Patent ID: 8068861

Claim:
A method for transmitting a message from a value added service provider to a platform based application program resident on a target mobile station, comprising the steps: a) receiving a multimedia message service (MMS) message from the value added service provider at a multimedia message service center (MMSC) of a mobile communication network, wherein the multimedia message comprises: content for processing by the platform based application program, target information identifying the target mobile station, and an application identification of the platform based application program; b) converting the application identification of the platform based application program into a notification prefix for waking up the platform based application program; c) sending a short message service (SMS) message using a SMS protocol through the mobile communication network to the target mobile station, wherein the SMS message comprises the notification prefix for waking up the platform based application program and MMS message retrieval information; d) receiving a retrieval request at the MMSC, from the mobile station, through the mobile communication network, wherein the retrieval request includes at least some of the message retrieval information; and e) responsive to the retrieval request, sending the MMS message through the mobile communication network to the target mobile station using an MMS protocol, including the content for processing by the platform based application program within the target mobile station, wherein: the mobile station executes a software platform program for providing a standard interface for third party application programs with hardware and a resident operating system of the mobile station, and the platform based application program is a third party application program written to the standard of the software platform program.