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Method and device arrangement for using a text message to control multimedia data to be transmitted, and a multimedia server used in the method

US7433681B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 14, 2004
Grant dateOct 7, 2008
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Expiry dateMay 27, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W88/184
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a method, server and device arrangement for transmitting high-class multimedia messages of a mass event. When this method is utilized, the data transfer capacity of the cell of a cellular network serving the participants of the mass event need not be increased so that it would correspond to the capacity of the multimedia messages to be transmitted. In a method according to the invention, the cell that serves the mass event mainly transmits only text messages by which the multimedia messages to be sent from a multimedia server to some other terminal devices are defined.

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