Patent ID: 8731587

Claim:
A method for transmitting messages in a telecommunications network including a Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) and a Short Message Service (SMS), said messages including MMS messages in an MMS message format and SMS messages in an SMS message format specified by Global System for Mobile Communications, the method comprising: structuring the SMS message to include a header portion, a data portion, and a user data header, wherein the user data header is within the data portion; including an MMS message in said data portion of said SMS message; including in said data portion of said SMS message an MMS message type identifier, said MMS message type identifier providing an identification of a type of said MMS message, the type of said MMS message selected from an MMS notification message, an MMS notification-query and an MMS acknowledgement message; including in said data portion of said SMS message an MMS identifier for indicating that said MMS message format is used for said MMS message in said; wherein each of the MMS message type identifier and the MMS identifier is distinct from the MMS message; and wherein the SMS message is sent between a transmitter and a receiver without line-oriented transmission.