Patent ID: 7305227
Filing Date: 2007-12-04
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for accounting of data transmission costs in a mobile radio network with respect to multimedia message, comprising the steps of: assigning a cost identification signal to the data of the multimedia message, being transmitted by a sender's telecommunication device, selecting whether the cost of the data transmission of the multimedia message to be sent should be charged to the sender's telecommunication device or to a recipient's telecommunication device whole or in part based on a gradation for cost splitting between the sender and the recipient; transmitting the multimedia message via a MMS relay of a service provider to a recipient's telecommunication device after the cost identification signal has been assigned; and sending a notification signal to the recipient's telecommunication device via the MMS relay of the service provider, notifying that the data of the multimedia message is available at the MMS relay of the provider for downloading, and wherein the assigned cost identification signal is transmitted during transmission of the notification signal from the MMS relay of the service provider to the recipient's telecommunication device informing the recipient about the selection of the sender who bears the costs for downloading the data of the multimedia message being available at the MMS relay of the service provider.