Patent ID: 8527007
Filing Date: 2013-09-03
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A multimedia message system, comprising: a Service Provider (SP); a Multimedia Message Service Center (MMSC), which serves to receive, store and send multimedia messages; and a Multimedia Message Service Gateway (MMSG) connecting with at least one MMSC and the SP belonging to the MMSG respectively, the MMSG serving to authenticate the SP and a user of the multimedia message as well as a service provided by the SP, the MMSG further serving to authenticate whether the user has subscribed to the provided service and to send the multimedia messages from the SP or the MMSC; if the user is a prepaid user, the MMSG that has received the multimedia message serving to send a billing request; and if the user is a postpaid user, the MMSG that has received a message carrying a success sending information serving to trigger a billing function to generate a Calling Detail Record (CDR).