Duplicate notification message processing method in terminal

A method of processing a duplicate notification message in a multimedia messaging service (MMS), the method comprising:

• an MMS server transmitting a first notification message to a terminal, the first notification message indicating reception of a multimedia message;
• the terminal transmitting a response to the first notification message;
• the MMS server transmitting a second notification message if the response is not received within a retry period;
• the terminal replacing at least a part of the first notification message with at least a part of the second notification message if the second notification message is received before the terminal downloads the multimedia message;
• the terminal transmitting a response to the second notification message;
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• deleting the second notification message if the second notification message is received after the terminal downloads the multimedia message.

A terminal for processing a duplicate notification message, comprising:

• a receiver configured to receive a notification message indicating arrival of a multimedia message;
• a database management module configured to manage the deletion and storage of the received notification message according to whether the received notification message is a duplicate notification message and whether the multimedia message has been downloaded, wherein the database management module is configured to delete the received notification message if the multimedia message has been downloaded and the received notification message is a duplicate notification message received after the multimedia message has been downloaded;
• a database configured to store the received notification message according to an instruction from the database management module;
• a memory comprising a message processing module configured to provide a response to the received notification message;
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• a processor configured to process the received notification message in cooperation with the receiver and the memory according to the instructions in the database management module.

A method of processing a duplicate notification message in a terminal supporting a multimedia messaging service (MMS), the method comprising:

• receiving a notification message indicating reception of a multimedia message from an MMS server;
• determining if the notification message is a duplicate notification message by comparing information of the notification message with information of at least one previously received notification message;
• deleting the notification message if it is determined that a multimedia message corresponding to the notification message has been downloaded and it is determined that the notification message is a duplicate notification message;
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• transmitting either a response message corresponding to the notification message or a request message requesting a multimedia message if it is determined that the notification message is not a duplicate notification message.