Patent ID: 8731586

Claim:
A method for managing blocking of undesirable text or multi-media messages in a digital mobile radio system, the method comprising: receiving a digital text or digital multi-media message from a sender at a service provider wherein the digital text digital multi-media message includes a sender address information of the sender and wherein the sender requests to withhold the sender address information; transmitting a text or multi-media message available notification and an identification signal from the service provider to a recipient serviced by the service provider without providing the sender address information, the text or multi-media message available notification notifying the recipient that the digital text or digital multi-media message is ready for download by the recipient, wherein the identification signal is usable by the service provider, but not the recipient, for identifying the sender address information; in response to a receipt of the text or multi-media message available notification by the recipient, receiving a request from the recipient to the service provider, the request comprising at least the identification signal received by the recipient, the request indicating, to the service that the recipient wants to have the sender of the digital text or digital multi-media message put on a list of exclusions; and adding the sender to the list of exclusion based at least on the identification signal such that this digital text or digital multi-media message and further digital text or digital multi-media message available notifications from this sender will not be received by the recipient.