentrating communication of MMS messages with the application servers, in a mobile termination mode, by; receiving MMS messages from the application servers intended for mobile stations at the MMSC dedicated to application-specific traffic; and delivering received MMS messages from the MMSC dedicated to application-specific traffic through the wireless communication system to respective destination mobile stations without forwarding to any of the other MMSCs. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of concentrating Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) message communications through a wireless communication system, the method comprising steps of:
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receiving a mobile originated MMS message from one of a plurality of mobile stations, addressed to one of a plurality of application servers and containing content, in one of a plurality of Multimedia Messaging Service Centers (MMSCs) in the wireless communication system not dedicated to application-specific MMS traffic; forwarding at least the content of the received mobile originated MMS message from the one MMSC not dedicated to application-specific MMS traffic to an MMSC in the wireless communication system dedicated to application-specific MMS traffic; forwarding at least the content of the received mobile originated MMS message from the MMSC dedicated to application-specific traffic to the one application server; receiving a message containing content for a mobile terminated MMS message from one of the application servers intended for an identified destination mobile station, at the MMSC dedicated to application-specific traffic; and delivering a mobile terminated MMS message, with the content for the mobile terminated MMS message, from the MMSC dedicated to application-specific traffic through the wireless communication system to the destination mobile station without forwarding to any of the MMSCs not dedicated to application-specific MMS traffic. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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