Patent ID: RE43306

Claim:
A method of transmitting a multimedia message from a first mobile station terminal of a sender to a second mobile station terminal of an intended recipient of the multimedia message, comprising the steps of: transmitting the multimedia message from the first mobile station terminal to a first multimedia message server that receives the multimedia message from the first mobile station terminal via a mobile telecommunication network; saving the received multimedia message on the first multimedia message server in a mailbox of the sender; identifying, from the received multimedia message, address information of a second multimedia message server, optionally by utilizing a first database associated with the first multimedia message server; creating, at the first multimedia message server, an e-mail message based on the received multimedia message; transmitting the created e-mail message from the first multimedia message server to the second multimedia message server for receipt by the second multimedia message server; creating a new multimedia message based on the e-mail message received by the second multimedia message server; saving the created new multimedia message on the second multimedia message server in a mailbox of the recipient; identifying, at the second multimedia message server, address information of the second mobile station terminal, optionally by utilizing a second database associated with the second multimedia message server; and sending, from the second multimedia message server to the second mobile station terminal via the mobile communication network, a notification of the new multimedia message that has been saved by the second multimedia message server.