Methods and systems for transmitting video messages to mobile communication devices
DCFirst Claim
1. A method of transmitting video messages to a mobile phone, the method comprising:
- receiving over a network at a message management system a request from a user that a video message be sent to a recipient mobile phone;
transmitting an authorization request message to a mobile phone associated with the user, wherein the user needs to provide a user authorization response in order for the video message to be sent to the recipient;
at least partly in response to receiving an authorization response from the user, initiating the transmission of the video message to the recipient mobile phone;
determining whether the recipient mobile phone is capable of receiving an MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) message;
when the recipient mobile phone is capable of receiving an MMS message, having the video message delivered to the recipient mobile phone via an MMS message; and
when the recipient mobile phone is not capable of receiving an MMS message, having access to the video message provided to the recipient mobile phone via a SMS (Short Message Service) WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) push message,wherein the SMS WAP push message includes an option of connecting to a specified URL (Uniform Resource Locator) via a recipient mobile phone browser to access the video message.
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Abstract
Methods and systems for managing messaging are described. An illustrative messaging system includes a processor and a content database storing video content and/or other content, and a user database that stores an identifier corresponding to a telecommunications carrier associated with a user mobile phone, and an indicator indicating the messaging capability of the mobile phone of the user. Code is stored in memory that is configured to provide for display on a terminal a faun via which a user can view a plurality of videos from the content database, select a video to be sent as a message, and specify a recipient for the video message. The system is optionally configured to initiate the transmission of an approval request message to a terminal, such as a mobile phone associated with the user, wherein the user can approve the sending of the video message to the recipient by taking an action in response to the approval request.
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1. A method of transmitting video messages to a mobile phone, the method comprising:
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receiving over a network at a message management system a request from a user that a video message be sent to a recipient mobile phone; transmitting an authorization request message to a mobile phone associated with the user, wherein the user needs to provide a user authorization response in order for the video message to be sent to the recipient; at least partly in response to receiving an authorization response from the user, initiating the transmission of the video message to the recipient mobile phone; determining whether the recipient mobile phone is capable of receiving an MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) message; when the recipient mobile phone is capable of receiving an MMS message, having the video message delivered to the recipient mobile phone via an MMS message; and when the recipient mobile phone is not capable of receiving an MMS message, having access to the video message provided to the recipient mobile phone via a SMS (Short Message Service) WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) push message, wherein the SMS WAP push message includes an option of connecting to a specified URL (Uniform Resource Locator) via a recipient mobile phone browser to access the video message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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