Patent ID: 8094589
Filing Date: 2012-01-10
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for providing a multimedia message service, comprising: an open-type application programming interface (API) processor for receiving a request for a multimedia message, i.e., SendMessage Request, and a delivery status informing activation/inactivation request from an application server by calling an API function of the application server, and transmitting a process result to the application server; a multimedia message (MM) 7 protocol processor for transmitting the multimedia SendMessage Request of the application server to an MM server of a communication network by exchanging messages with the MM server providing a multimedia message service based on a protocol of the MM server, and receiving a process result from the MM server; a multimedia service controller for analyzing a message transmitted from the open-type API processor, setting up a delivery informing function for multimedia messages of the application server at activation/inactivation if the message is a delivery status informing activation/inactivation request message, transmitting the multimedia message to the MM7 protocol processor for transmission if the message is a multimedia SendMessage Request, receiving a process result for the multimedia message from the MM7 protocol processor, checking whether a corresponding delivery status informing function is activated, and transmitting the delivery status informing message to the application server through the open-type API processor when the delivery status informing function is activated; and, a storage for storing activation/inactivation information of a delivery status informing function of each application server, which is processed by the multimedia service controller, and variables and identifications requested to process the multimedia message.