Patent ID: 7986422

Claim:
Messaging Service system including comprising: at least one first Messaging Service terminal and a control means being adapted for communication with a printing means, the first Messaging Service terminal being adapted to send a message to the control means, the message containing: a print-related information section; and a message content section representing the message content, wherein the print-related information section contains print-related information and designates the delivery of the message content section to the printing means, when printing of the message content is desired, and to a second Messaging Service terminal, wherein the second Messaging Service terminal is adapted to send, when the second Messaging Service terminal desires to print the message content received from the first Messaging Service terminal, a print request to the control means which is adapted to respond thereto by sending a request to the first Messaging Service terminal inquiring on the permission to print, and to decide on the print request based on the answer received from the first Messaging Service terminal.