Patent ID: 8295447
Filing Date: 2012-10-23
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for storing and forwarding multimedia messages for a multimedia call in a packet-switching telecommunication network, comprising: providing a called subscriber with a network access with a known and predetermined bandwidth to the telecommunication network; diverting the multimedia call to a recording device present in the telecommunication network when determined that during the setting up of the multimedia call a large part of the bandwidth of said network access of said called subscriber is occupied by the use of another multimedia service and the bandwidth of said network access, that is still available, is too narrow for the multimedia call due to the another multimedia service currently being used, wherein a calling subscriber then leaves a multimedia message on the recording device in the telecommunication network and wherein the another multimedia service is a streaming service; forwarding the multimedia message to a local recording device of the called subscriber via the network access and using the bandwidth that remains available; and indicating the arrival of the new multimedia message in the local recording device to the called subscriber after complete transmission.