Nokia Networks Oy

Nokia Corporation

Vringo, Inc.

Timo Meuronen

Teppo Savinen

Aaro Hallikainen

Patrik Gustafsson

Michael John Rooke

Pete Pihko

Michael Rooke

The invention relates to a method and a Messaging Service system which includes one or more Messaging Service terminals and a control means being adapted for communication with a printing means. The Messaging Service terminal is adapted to send a message to the control means, which message contains a print-related information section and a message content section representing the message content. The print-related information section contains print-related information and designates the delivery of the message content section to the printing means or to a second Messaging Service terminal. The system is preferably implemented as a Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) system. The message content section may represent one or more images. The print-related information section is preferably contained in a header of the message, and may contain authorization information related to printing or copying rights for printing or copying the message content, preferably the image or images represented by the message content section, by the second Messaging Service terminal.

Messaging service system and method to be performed in such a system

The object of the invention is to provide a method and an apparatus implementing the method which allow the subscriber to evaluate the authenticity of sender data in an incoming messaging message. Messaging centers are arranged to add an indication containing information on whether the identity of the sender of a message transmitted by the messaging center is guaranteed to data units containing a messaging message. If the data unit containing the messaging message comprises said indication, the subscriber's terminal indicates the information included in the indication to the subscriber.

Mobile communication system which transmits messaging messages

A method and an equipment implementing the method for implementing the billing of short messages in a mobile communication system. The method comprises steps wherein a message is submitted to a short message service centre to be delivered to a subscriber; the message is delivered from the short message service centre to the mobile station of the subscriber via the mobile communication system; and at least one charge record is created per each transferred short message. In the solution of the invention the short message comprises an advice of charge which directly or indirectly indicates the price to be billed for reception of the short message, and the object of the billing; and said advice of charge or an actual advice of charge defined on the basis thereof is included in a charge record created on the basis of the short message. The solution allows the billing to be directed message-specifically to different payers and specific so as to correspond to the value to be determined on the basis of the contents of the short message. The present method can be easily implemented and does not cause significant changes in existent systems

Billing mobile terminated short messages

A method and an equipment implementing the method in a mobile communication system in which short messages may be sent amid actual signalling, whereby one of more short message service centers providing short message services are linked to the mobile communication system. An identifier supplied by the subscriber and associated with the desired service is included in a mobile originated short message. On the basis of this identifier a database search is performed in a database connected with the mobile communication system, the database comprising identifiers associated with short message services available to subscribers and related routing information. The message is sent to the routing address obtained on the basis of the database search. A short message submitted by a subscriber may thus be routed to the desired short message service center without the subscriber having to directly attend to the routing.

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Timo Meuronen