Patent ID: 7463897
Filing Date: 2008-12-09
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of transmitting message data in a mobile communications system comprising a network, at least one sending device capable of exchanging message data with the network and at least one receiving device capable of exchanging message data with the network, each device having a respective set of message data format handling capabilities, the method comprising the steps of: at a sending device, receiving a set of message data format handling capabilities of a receiving device, the set of message data format handling capabilities of the receiving device being provided only if authorized; at the sending device, storing the received set of message data format handling capabilities of the receiving device, thereby creating a stored set of message data format handling capabilities of the receiving device; at the sending device, detecting a user selecting the receiving device as the destination of a message, wherein the message is in a given data format chosen from the group comprising (I) still images, (ii) video, (iii) animations data, (iv) sound data, (v) text data, and (vi) layout formats; at the sending device, in response to the detection, comparing the stored set of message data format handling capabilities of the receiving device with message data format handling capabilities of the sending device; at the sending device, indicating the message data formats that are supported by both the sending device and the receiving device as options for attaching files to the message.