Patent ID: 8037206
Filing Date: 2011-10-11
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for providing Multimedia Message Service (MMS) interoperability between a first mobile telephone service provider and a second mobile telephone service provider, comprising: receiving via MM querying, using the destination address of the incoming MMS message, a number portability repository to determine an identity of the second mobile telephone service provider to which the incoming MMS message is intended to be sent; querying, using the identity of the second mobile telephone service provider, a carrier profile repository to access a previously-stored carrier profile for the second mobile telephone service provider, the carrier profile comprising information regarding content acceptable to the second mobile telephone service provider; performing, responsive to at least aspects of the carrier profile and the content of the incoming MMS message, one or more of the following processing steps: a) if the second mobile telephone service provider can accept the incoming MMS message as is then sending via MM b) if transcoding is applicable then (i) transcoding the incoming MMS message, in accordance with aspects of the carrier profile, to generate a transcoded MMS message and (ii) sending the transcoded MMS message to a MMSC of the second mobile telephone service provider, or c) (i) sending the incoming MMS message to a legacy facility of the second mobile telephone service provider or (ii) sending via Short Message Peer-to-Peer a Short Message Service message to a Short Message Service Center of the second mobile telephone service provider.