Patent ID: 8090352

Claim:
A method for a short message receiving terminal to send individuation receipt information, comprising: Step 1, applying, by a subscriber, for opening individuation receipt service after a short message is received towards a communication network storing service information of the individuation receipt service opened by the subscriber; Step 2, configuring and customizing, by the subscriber, the individuation receipt information in the communication network; Step 3, after sending the short message to the subscriber's terminal by the short message sending terminal via a short message center, knowing, by the short message center, that the subscriber is a subscriber who has opened the individuation receipt service according to the service information; after receiving the receipt status signaling returned by the subscriber's short message receiving terminal, sending out a request to a service platform for sending the individuation receipt information to the short message sending terminal; and Step 4, sending, by the service platform, the individuation receipt information to the short message sending terminal.