Lucent Technologies Inc.

Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc.

Jie Zhou

Chinmei Chen Lee

Douglas William Varney

Zhibi Wang

A messaging client and associated method for client-based multicast message transmission is provided. In one embodiment, the messaging client includes a message origination process with an input device, message buffer, recipient list, new message area, and multicast message transmission process. In one embodiment, the method includes: a) receiving a message content to be transmitted in a message, b) receiving delivery information for first and second recipients to whom the message is to be transmitted, c) receiving an instruction to begin the message transmission, d) transmitting the message from the client to the first recipient, and e) transmitting the message from the client to the second recipient. The messaging client and associated method relate to short message service (SMS), enhanced message service (EMS), multimedia message service (MMS), and other types of similar message services.

Method for client-based multicast message transmission

A method is provided for administering a game over a wireless telecommunications network () serving a number of mobile terminals (). The wireless telecommunications network () includes a number of base stations () providing wireless communication coverage for corresponding geographically defined cells (). The method includes: establishing a game offering in response to a triggering event; designating a region in response to the established game offering; locating mobile terminals () within the designated region; sending over the wireless telecommunications network (), to mobile terminals () within the designated region, an invitation to participate in a game in accordance with the established game offering; and, collecting over the wireless telecommunications network (), from mobile terminals () to which the invitation was sent, responses to the invitation, the responses indicating that the invitation to participate in the game has been accepted or declined.

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Jie Zhou