Method and system for multimedia message delivery in a communication system
View Patent ↗A method and system of delivering a Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) message is disclosed. In one example, the method includes providing a storage location and time duration for outside content to be indirectly referenced by an MMS message. Receiving and storing the outside content via a transport network is also disclosed. The method may include encapsulating an MMS message in a payload of a transport message with the MMS message indirectly referencing the storage location of the outside content. Delivery of the transport message may occur over a transport network. Confirming receipt of the transport message is also disclosed.
1. A method of operating a user agent (UA) to store Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) content on a MMS relay/server, the method comprising:
requesting, by the UA through a multimedia message, a storage location on the MMS relay/server, wherein no storage location on the MMS relay/server is allocated to the UA until the requesting;
receiving, by the UA from the MMS relay/server, a response indicating a storage location on the MMS relay/server;
sending, by the UA to the MMS relay/server, content to be stored at the storage location.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein requesting, by a UA, a storage location on the MMS relay/server comprises requesting a particular storage size.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein requesting, by a UA, a storage location on the MMS relay/server comprises requesting a length of time that the storage location is to be reserved.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein, receiving, by the UA from the MMS relay/server, a response indicating the storage location comprises receiving a response indicating a universal resource indicator (URI) associated with the storage location.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
encapsulating, by the UA, the content in a payload of a transport message, and
sending, by the UA, the transport message to the MMS relay/server over a transport network.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the transport network is a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) based network.
7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the transport network is a Session Initiated Protocol (SIP) based network.
8. The method of claim 5 , wherein the transport network comprises at least a portion of a mobile telephone network.
9. A method of operating a MMS relay/server to store Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) content on a MMS relay/server comprising:
receiving, by a MMS relay/server, a multimedia message request from a user agent (UA) to reserve a storage location on the MMS relay/server, wherein no storage location on the MMS relay/server has been allocated to the UA before the MMS relay/server receives the request from the UA;
identifying, by the MMS relay/server, a storage location;
sending, by the MMS relay/server, a response to the UA indicating the storage location;
receiving, by the MMS relay/server, content from the UA; and
storing, by the MMS relay/server, the content from the UA at the identified storage location.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein sending, by the MMS relay/server, a response to the UA indicating the storage location comprises sending a response indicating a size of a storage location storage size.
11. The method of claim 9 , wherein sending, by the MMS relay/server, a response to the UA indicating the storage location comprises sending a response indicating a length of time that a storage location is reserved for content storage.
12. The method of claim 9 , wherein sending, by the MMS relay/server, a response to the UA indicating the storage location further includes providing a universal resource indicator (URI) associated with the storage location.
13. The method of claim 9 , wherein receiving, by the MMS relay/server, content from the UA comprises receiving content encapsulated in a payload of a transport message.
14. A user agent (UA) configured to store Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) content on a MMS relay/server, the UA comprising:
a transmitter configured to send a multimedia message request for a storage location to the MMS relay/server; and
a receiver configured to receive from the MMS relay/server, a response indicating a storage location on the MMS relay/server;
the transmitter being further configured to send to the MMS relay/server, content to be stored at the storage location;
wherein no storage location has been reserved on the MMS relay/server for the UA at a time the request is made.
15. The UA of claim 14 , wherein the transmitter is configured to request a storage location having a particular storage size.
16. The UA of claim 14 , wherein the transmitter is configured to request a length of time that the storage location is to be reserved.
17. The UA of claim 14 , wherein, the receiver is configured to receive a response indicating a universal resource indicator (URI) associated with the storage location.
18. The UA of claim 14 , further comprising:
an encapsulator configured to encapsulate the content in a payload of a transport message.
19. The UA of claim 14 , wherein the transmitter is configured to send the content over a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) based transport network.
20. The UA of claim 14 , wherein the transmitter is configured to send the content over a Session Initiated Protocol (SIP) based transport network.
21. The UA of claim 14 , wherein the transmitter is configured to send the content over at least a portion of a mobile telephone network.
22. A Multimedia messaging Service (MMS) relay/server configured to store Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) content, comprising:
a receiver configured to receive a multimedia message request from a user agent (UA) to reserve a storage location on the MMS relay/server, wherein the MMS relay/server has not reserved a portion of itself as storage location for the UA when the request is first received;
a processor configured to identify a storage location;
a transmitter configured to send a response to the UA indicating the storage location;
the receiver being configured to receive content from the UA; and
the processor being configured to store the content from the UA at the identified storage location.
23. The MMS relay/server of claim 22 , wherein the transmitter is configured to send a response indicating a size of a storage location storage size.
24. The MMS relay/server of claim 22 , wherein the transmitter is configured to send a response to the UA indicating a length of time that a storage location is reserved.
25. The MMS relay/server of claim 22 , wherein the transmitter is configured to send a universal resource indicator (URI) associated with the storage location to the UA.
26. The MMS relay/server of claim 22 , wherein receiver is configured to receive content encapsulated in a payload of a transport message.