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Informing recipient device of message content properties

  • US 9,369,306 B2
  • Filed: 10/26/2012
  • Issued: 06/14/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/02/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for providing a content class indication to a mobile device, the method comprising:

  • receiving a multimedia message at a network element;

    defining a first content class for the multimedia message at the network element, the first content class from a predetermined group of content classes defined for the system and the first content class classifying content of the multimedia message to a smallest content class of the predetermined group of content classes to which the multimedia message belongs;

    forming a multimedia message notification comprising an indication of the first content class; and

    ,transmitting the multimedia message notification and the multimedia message to a mobile device, wherein the multimedia message notification indicates to the mobile device whether to adapt the processing of the content of the multimedia message according to the indication of the first content class compared to at least one second content class of the predetermined group of content classes supported at the mobile device.

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