Patent ID: 7212807

Claim:
A method for at least one of processing and evaluating an Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS)-related message on an apparatus for mobile telecommunication, the method comprising the steps of: enabling the apparatus to accommodate an MMS user agent; enabling the apparatus to accommodate at least one of one universal IC card (UICC) having a UMTS subscriber identity module (USIM) and at least one subscriber identity module (SIM) card, wherein the MMS-related message is one of terminal originated and terminal terminated; and effecting the at least one of the processing and evaluating of the MMS-related message by at least one application toolkit residing on the at least one of the SIM card and the UICC, with the application toolkit being one of an SIM application toolkit (SAT) application and a USIM application toolkit (USAT) application, wherein the step of effecting further comprises controlling at least part of the MMS functionality on the apparatus by passing the MMS-related message to the SAT or USAT application before sending or receiving the message, wherein the SAT or USAT application performs at least one of the steps of: checking at least one of outgoing and incoming multimedia messages, MMS notifications, delivery reports and read-reply reports; modifying the outgoing and incoming multimedia messages, delivery reports and read-reply reports; deleting the multimedia messages, MMS notifications, delivery reports and read-reply reports; initiating sending of the multimedia messages, MMS notifications, delivery reports and read-reply reports from the apparatus; initiating downloading of the multimedia messages, MMS notifications, delivery reports and read-reply reports to the apparatus; initiating storage of the multimedia messages, MMS notifications, delivery reports and read-reply reports on the respective SIM card and the UICC; allowing and disallowing the sending of multimedia messages, delivery reports and read-reply report; and initiating display of multimedia messages, MMS notifications, delivery reports and read-reply reports on the apparatus.