Patent ID: 9626341
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method of converting data in a first format in a message transmitted from a sending device for display on a receiving device configured to accurately render data in one or more supported formats comprising: determining the first format of the data in the message transmitted from the sending device, wherein the first format is defined by a character set, the message being a Short Message Service (SMS) or a Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) message; determining whether the receiving device supports the first format by comparing a first domain associated with a mobile phone number of the sending device with a second domain associated with a mobile phone number of the receiving device; and responsive to determining that the receiving device does not support the first format based on comparison of the first domain and the second domain, converting the data into a second format supported by the receiving device.