Patent ID: 8626212
Filing Date: 2014-01-07
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for group messaging at a mobile terminal in an autonomous network, comprising: acquiring a message and a list of target identifiers, the list of target identifiers containing the identifiers of multiple mobile terminals to which the message is to be sent; identifying a first subset of the mobile terminals as being located in the autonomous network; identifying a second subset of the mobile terminals as being located outside the autonomous network; transmitting the message via the autonomous network to the first subset of the mobile terminals, and removing the identifiers of the first subset of the mobile terminals from the list of target identifiers to obtain an updated list of target identifiers, wherein the updated list of target identifiers comprises the target identifiers of the second subset of the mobile terminals located outside the autonomous network; generating a first aggregate message, wherein the first aggregate message contains the message and the identifiers of the second subset of the mobile terminals; sending the first aggregate message to a base station if the length of the first aggregate message does not exceed a pre-defined threshold; and dividing the first aggregate message into multiple fragment messages and then sending the multiple fragment messages to the base station if the length of the first aggregate message exceeds the pre-defined threshold.