Patent ID: 9509646
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method for delivering a multimedia messaging service (MMS) message from a first multimedia messaging service center (MMSC) of a home network to a second MMSC of a foreign network, the method comprising: modifying, at the first MMSC, one or more of the MMS message and one or more multimedia objects contained in the MMS message to conform to the one or more multimedia-messaging parameters to provide a modified multimedia message; communicating the modified MMS message to a second MMSC for delivery to a recipient's mobile device; receiving a first failed-delivery notification from the second MMSC when the modified MMS message cannot be delivered to the recipient's mobile device; and communicating a second failed-delivery notification to a user's mobile device, wherein the first or second failed-delivery notifications include a condition associated with the foreign network or the recipient's mobile device and the condition is one of: the recipient's mobile device is powered off, the recipient's mobile device is not accepting MMS messages, the recipient's mobile device has exceeded its memory capacity, or the foreign network conditions make delivery impossible.