Patent ID: 7797529
Filing Date: 2010-09-14
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: providing security screening of an upload message from a wireless carrier network and destined to an account on a server-associated with a user, the security screening provided by a network other than the wireless carrier network, the other network is the network that is hosting the server, the other network's security screening being provided by blocking the upload message before the upload message reaches the server based on the internet protocol (IP) address of a gateway in the wireless carrier network, wherein the upload message is received by the network hosting the server from the gateway, and wherein the gateway is selected from the group consisting of a simple mail transfer protocol (SMTP) gateway, a multimedia messaging service (MMS) gateway, and a short message service (SMS) gateway; where the upload message is not blocked by the network's security screening, the server determines whether to block or allow the upload of content from the upload message based on opt-in parameters predetermined by the user for the account that the upload message is destined, the server: