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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2009
Jun Shen, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Song Song, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Pei Sun, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Jian Ming Zhang, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Jun Shen, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Song Song, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Pei Sun, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Jian Ming Zhang, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for receiving/sending multimedia message uses a wireless LAN, and communicates with a gateway via the wireless LAN so as to send and receive multimedia messages. Furthermore, the gateway of the invention detects whether the user device is located within the wireless LAN. If yes, then multimedia messages are sent and received via the wireless LAN; and if not, then via conventional telecom network. The invention also discloses a corresponding gateway and a corresponding user device.