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Method, apparatus and software program for extending the flow of information when transmitting a message

US7590066B2 · kind B2 · utility

6Cited by

5References

13Claims

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Josef Laumen · Hildesheim, DE
Markus Trauberg · Meschede, DE
Andreas Schmidt · Braunschweig, DE
Sabine Niekerk · Salzgitter, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 9, 2002
Grant date	Sep 15, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 19, 2025

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W92/02
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods, apparatuses and software programs which are used to facilitate the flow of information in terms of functionalities in the domain of at least one service provider, in particular of a multimedia message in the UMTS, this functionality having been requested by a subscriber (for example, reply charging or recall of the message), wherein the present invention proposes transmitting information which reveals whether implicated network units in the domain of service providers support the requested functionality and proposes limiting the maximum size of the reply messages for reply charging.

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