FR2849335A1 - Multimedia messaging service providing system for communication terminal e.g. mobile phone, has head including parameters in which parameter value corresponds to date and non-zero value indicates request for a reply - Google Patents

Abstract

The system has a head including parameters to transport the contents of a multimedia message. The parameter value of the head corresponds to a date, and a non-zero value of the parameter indicates a request in the message for a reply for that specific date. The parameters are organized into fields which must be compulsory filled e.g. priority of the message. An Independent claim is also included for a radio communication terminal having software for performing setting, reception and visualization of the multimedia messages.

Description

MULTIMEDIA MESSAGING SERVICE COMPRISING A RESPONSE FIELD ON DATE

REQUIREMENTS

  The present invention relates to the field of multimedia messages received and / or sent from and / or to radio communication terminals, such as mobile telephones.

  The rise of multimedia messages, called MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service), follows the great success of short and advanced message services, so-called SMS and EMS, in the field of radiocommunication MMS constitute a development of this type of service messaging by offering the possibility of including more and more multimedia data, such as images, sounds, video sequences and the like. The exchange of MMS can be supported by so-called second and third generation radio networks, such as that GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) or UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunication System) for example In addition, the MMS messaging services have taken into account the constraints of interoperability with the electronic messaging services via the lnternet for define the structure and mode of exchange of MMS A radiocommunication terminal, designed to support an MMS messaging service and to operate on a network of second The third generation can therefore exchange multimedia messages with terminals connected to the Internet or other wired or wireless network.

  Figure 1 schematically illustrates the network architecture of a multimedia messaging service.

  Such a MMS exchange system is organized to cover several network elements so as to be able to interoperate with existing messaging systems such as SMS and EMS as well as fixed messaging systems such as messaging services. The MMS architecture requires on the one hand a network infrastructure capable of transporting, adapting and storing MMS messages, and on the other hand software elements allowing the composition, sending and receiving of MMS messages, both at the mobile terminal than the network. Thus, an MMS environment is defined in a given radiocommunication network, referred to as MMSE (MMSE), 104735 / MK / EMPD \\ klefi IO i \ DPI $ \ SaIle \ Fl 04735 \ PREMDEP \ ADMIN \ depot doc including a set of network elements under the control of a multimedia messaging service provider (known as an MMS provider) providing access to the MMS services as part of a user subscription to said network.

  In addition, a radiocommunication terminal capable of exchanging MMS 5 contains software, designated as MMS User Agent (MMS-UA) in English terminology, which is embedded in the terminal This software (MMSUA) allows the composition, the presentation, I Sending and Receiving MMS Messages Each MMS-UA MMS transmitter and receiver is attached to an MMSE environment respectively corresponding to the network subscription domain of the transceiver terminal 10, these sending and receiving environments possibly being the same An MMS-UA communicates with the MMSC server of its MMSE environment via a dedicated interface MM 1 of said server.

  The voting key of the MMS network architecture is the relay server, commonly designated by the acronym MMSC for MMS Center, shown in FIG. 1. An MMSC is associated with a given MMSE environment The MMSC is in charge of a part of the transporting MMS messages in the said environment and to other MMSC centers 'attached to other MMSE environments' or to other mail servers and the storage (Storing) of MMS messages waiting for them In addition, the MMSC is also in charge of the content adaptation of the MMS messages, the maintenance of subscriber registers and the interface with the billing and application systems. services offered to subscribers.

  Figure 2 schematically illustrates the structure of an MMS message.

  Generally, a multimedia message is in the form of a so-called multipart message allowing the inclusion of non-textual elements such as images, sounds or video sequences to be simultaneously represented when reading the message. Such a multipart MMS is then formatted according to the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) format extended by a binary encoding for the transfer of the message on the radio link.

  Conventionally, an MMS has a header (MMS-H) and a body (MMS-B) that can contain a plurality of parts, known as Body Part (BP), each corresponding to an element of the MMS message such as a sound , an image The body of the message (MMS-B) is thus composed of a succession of parts (BP) 104735 / MK / EMPD \\ klefil O i \ D Pi $ \ Room \ F 104735 \ PREMDEP \ ADMIN \ depot doc each containing a header (BP-H) indicating the type of item and its size and data (BP-D) representing the definition of said message item.

  The message header (MMS-H) contains information relating to the transport of the message, such as, inter alia, the identification of the recipient, the sender, the recipients in copy, an indication of delivery of the message. ; and information relating to the message sent, such as, inter alia, the date of sending, the date of validity of the message, the address to be answered, the identification of the message to which it is answered, the subject of the message The information in the header is organized according to fields to which 10 are assigned values.

  The present invention proposes to add a parameter to the MMS header in order to introduce a request for response from the recipient on a specific date.

  The present invention relates more particularly to a Multimedia Message Service (MMS) multimedia messaging service consisting in transmitting a message through a radio communication network, said MMS message comprising a header (MMS-H) containing relative parameters. transport and content of said message, characterized in that the header (MMS-H) comprises a parameter whose value corresponds to a date, a non-zero value of said parameter being associated with the indication in said message d an answer request for said date.

  The invention also relates to a radiocommunication terminal comprising on-board software (MMS-UA) for the composition, reception and visualization of multimedia messages, known as MMS (Multimedia Message Service), characterized in that said software (MMS-UA ) comprises navigation and coding means able to assign a date to a parameter of the MMS message corresponding to a response request to said message.

  The invention furthermore relates to a radiocommunication terminal comprising on-board software (MMS-UA) for the composition, reception and visualization of multimedia messages, known as MMS (Multimedia Message Service), characterized in that said software (MMS) AU) comprises decoding means capable of interpreting the value of a parameter of the MMS message as corresponding to a required date of response to said message.

  According to one application, said requested response date is stored in storage means of the terminal. FIG.

  According to an application, said required response date is assigned to a parameter of a management software embedded in said terminal, said parameter corresponding to an action to be indicated to the user of the terminal.

  The features and advantages of the present invention will appear more clearly on reading the description which follows, given by way of illustrative and nonlimiting example, and with reference to the appended figures in which: FIG. 1, already described, illustrates schematically a network architecture allowing the exchange of MMS.

  Figure 2, already described, schematically illustrates the structure of an MMS multimedia message.

  Figure 3 is a diagram of some parameters of the header of an MMS according to the invention.

  The object of the invention is to define a new parameter in the header of a multimedia message. FIG. 3 is a diagram of certain parameters that may appear in the header of an MMS according to the invention. As indicated above, the header of an MMS contains a set of parameters associated on the one hand with the transport of the message and on the other hand with the message itself These parameters are organized according to fields (X-MMS identification of the fields) to which are attributed values, some fields must be filled, such as the priority of the message for example (X-MMS-Priority).

  The specifications of the WAP Forum (WAP 209) define, among other things, the field numbers of the header parameters of an MMS and the coding of the values that are assigned to each field. According to the current specifications, the number of the field (X-MMS-) is encoded in one-byte binary and the value assigned to it is coded in binary over a variable number of bytes.

  Conventionally, an embedded software MMS-UA includes navigation means for assigning values to the various fields of composition of a multimedia message Thus, the screen of the radio terminal displays the various fields of an MMS message such as the recipient, the subject of the message and 104735 / MK / EMPD \\ klefil Ol \ DPI $ \ Room \ F 104735 \ PREMDEP \ ADMIN \ depot other doc; and a keyboard, possibly equipped with a navigation button known per se, allows a user to enter numeric or textual values in these fields. The MMS-UA software also comprises coding means, of the processor type, making it possible to convert the keyboard values in binary values, compatible with the specifications of the WAP Forum, to be transmitted to the MMSC network server via a standardized dedicated interface MM 1.

  According to the invention, the header (MMS-H) of the multimedia message includes a field whose value corresponds to a date (X-MMS-Reply-by date). If the value of this field is non-zero, the message displays a response request for said date 10 when viewed by the destination terminal The value of this field may however be zero if no request for a response to a specific date is requested by the terminal transmitting the MMS, and the multimedia message nevertheless will be delivered.

  Thus, according to the invention, the embedded software (MMS-UA) of a radiocommunication terminal capable of exchanging MMS messages further comprises suitable navigation and coding means making it possible to assign a date to a parameter of the message. MMS corresponding to a response request to said message Similarly, at the destination terminal, the embedded software (MMSUA) includes decoding means making it possible to interpret the value of this new field of the MMS message header as corresponding to a required date of response to said message This date can also be stored in storage means of the terminal.

  According to one possible application, the radiocommunication terminal may comprise an on-board calendar management software. The required date of response to the received MMS message can then be introduced as a parameter in said management software, for example in a <> list of things to be known as <"to do list" in English terminology This response request date can be automatically transmitted by the MMS-UA software of the destination terminal to the management software of a calendar embedded in said terminal. date will then appear as an action to be performed in the embedded calendar to recall the response request to the user of the terminal.

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Claims (4)

  A Multimedia Message Service (MMS) multimedia message service consisting in transmitting a message over a radio communication network, said MMS message comprising a header (MMS-H) containing parameters relating to the transport and content of said message, characterized in that the header (MMS-H) comprises a parameter whose value corresponds to a date, a non-zero value of said parameter being associated with the indication in said message of a response request for said date.   2 Radiocommunication terminal comprising on-board software (MMS-UA) 10 for the composition, reception and visualization of multimedia messages, called MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service), characterized in that said software (MMS-UA) comprises means for navigation and coding able to assign a date to a parameter of the MMS message corresponding to a response request to said message.   3 Radiocommunication terminal comprising on-board software (MMS-UA) for composing, receiving and viewing multimedia messages, known as MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service), characterized in that said software (MMS-UA) comprises decoding means able to interpret the value of a parameter of the MMS message as corresponding to a required date of response to said message.   4 Terminal according to claim 3, characterized in that said required response date is stored in storage means of the terminal.   Terminal according to one of Claims 3 to 4, the terminal comprising an onboard management software for an agenda, characterized in that the said required response date is assigned to a parameter of the said management software corresponding to an action to be indicated to the user of the terminal.   104735 / MK / EMPD \\ klefil O 1 \ DPI $ \ Room \ F 1 04735 \ PREMDEP \ ADMIN \ doc doc