Data transmission

• US 20020087549A1
• Filed: 11/23/2001
• Published: 07/04/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Corporation, Nokia Mobile Phones UK Limited (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Mostafa, Miraj
• Application Number:
  US09/990,359
• Publication Number:
  US 20020087549A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/613 for the control of the source by the destination control signals issued by the client directed to the server or network components specially adapted for selective content distribution H04N21/637
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles
• 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 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6131 involving transmission via a mobile phone network wireless downlink channel access H04W74/006
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/22 Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities

Abstract

A multimedia messaging method comprising the steps of:

receiving a content from a sender and addressed to one or more recipient;

accessing a database comprising recipient data describing multimedia reception capabilities and/or reception preferences for at least one recipient;

forming, in accordance with said recipient data, a notification message containing information that said media content is available to be streamed to the addressed recipient(s); and

transmitting the notification message to the addressed recipient(s). A corresponding network entity, communication system and computer program are also described.

Claims

1. A method in a network entity comprising the steps of:

receiving media content from a sending entity and addressed to at least one recipient;

accessing a database comprising recipient data describing multimedia reception capabilities and/or reception preferences for at least one recipient;

forming, in accordance with said recipient data, a notification message containing information that said media content is available to be streamed to said at least one addressed recipient; and

outputting the notification message for transmission to said at least one addressed recipient.

2. A method according to claim 1 further comprising the steps of:

receiving the media content in a multimedia messaging server; and

providing the at least one addressed recipient with the media content via the network entity;

wherein the network entity is a multimedia messaging relay.

3. A method according to claim 1, wherein a streaming session is established in order to stream at least some of the media content to said at least one recipient.

4. A method according claim 3, wherein said establishing of a streamed session is preceded by transmitting the notification message to said at least one addressed recipient.

5. A method according to claim 1, wherein the media content comprises a set of different types of components and each component can be formatted in one or more formats.

6. A method according to claim 5, wherein the method further comprises the following steps before said outputting of the media content:

checking the format of at least one component of the received media content;

determining by using the recipient data whether the format is appropriate for said at least one addressed recipient; and

if necessary, translating the component into a format appropriate for said at least one addressed recipient.

7. A method according to claim 1, wherein said notification message provides a minimum amount of information necessary for said at least one addressed recipient to establish a streaming session with the said network entity.

8. A method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises providing a radio link during communication with the addressed recipient.

9. A method according to claim 1, wherein said sending entity is chosen from a group consisting of:

a media storing entity of a first telecommunication network, a media storing entity of a second telecommunication network, a media storage in an external data transmission network, and a terminal of the first telecommunication network.

10. A method according to claim 9, wherein the method further comprises transmitting the notification message to said at least one addressed recipient via a first telecommunication network and forming said notification message taking into account the properties of the first telecommunication network.

11. A network entity comprising:

means for receiving a media content from a sending entity and addressed to at least one recipient;

means for accessing a database comprising recipient data describing multimedia reception capabilities and/or reception preferences for the at least one addressed recipient;

notification means for forming, in accordance with said recipient data, a notification message containing information that said media content is available to be streamed to said at least one addressed recipient; and

outputting means for outputting the notification message for transmission to said at least one addressed recipient.

12. A communication system, comprising:

at least one recipient;

a network entity;

means for receiving media content from a sending entity and addressed to said at least one recipient;

means for accessing a database comprising recipient data describing multimedia reception capabilities and/or reception preferences for the at least one addressed recipient;

notification means for forming, in accordance with said recipient data, a notification message containing information that said media content is available to be streamed to said at least one addressed recipient; and

outputting means for outputting the notification message for transmission to said at least one addressed recipient.

13. A computer program for controlling a network entity, comprising:

computer code for causing the network entity to receive media content from a sending entity and addressed to at least one recipient;

computer code for causing the network entity to access a database comprising recipient data describing multimedia reception capabilities and/or reception preferences for the at least one addressed recipient;

computer code for causing the network entity to form, in accordance with said recipient data, a notification message containing information that said media content is available to be streamed to said at least one addressed recipient; and

computer code for causing the network entity to output the notification message for transmission to said at least one addressed recipient.