Patent ID: 7924792
Filing Date: 2011-04-12
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A multimedia messaging service (MMS) system comprising: a communication interface configured to communicate with a wireless local area network (LAN); a communication interface configured to directly communicate with a MMS wireless user device to send and receive multimedia messages over said wireless LAN; a MMS gateway for storing and sending the multimedia messages sent by said MMS wireless user device, said MMS gateway to operate cooperatively with said wireless user device deployed in Business-to-Enterprise and Business-to-Customer applications to securely support mobile employee and consumers; and wherein said MMS gateway sets up a direct communication channel between the MMS wireless user device and enterprise applications, and enables bypassing of an operator's MMS Center with no need to store MMS messages on an MMS Center; the MMS gateway comprising: wherein the multimedia messaging service system further comprises: wherein when said MMS user device fails to be detected within said wireless LAN, said MMS gateway communicates with said MMS wireless user device via the telecom network; wherein when said multimedia message storage/transceiver has a multimedia message stored therein and said presence manager detects that said MMS wireless user device is not located within said wireless LAN, the notification sender sends a short message notification to said short message center, which sends a short message to said short message receiver so as to notify said MMS wireless user device; wherein said message transceiver is configured to send a multimedia message by sending a HTTP request carrying said multimedia message over said wireless LAN to said multimedia message storage/transceiver, or, when said notification receiver receives said notification, to send a request carrying storage location information of the multimedia message over said wireless LAN to said multimedia message storage/transceiver, so that said multimedia message storage/transceiver retrieves the multimedia message according to said storage location information and returns it to said MMS wireless user device via said wireless LAN to be received by said message transceiver; wherein said second message transceiver is configured to send a multimedia message to said multimedia message storage/transceiver by sending a request carrying said multimedia message to said gateway, or, when said short message receiver receives said notification, to send a request carrying storage location information of the multimedia message via said gateway to said multimedia message storage/transceiver, so that said multimedia message storage/transceiver retrieves the multimedia message according to said storage location information and returns it to said MMS wireless user device via said telecom network, said multimedia message is received by said second message transceiver; wherein the multimedia message storage/transceiver, upon confirmation that the wireless user device is located within the wireless LAN, sends the stored multimedia message to the wireless user.