Patent ID: 8483664

Claim:
A method for services identification for convergent messaging systems that combines the functionalities of different existing messaging services on a higher-level common messaging platform, wherein a convergent message ( 11 ; 15 ) is exchanged between a sender device ( 10 ; 14 ) and at least one recipient device ( 13 ) via a communications network ( 10 ), the method comprising: inserting, by the sender device or a central device ( 12 ) connected to the communications network ( 10 ), an information element ( 16 ) containing information regarding the message type or relating to the handling of the message into the message structure of the convergent message ( 11 ; 15 ), receiving, at the recipient device, the message ( 11 ; 15 ) containing the information element ( 16 ), wherein the information element contains information to identify a messaging client that is available at the recipient device ( 13 ) to control the handling of the convergent message ( 11 ; 15 ), and interpreting, at the recipient device, the information element contained in the convergent message to appropriately classify messages that are generated by the sender device and induce the recipient device to which the convergent message is sent to use a certain messaging client to interpret and/or display the message content.