Patent ID: 7529813

Claim:
A method for transferring a multimedia file from a user's mobile device to user equipment associated with another user, comprising: sending an invitation from said user's mobile device through a Call Session Control Function (CSCF) facility to said user equipment to request a transfer of said multimedia file; setting up a bearer data channel between said user's mobile device and said equipment to facilitate said transferring of said multimedia file, said transferring is configured to be accomplished using Message Sessions Relay Protocol (MRSP); transferring said multimedia file using said MSRP and said bearer data channel directly from said user's mobile device to said user equipment, wherein said transferring said multimedia file using said MSRP is invoked by the CSCF facility when said invitation indicates a recipient is a single recipient; and invoking by the CSCF facility routing of said invitation message to an application server to enable said application server to send said multimedia file to group members when said invitation indicates the recipient is a group.