Patent ID: 8504625
Filing Date: 2013-08-06
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for transmitting an e-mail message using the multimedia message service MMS as a transport system for transmitting the e-mail message from a first user application of a first subscriber to a second user application of a second subscriber, comprising: transmitting said email message, together with an application identifier to identify the first user application, from the first user application of the first subscriber to a network element of the multimedia message service, identifying, by the network element of the multimedia message service, a format of the e-mail message having a format of the first user application by the application identifier, which is transmitted together with the e-mail message, passing the e-mail message, via the multimedia message service without change by means of an MMS message, to the second user application, recognizing the transmitted e-mail message by means of the application identifier as a message in the format of the second user application such that the transmitted e-mail message is not treated as a generic MMS message, and is transmitted to an e-mail application server and further to an addressed recipient.