Patent ID: 7574203
Filing Date: 2009-08-11
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for retrieving a Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) message, the method being executed at an MMS User Agent, the method comprising: generating an MMS subscription request; sending said MMS subscription request to an MMS server using a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) method SUBSCRIBE; receiving an MMS notification of the MMS message from the MMS server using a SIP method NOTIFY; in response to receiving said MMS notification, generating an MMS message retrieval request for retrieving said MMS message; sending said MMS message retrieval request to the MMS Server using a SIP method FETCH; receiving an MMS message retrieval comprising said MMS message; and in response to receiving said MMS message retrieval from the MMS Server, sending an acknowledgment to the MMS Server using a SIP method INFORM.