Apple Inc.

Cvon Innovations Limited

Markku Brummer

Janne Aaltonen

Janne Kalliola

A method of, and system for, performing message modification on the basis of group membership of the sender and/or recipient of the message. The system includes a device which modifies a message for transmission through a data communications network. The message includes transmission data which identifies a sending party and a recipient of the message and a message body identifying content thereof, at least part of which is specified by the sending party. The system includes a data processor device arranged to identify membership of a group in relation to a sending party and a recipient of a the message, identify an action in dependence on concordance between respective group memberships, modify the message on the basis of the identified action; and transmit the modified message to the recipient in accordance with the transmission data.

Message modification system and method

Apparatus for collecting subscription data for subscribers in a telecommunications system for use in metering usage of network resources includes a data storage device operatively arranged to store subscriber records, and a data processor. The subscriber records include a plurality of fields including a group field for storing data indicative of group membership of a subscriber. The data processor is operatively arranged to request access to a remotely accessible information source on the basis of identification data. Responsive to receipt of a response from the remotely accessible information source, the data processor performs a first storage action in respect of a response of a first type and performs a second storage action in respect of a response of a second type. Responsive to receipt of group membership data from the subscriber, the data processor is operatively arranged to identify a remotely accessible information source corresponding to the group and to request access thereto on the basis of identification data associated with the received group membership data. Also, responsive to a response of the first type received from the remotely accessible information source, the data processor is operatively arranged to update the group field in the subscriber record so as to indicate authenticated membership of the group identified in the received group membership data.

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Espoo, Finland

Markku Brummer