Patent ID: 8209432

Claim:
A method of conveying selected media content from a sending entity to a receiving terminal when the sending entity sends the media content for immediate delivery over IP, as executed in an originating multimedia service network serving the sending entity, or in a terminating multimedia service network serving the receiving terminal, the method comprising: detecting that the receiving terminal is incompatible with, and unable to receive, said media content by immediate delivery over IP, converting said media content into a Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) message for deferred delivery by a format converter, and sending the MMS message to an intermediate messaging center for deferred delivery to the receiving terminal, wherein a session initiating message directed to the receiving terminal is first received from the sending entity, said message being intended to initiate a session for immediate delivery over IP of the selected media content, wherein the session initiating message is to be followed by the transfer of the media content from the sending entity, an acknowledging message being sent to the sending entity in response to the session initiating message, giving an address of the format converter as the receiving address for said media transfer, such that the sending entity transfers the media content to the format converter.