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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2013
Applicant:
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Zhijian Lin, Dublin, CA (US);
Lodema Steinbach, Concord, CA (US);
Eli Pasetes, San Ramon, CA (US);
Jerry Kupsh, Concord, CA (US);
Wei Guang Tan, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04M 3/42 (2006.01); H04W 4/14 (2009.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); H04W 4/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/14 (2013.01); H04L 12/585 (2013.01); H04L 12/5895 (2013.01); H04L 51/12 (2013.01); H04L 51/38 (2013.01); H04W 4/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
An approach is provided for messaging gateway services. It is determined whether a user profile specifies opting to receive content. The content is selectively forwarded, according to a multimedia protocol, to a device of a user as a multimedia messaging service (MMS) message or a short messaging service (SMS) message based on the determination, wherein the multimedia protocol supports both MMS messaging and SMS messaging.