Patent ID: 7792520

Claim:
A method of transmitting a multimedia message in a system having at least two Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) servers having different versions according to the media types of multimedia messages they service, comprising the steps of: storing a received multimedia message in a common message storage unit when a first MMS server receives the multimedia message from a transmitting terminal; ascertaining specification of a receiving terminal using information of the receiving terminal included in a header of the multimedia message by the first MMS server; including in a notice message to the receiving terminal both an address of a second MMS server and message information stored in the common message storage unit, and informing the receiving terminal of arrival of the new multimedia message when the receiving terminal is ascertained as a terminal incapable of reproducing the multimedia message provided from the first MMS server and the receiving terminal is ascertained as a terminal capable of reproducing the multimedia message provided from the second MMS server; including in a notice message to the receiving terminal both an address of the first MMS server and message information stored in the common message storage unit and informing the receiving terminal of arrival of the new multimedia message, when the receiving terminal is ascertained as a terminal capable of reproducing the multimedia message provided from the first MMS server; and processing the multimedia message stored in the common message storage unit in response to a request from the receiving terminal and transmitting processed results to the receiving terminal.