Method for transmitting messages in a telecommunications network
AssigneeIPCom GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsJosef Laumen, Joerg Reinecke, Frank Schange, Gunnar Schmidt
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method for transmitting messages in a telecommunications network, in which a first message service and a second message service are available. Dedicated messages of the first message service are sent, using messages of the second message service. The method of the present invention has the particular advantage, that an optimized transmission scheme can be maintained for the dedicated messages of the first message service.
Claims20
A method for transmitting multimedia messages of a multimedia message service using short messages of a short message service in a telecommunications network, the method comprising:
- embedding a multimedia message of a multimedia message service within a data portion of a short message of a short message service, the data portion following a header portion of the short message;
- including in said short message a first identifier indicating that said multimedia message is present in said data portion;
- including in the data portion of the short message a second identifier indicating a type of said multimedia message;
- and
- transmitting the short message to a receiver.
A transmitter capable of transmitting multimedia messages of a multimedia message service using short messages of a short message service in a telecommunications network, wherein the transmitter is configured to:
- embed a multimedia message of a multimedia message service within a data portion of a short message of a short message service, the data portion following a header portion of the short message;
- include in said short message a first identifier indicating that said multimedia message is present in said data portion;
- include in the data portion of the short message a second identifier indicating a type of said multimedia message;
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- transmit the short message to a receiver.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.