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Multimedia messaging service gateway (MMSGW) system, method of operating a multimedia messaging service gateway (MMSGW) system and a software product

AssigneeWebtext Holdings Limited

InventorsAnthony Cahill, Colm Keating

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Abstract

A Multimedia Messaging Service Gateway (MMSGW) system for the reception of a content associated with a MMS message is described. The MMSGW includes an ingress for reception of a notification to the MMSGW of sending of the MMS message and for forwarding of the notification to an initial parser arranged to obtain metadata associated with the content for production of an IP object based on the notification. The MMSGW also includes a content retrieval for download of the content from the server according to the IP object, storage for one or more of the retrieved content or metadata associated with the retrieved content, an egress for transmitting a MMSGW process completion indicator, and an API for facilitating retrieval of one or more of the retrieved content or the metadata by a remote party.

Claims28

Dependent claims

A Multimedia Messaging Service Gateway (MMSGW) system (10), for the reception of a content associated with a MMS message, the MMS message comprising an actual message and the associated content, the MMS message originating from a mobile device (51) arranged in co-operation with a carrier comprising a server (52), the MMSGW (10) comprising:

at least one processor configured to:
receive, via an ingress (110), a notification to the MMSGW (10) of sending of the MMS message,
forward, via the ingress (110), the notification to an initial parser (120),
obtain, via the initial parser (120) arranged in co-operation with the server, metadata associated with the content, for production of an IP object based on the notification,
download, via a content retrieval (130), the content from the server according to the IP object,
store in a store (90) of at least one memory one or more of the retrieved content or metadata associated with the retrieved content,
transmit, via an egress (140), a MMSGW process completion indicator,
facilitate, via an API (100), retrieval of one or more of the retrieved content or the metadata by at least one remote party.

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A method of operating a Multimedia Messaging Service Gateway (MMSGW) system, the MMSGW arranged for the reception of a content associated with a MMS message, the MMS message comprising an actual message and the associated content, the MMS message originating from a mobile device arranged in co-operation with a carrier comprising a server, the method comprising:

receiving, via an ingress (110), a notification to the MMSGW (10) of sending of the MMS message,
forwarding, via the ingress (110), of the notification to an initial parser (120),
obtaining, via the initial parser (120) arranged in co-operation with the server, metadata associated with the content, for production of an IP object based on the notification,
downloading, via a content retrieval (130), the content from the server according to the IP object,
storing, with a store (90), one or more of the retrieved content or metadata associated with the retrieved content,
transmitting, via an egress (140), a MMSGW process completion indicator,
facilitating, via an API (100), retrieval of one or more of the retrieved content or the metadata by at least one remote party.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/183,261Filed 15 Jun 2016 · us provisional application
Priority: 15 Jun 2015
Published: US 2016/0366237 A115 Dec 2016
Granted: 12 Nov 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

H04L 67/561
Provisioning of proxy services: adding application-functional data or data for application control, e.g. adding metadata
H04L 51/10
Characterised by the inclusion of specific contents: multimedia information
H04L 51/58
User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail: message…
H04L 67/53
Network services: using third party service providers