Method and system for blocking undesirable messages
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsAndreas Schmidt, Markus Trauberg, Sabine Niekerk
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for blocking undesirable messages (MMs), which includes the following steps: a message is sent from a sender (MMS UA A) to a transmitter (MMS R/S A); the message is sent from the transmitter (MMS R/S A) to a service provider (MMSE SP B); the message is transmitted from the service provider (MMSE SP B) to a recipient (MMS UA B), such recipient being serviced by the service provider. The message is transmitted from the service provider only if the sender does not figure on a list of exclusions. Preferably, the list of exclusions is managed by the service provider.
Claims17
1-22. (canceled)
A method for blocking undesirable messages in a mobile radio system, the method comprising:
- sending a message from a sender to a transmitter;
- transmitting the message from the transmitter to a service provider;
- and
- transmitting the message from the service provider to a recipient, the recipient being serviced by the service provider, such that the message is transmitted from the service provider to the recipient only if the sender does not figure on a list of exclusions;
- wherein one of:
- a) the recipient receives the message anonymously and notifies the service provider if the recipient wants to have the sender of the message put on a list of exclusions, the notification to the service provider containing a message identifier as an identification signal from which the service provider can determine an identity of the sender, with the message identifier being a reference to a storage location of one of a message URI and a message identification element Message-ID;
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- b) the recipient receives the message with an alias name and notifies the service provider if the recipient wants to have the sender of the message put on the list of exclusions, with the notification to the service provider containing the alias name as an identification signal.
A system for blocking undesirable messages in a mobile radio system, comprising:
- a transmitter for transmitting a message from a sender;
- a service provider for receiving the message from the transmitter;
- and
- a recipient served by the service provider, the recipient being able to receive the message from the service provider, such that the service provider transmits the message to the recipient only if the sender does not figure in a list of exclusions;
- wherein one of:
- a) the recipient receives the message anonymously and notifies the service provider if the recipient wants to have the sender of the message put on a list of exclusions, the notification to the service provider containing a message identifier as an identification signal from which the service provider can determine an identity of the sender, with the message identifier being a reference to a storage location of one of a message URI and a message identification element Message-ID;
- and
- b) the recipient receives the message with an alias name and notifies the service provider if the recipient wants to have the sender of the message put on the list of exclusions, with the notification to the service provider containing the alias name as an identification signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.