Patent ID: 7912970
Filing Date: 2011-03-22
Classification: G06Q,H04W

Abstract:
1. A mobile terminal, comprising: a multimedia message service (MMS) client that supports a multimedia message service (MMS) for transmission and reception of multimedia messages via a multimedia message service (MMS) proxy-relay; a task execution module cooperating with the MMS client to support execution of tasks related to the MMS; a management object entity that contains a plurality of management objects related to the MMS, the management objects being configured in a device management (DM) tree or other logical hierarchy format, the management object entity being accessible by the MMS client and the task execution module; and a device management (DM) client, cooperating with the MMS client, the task execution module, and the management object entity, and connected with a device management (DM) server in order to perform device management (DM) operations related to the MMS using the management objects in the DM tree or other logical hierarchy format, the DM operations being performed by: receiving, from the DM server, a request for searching at least one parameter related to the management objects, accessing the at least one parameter from the management object entity, transferring, to the DM server, the at least one parameter in a form of the DM tree or other logical hierarchy format, receiving, from the DM server, a modified parameter after the DM server performs modification of the at least one parameter, and transferring the modified parameter to the management object entity for updating thereof to allow the MMS client to operate according to the modified parameter; wherein the DM tree or other logical hierarchy format is comprised of nodes related to supporting the MMS including: an ‘RM’ node that designates a re-submission mode supported by the MMS client and used for submission of an earlier retrieved or restricted multimedia message, whereby the re-submission mode follows the creation mode that is set to either the Warning mode or the Free mode.