Method for transmitting multimedia message to roamed multimedia message receiver and system thereof

A system for transmitting a multimedia message from a first mobile communication network to a multimedia message receiver that has roamed from the first mobile communication network to a second mobile communication network, the system comprising:

• a home location register for providing location information of the multimedia message receiver;
• a multimedia message server for requesting transmission of a notification message of a pull method to query to the multimedia message receiver whether the multimedia message receiver accepts receipt of the multimedia message, and when a response of acceptance of the multimedia message is received from the multimedia message receiver, transmitting the multimedia message to the multimedia message receiver;
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• a short message server for transmitting the notification message of the pull method to the roamed multimedia message receiver according to a request of the multimedia message server and receiving the response of receipt acceptance of the multimedia message from the multimedia message receiver,
• wherein when the multimedia message server receives a reception failure message which indicates a failure of the transmission of the notification message and which is caused by a roaming of the multimedia message receiver from the short message server, the multimedia message server requests the short message server to transmit the notification message of the pull method to the roamed multimedia message receiver.

A system for transmitting a multimedia message from a first mobile communication network to a multimedia message receiver that has roamed from the first mobile communication network to a second mobile communication network, the system comprising:

• a home location register for providing location information of the multimedia message receiver;
• a multimedia message server for requesting transmission of a first notification message including a roaming indicator and when receiving a reception failure message which indicates a failure of the transmission of the first notification message and which is caused by a roaming of the multimedia message receiver, requesting transmission of a second notification message of a pull method to query to the multimedia message receiver whether the multimedia message receiver accepts receipt of the multimedia message, and when a response of receipt of acceptance of the multimedia message is received from the multimedia message receiver, transmitting the multimedia message to the multimedia message receiver;
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• a short message server for transmitting the reception failure message to the multimedia message server and transmitting the second notification message of the pull method to the roamed multimedia message receiver according to a request of the multimedia message server and receiving the response of receipt of acceptance of the multimedia message from the multimedia message receiver.