(19) United States
`(12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. No.: US 2002/0132608 A1
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`Shinohara
`(43) Pub. Date:
`Sep. 19, 2002
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`US 20020132608A1
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`(54) TRANSMISSION-ORIGIN MOBILE
`TELEPHONE CAPABLE OF DETECTING
`THE MEDIA A TYPES AND FORMATS OF A
`MULTIMEDIA MESSAGE THAT ARE
`RECEIVABLE BY DESTINATION MOBILE
`TELEPHONES IN A MULTIMEDIA
`COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
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`(76)
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`Inventor: Masahito Shinohara, Tokyo (JP)
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`Correspondence Address:
`McGinn & Gibb, PLLC
`Suite 200
`8321 Old Courthouse Road
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`Vienna, VA 22182-3817 (US)
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`(21) Appl. No.:
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`10/097,321
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`(22)
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`Filed:
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`Mar. 15, 2002
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`(30)
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`Foreign Application Priority Data
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`Mar. 16, 2001
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`(JP) ...................................... 2001-076015
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`30
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`Publication Classification
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`............ H04M 11/10
`Int. Cl.7 ..
`(51)
`(52) US. Cl.
`............................................ 455/412; 455/422
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`(57)
`
`ABSTRACT
`
`A multimedia communication system is disclosed in which
`a mobile telephone that originates transmission can detect
`the media types and formats of a multimedia message that
`can be received by destination mobile telephones. Informa-
`tion regarding data formats that can be received by each
`mobile telephone is stored in an MMS user database server.
`The MMS user database server receives from the transmis-
`sion-origin mobile telephone destination information and
`format information for each media type of the multimedia
`message that is to be transmitted and determines Whether the
`multimedia message can be received at the transmission-
`destination mobile telephones based on this destination
`information and format information. The MMS user data-
`base server then notifies the transmission-origin mobile
`telephone the results of the determination, whereupon the
`transmission-origin mobile telephone determines Whether to
`transmit the multimedia message Without alteration or to
`modify the format of the multimedia message.
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`TRANSMISSION-ORIGIN MOBILE TELEPHONE
`CAPABLE OF DETECTING THE MEDIAA TYPES
`AND FORMATS OF A MULTIMEDIA MESSAGE
`THAT ARE RECEIVABLE BY DESTINATION
`MOBILE TELEPHONES IN A MULTIMEDIA
`COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
`
`BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
`
`[0001]
`
`1. Field of the Invention
`
`[0002] The present invention relates to a multimedia com-
`munication system comprising a plurality of mobile wireless
`communication terminals and a network for interconnecting
`each of the mobile wireless communication terminals; and in
`more particularly to a method of transmitting and receiving
`multimedia messages that are composed of data of a plu-
`rality of media types between mobile wireless communica-
`tion terminals.
`
`[0003]
`
`2. Description of the Related Art
`
`the capability to transmit and
`In recent years,
`[0004]
`receive messages such as text between mobile wireless
`communication terminals such as mobile telephones has
`been widely used. FIG. 1 shows the configuration of such a
`mobile telephone system of the prior art. In FIG. 1, the
`mobile wireless communication terminals are assumed to be
`
`mobile telephones.
`
`[0005] As shown in FIG. 1, the mobile telephone system
`of the prior art comprises: mobile telephones 110 and 120;
`HLR (home location register) 40 which is a database for
`registering subscriber information of subscribers to the
`mobile telephone system and information such as positional
`information of mobile telephones whose powers are turned
`on; mail server 150; and network 60. Network 60 comprises
`a base station, a base station control device, and the like and
`interconnects mobile telephones 110 and 120 as well as HLR
`40 and mail server 150.
`
`transmitting a message from
`[0006] A procedure for
`mobile telephone 110 to mobile telephone 120 in the mobile
`telephone system of the prior art will be explained below
`with reference to the sequence chart of FIG. 2.
`
`transmits a message
`[0007] Mobile telephone 110 first
`addressed to mobile telephone 120 to mail server 150 by
`way of network 60. Mail server 150 holds the message from
`mobile telephone 110 and notifies mobile telephone 120 of
`the incoming call. When received the notification of the
`incoming call from mail server 150, mobile telephone 120
`checks the content of the message that has been transmitted,
`and requests mail server 150 for reception. After receiving
`the reception request from mobile telephone 120, mail
`server 150 transmits the content of the message that it holds
`to mobile telephone 120. Finally, after receiving the message
`from mail server 150, mobile telephone 120 transmits a
`reception recognition notice indicating that the message has
`been received to mobile telephone 110 by way of network
`60.
`
`[0008] The mobile telephone system of the prior art
`enables transmission and reception of messages between
`each of the mobile telephones. However, the slow transmis-
`sion rates of wireless communication methods that are
`
`employed in mobile telephone systems that are now in
`practical use has complicated the transmission and recep-
`
`tion, as messages, of bulky data such as dynamic images.
`The type of data that can be transmitted and received as a
`message has therefore been limited to data such as text data.
`When a static image is added to text data, the format is set
`for each media type and transmission and reception is
`possible only by means of the set format.
`
`[0009] The anticipated adoption of wireless communica-
`tion methods such as the CDMA (Code Division Multiple
`Access) communication method in the next-generation
`mobile telephone systems will increase data transmission
`rates. In these next-generation mobile telephone systems, it
`will be possible to transmit and receive a variety of data
`including text, graphics, video, and audio, as messages.
`
`In a multimedia message service (MMS) that can
`[0010]
`transmit and receive data of a plurality of media types as
`messages, it is expected that data of various types of formats,
`though the same video data, will be transmitted and received
`as messages.
`
`In a multimedia communication system that offers
`[0011]
`this MMS, moreover,
`it
`is expected that connecting an
`external terminal to a mobile wireless communication ter-
`
`minal such as a mobile telephone will enable an extension of
`the range of media types and formats that can be received.
`
`[0012] Despite the realization of this type of MMS, how-
`ever,
`it will still not be possible for a mobile wireless
`communication terminal that is the origin of transmission to
`detect the types of data that can be received as a message at
`the mobile wireless communication terminals that are the
`
`destinations. Thus, when data of various media types and
`formats are transmitted and received as messages as in the
`prior art,
`there is the possibility for the occurrence of
`problems such as the inability of transmission-destination
`mobile wireless communication terminals to receive a mul-
`
`timedia message that has been transmitted from a particular
`mobile wireless communication terminal.
`
`In particular, when the range of media types and
`[0013]
`data formats that can be received varies according to
`whether or not an external terminal is connected to the
`mobile wireless communication terminal, the current state of
`the destination mobile wireless communication terminals
`
`may prevent reception of a multimedia message of the same
`media type and data format as a multimedia message that
`was previously receivable. Thus, even a particular mobile
`wireless communication terminal has transmitted a multi-
`
`media message of the same media type and data format as
`a multimedia message that was previously receivable, trans-
`mission-destination mobile wireless communication termi-
`
`nals may in some cases be unable to receive the multimedia
`message.
`
`SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
`
`It is an object of the present invention to provide a
`[0014]
`method of transmitting and receiving messages and a mul-
`timedia communication system in which the media type and
`format of data that can currently be received at destination
`mobile wireless communication terminals is detected at the
`mobile wireless communication terminal that is the trans-
`
`mission origin, thereby avoiding the occurrence of problems
`such as inability of a destination mobile wireless commu-
`nication terminal to receive a multimedia message that has
`been transmitted from the mobile wireless communication
`
`terminal that is the transmission origin.
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`[0015] To achieve the above-described object, in the first
`aspect of the present invention, format information for each
`media type of a multimedia message that is to be transmitted
`and destination information of the multimedia message are
`transmitted to an MMS user database server from the mobile
`Wireless communication terminal that is the transmission
`
`origin that is to transmit the multimedia message. The MMS
`user database server stores processing capability informa-
`tion regarding each media type for each mobile Wireless
`communication terminal, the processing capability informa-
`tion being information regarding the media types that can be
`received as a message by each mobile Wireless communi-
`cation terminal and the formats for each media type that can
`be received. Based on destination information and format
`
`information for each media type that have been received
`from the transmission-origin mobile Wireless communica-
`tion terminal and the processing capability information for
`each media type for each mobile Wireless communication
`terminal
`that
`is stored,
`the MMS user database server
`determines Whether the multimedia message that is to be
`transmitted by the transmission-origin mobile Wireless com-
`munication terminal can be received at each of the trans-
`mission-destination mobile Wireless communication termi-
`nals. The MMS user data base server then notifies the
`
`transmission-origin mobile Wireless communication termi-
`nal of the determination results together With information
`regarding the formats that can be received by mobile Wire-
`less communication terminals that cannot receive the mul-
`
`timedia message.
`[0016] After having received the determination results
`from the MMS user database server, the transmission-origin
`mobile Wireless communication terminal transmits the mul-
`
`timedia message in the format that is finally determined for
`transmission to the MMS user database server With the
`transmission-destination mobile Wireless communication
`
`terminals that are finally determined as the destinations.
`After receiving the multimedia message from the transmis-
`sion-origin mobile Wireless communication terminal,
`the
`MMS user database server stores this multimedia message in
`MMS servers and transmits a reception notice indicating that
`a multimedia message has arrived to the transmission-
`destination mobile Wireless communication terminals. After
`
`receiving the reception notice, the transmission-destination
`mobile Wireless communication terminals send reception
`requests to the MMS user database server indicating the
`desire to receive the multimedia message. After receiving
`the reception requests from the transmission-destination
`mobile Wireless communication terminals, the MMS user
`database server transmits the multimedia message that is
`stored in the MMS servers to the transmission-destination
`mobile Wireless communication terminals.
`
`[0017] According to the present invention, the provision
`of the function of registering processing capability informa-
`tion for each media type for each mobile Wireless commu-
`nication terminal in an MMS user database server allows a
`
`transmission-origin mobile Wireless communication termi-
`nal to transmit a multimedia message after checking the
`processing capability of the transmission-destination mobile
`Wireless communication terminal even When the range of
`types and formats of multimedia messages that can be
`received by a mobile Wireless communication terminal has
`been extended by connecting an external
`terminal. The
`occurrence of problems such as the inability of a transmis-
`sion-destination mobile Wireless communication terminal to
`
`receive a multimedia message that has been transmitted
`from a transmission-origin mobile Wireless communication
`terminal can thus be avoided, and confusion encountered
`When transmitting and receiving multimedia messages can
`be eliminated.
`
`In an embodiment of the present invention, a MMS
`[0018]
`user database server that has received a multimedia message
`from a transmission-origin mobile Wireless communication
`terminal reports that data of a media type format that cannot
`be received are contained in the multimedia message When
`transmitting the reception notice indicating that a multime-
`dia message has arrived to the transmission-destination
`mobile Wireless communication terminals.
`
`[0019] According to the present embodiment, When it is
`reported that data of a format
`that cannot be received
`according to the current processing capability are contained
`in the multimedia message that has arrived, an external
`terminal can be connected to the transmission-destination
`
`mobile Wireless communication terminal to extend the pro-
`cessing capability to handle the format of the multimedia
`message that has arrived. As a result, problems such as the
`inability of the transmission-destination mobile Wireless
`communication terminal to receive a multimedia message
`that has arrived can be avoided.
`
`In another aspect of the present invention, a trans-
`[0020]
`mission-origin mobile Wireless communication terminal that
`transmits a multimedia message transmits format informa-
`tion for each media type of a multimedia message that is to
`be transmitted, destination information of the multimedia
`message, and the multimedia message to a MMS user
`database server. Based on the format information for each
`
`media type and the destination information that have been
`received from the transmission-origin mobile Wireless com-
`munication terminal and information regarding the process-
`ing capability for each media type for each mobile Wireless
`communication terminal that has been stored, the MMS user
`database server then determines Whether the multimedia
`
`is transmitted by the transmission-origin
`message that
`mobile Wireless communication terminal can be received at
`each of the transmission-destination mobile Wireless com-
`munication terminals.
`
`[0021] When a mobile Wireless communication terminal
`that cannot receive the multimedia message is included
`among the transmission-destination mobile Wireless com-
`munication terminals,
`the data format of the multimedia
`message that has been received from the transmission-origin
`mobile Wireless communication terminal is modified to a
`format
`that can be received at all of the transmission-
`destination mobile Wireless communication terminals and
`stored in MMS servers. The MMS user database server then
`transmits to the transmission-destination mobile Wireless
`
`communication terminals a reception notice indicating that
`a multimedia message has arrived. After receiving the recep-
`tion notice,
`the transmission-destination mobile Wireless
`communication terminals send a reception request to the
`MMS user database server indicating the desire to receive
`the multimedia message. After
`receiving the reception
`request from the transmission-destination mobile Wireless
`communication terminals, the MMS user database server
`transmits the multimedia message that is stored in the MMS
`servers to the transmission-destination mobile Wireless com-
`munication terminals.
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`[0022] According to the present invention, a multimedia
`message from a transmission-origin mobile wireless com-
`munication terminal is automatically modified to a media
`type and data format that can be received in transmission-
`destination mobile wireless communication terminals and
`then transmitted to each mobile wireless communication
`
`terminal. As a result, the occurrence of problems such as the
`inability of a transmission-destination mobile wireless com-
`munication terminal to receive a multimedia message that
`has been transmitted from a transmission-origin mobile
`wireless communication terminal can be avoided, in par-
`ticular, without necessitating the alteration of the data format
`of the multimedia message at the transmission-origin mobile
`wireless communication terminal.
`
`invention, an
`In an embodiment of the present
`[0023]
`additional step is included in which each mobile wireless
`communication terminal transmits new information on the
`
`processing capability for each media type to the MMS user
`database server when an external terminal is connected to
`
`each mobile wireless communication terminal to change the
`processing capability for each media type.
`
`[0024] The above and other objects, features, and advan-
`tages of the present invention will become apparent from the
`following description with reference to the accompanying
`drawings, which illustrate examples of the present invention.
`
`BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
`
`[0025] FIG. 1 is a system chart showing the configuration
`of a mobile telephone system of the prior art;
`
`[0026] FIG. 2 is a sequence chart for explaining the
`operation of the prior-art mobile telephone system shown in
`FIG. 1;
`
`[0027] FIG. 3 is a system chart showing the configuration
`of the multimedia communication system of the first
`embodiment of the present invention;
`
`[0028] FIG. 4 shows an example of data that are registered
`in MMS user database server 30 in FIG. 3.
`
`[0029] FIG. 5 is a sequence chart for explaining the
`operation of the multimedia communication system of the
`first embodiment that is shown in FIG. 3;
`
`[0030] FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the configura-
`tion of mobile telephones 101-104 and external terminals
`201-204; and
`
`[0031] FIG. 7 is a sequence chart for explaining the
`operation of the multimedia communication system of the
`second embodiment of the present invention.
`
`DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE
`PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
`
`[0032] First Embodiment:
`
`[0033] Referring now to FIG. 3, there is shown a multi-
`media communication system according to the first embodi-
`ment of the present invention. In FIG. 3, constituent ele-
`ments that are identical to constituent elements in FIG. 1 are
`
`designated by the same reference numerals and redundant
`explanation thereof is omitted. In addition, although the
`mobile wireless communication terminal
`in the present
`
`embodiment is, for example, a mobile telephone having
`CDMA communication capability, the present invention is
`not limited thereto.
`
`[0034] As shown in FIG. 3, in the multimedia communi-
`cation system of the present embodiment, mobile telephones
`101-104, MMS servers 501-503, HLR 40, and MMS user
`database server 30 are interconnected by network 60. Net-
`work 60 comprises, for example, a mobile communication
`network of a base station and a base station control device,
`and an exchange network such as an exchange device. MMS
`user database server 30 may be arranged in either the mobile
`communication network or the exchange network.
`
`In addition, external terminal 201 is connected to
`[0035]
`mobile telephone 101, external terminal 202 is connected to
`mobile telephone 102, and external terminals 203 and 204 are
`connected to mobile telephone 104.
`
`[0036] MMS servers 501-503 are servers for storing mul-
`timedia messages by media type. For example, MMS server
`501 stores text data, MMS server 502 stores graphics data
`and video data, and MMS server 503 stores audio data.
`Although multimedia messages are stored by three MMS
`servers 501-503 in the present example, the number of MMS
`servers is not limited to three, and all types of multimedia
`messages may be held in a single MMS server, or multime-
`dia messages may be held in two or four or more MMS
`servers.
`
`Information regarding the media type of data that
`[0037]
`can be received as a message by each of mobile telephones
`101-104 and the format for each media type that can be
`received (processing capability information for each media
`type for each of mobile telephones 101-104) is stored in
`MMS user database server 30.
`
`[0038] FIG. 4 shows an example of the data that indicate
`the processing capability for each media type for each of
`mobile telephones 101-104 that
`is stored in MMS user
`database server 30.
`
`[0039] Each of mobile telephones 101-104 has the capa-
`bility to receive text data of format T1, graphics data of
`format G1, video data of format V1, and audio data of format
`A1 (multimedia data of format 1) when an external terminal
`is not connected. The connection of an external terminal
`
`enables an extension of the range of data formats that each
`of mobile telephones 101-104 can receive.
`
`the current connection of external
`[0040] For example,
`terminal 201 to mobile telephone 101 enables the reception
`of not only multimedia data of format 1, but of multimedia
`data (media data of format 2) that includes video data of
`format V2. The arrows in FIG. 4 indicate that the media type
`is the same as the media type of format 1. Similarly, the
`current connection of external terminal 202 to mobile tele-
`phone 102 enables the reception of multimedia data of
`formats 1 and 2, and the current connection of external
`terminals 203 and 204 to mobile telephone 104 enables the
`reception of multimedia data of formats 1, 2, and 3.
`
`[0041] When each of mobile telephones 101-104 is first
`connected to network 60 upon turning on the power supply,
`information regarding the media types and formats that can
`currently be received as messages is transmitted to MMS
`user database server 30. Each of mobile telephones 101-104
`transmits in any way new information regarding the pro-
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`cessing capability for each media type to MMS user data-
`base server 30 when an external terminal is connected and
`
`the processing capability for each media type changes while
`the power supply is turned on.
`
`[0042] More specifically, when an external terminal is
`connected to modify the media types or formats that can be
`received, new information regarding processing capability
`for each media type may be automatically transmitted from
`a mobile telephone to MMS user database server 30. Alter-
`natively, new information regarding the processing capabil-
`ity for each media type may be transmitted to MMS user
`database server 30 when a mobile telephone moves and
`transmits positional
`information to network 60. Alterna-
`tively,
`rather
`than automatically transmitting from the
`mobile telephone, new information regarding the processing
`capability for each media type may be transmitted to MMS
`user database server 30 according to manipulation by the
`user.
`
`[0043] FIG. 5 shows a sequence chart for explaining the
`details of the operation of the multimedia communication
`system of the present embodiment. The following explana-
`tion is a case in which a multimedia message of format 2
`(text T1, graphics G1, video V2, and audio A1) is transmit-
`ted from mobile telephone 101 to mobile telephones 102-104.
`Explanation regarding the control procedures for accessing
`network 60 from the mobile telephones is here omitted.
`
`[0044] Before transmitting a multimedia message of the
`above-described format 1, mobile telephone 101 notifies
`MMS user database server 30 of information regarding the
`formats for each media type of the multimedia message that
`is to be transmitted and the destination information of the
`
`multimedia message, i.e., information indicating that mobile
`telephones 102-104 are the destinations.
`
`[0045] Based on the information regarding the formats of
`each media type and the destination information that have
`been received from mobile telephone 101 as well as infor-
`mation that is stored regarding the processing capabilities
`for each media type for each of mobile telephones 101-104,
`MMS user database server 30 first determines whether the
`
`multimedia message that is to be transmitted by mobile
`telephone 101 can be received at transmission-destination
`mobile telephones 102-104, and then notifies mobile tele-
`phone 101 of these determination results together with infor-
`mation regarding the formats that can be received by mobile
`telephone 103, which is unable to receive the multimedia
`message. In the present embodiment, mobile telephone 102
`and mobile telephone 104 are able to receive data of format
`2, but mobile telephone 103 is able to receive only video data
`of format V1. MMS user database server 30 therefore
`
`transmits to mobile telephone 101 the determination result
`that mobile telephone 103 is unable to receive data of format
`2 as well as the information that the only format that mobile
`telephone 103 can receive is format 1 (text T1, graphics G1,
`video V1, and audio A1).
`
`[0046] Mobile telephone 101 displays the determination
`results from MMS user database server 30 to the user and
`
`waits for entry from the user. If, based on the displayed
`determination results, the user decides not to transmit the
`multimedia message to mobile telephone 103, which is
`unable to receive data of format 2, the multimedia message
`is sent only to mobile telephones 102 and 104; but if the user
`is not concerned by the inclusion of a data format that cannot
`
`be received, the multimedia message is transmitted to all of
`mobile telephones 102-104. Alternatively, the user of mobile
`telephone 101 may modify the data of format 2 to data of
`format 1 that can be received by all of mobile telephones
`102-104 and then transmit the multimedia message. In the
`following explanation, a case is described in which the
`message is transmitted to the planned mobile telephones
`102-104 without modifying all of the formats of the data that
`is transmitted as a message.
`
`[0047] Upon receiving from mobile telephone 101 the
`multimedia message of the format that was finally deter-
`mined for transmission at mobile telephone 101, MMS user
`database server 30 both holds the multimedia message in
`MMS servers 501-503 according to each media type and
`reports the incoming call to notify mobile telephones 102-
`104 that are the finally determined destinations that a mul-
`timedia message has arrived. MMS user database server 30
`also notifies mobile telephone 103 that video data that are
`included in the arrived multimedia message is of format V2,
`which cannot be received.
`
`[0048] After receiving the incoming call notification from
`MMS user database server 30, mobile telephones 102-104
`each transmit a reception request to MMS user database
`server 30 to check the content of the transmitted multimedia
`
`message. Because an incoming call notice has been trans-
`mitted to mobile telephone 103 that includes the information
`that video data of format V2 that cannot be received are
`
`included in the multimedia message that has arrived, the user
`of mobile telephone 103 decides whether or not to receive
`the video data. If the user decides to receive the video data,
`the user transmits a reception request for the multimedia
`message after first connecting an external terminal to enable
`reception of video data of format V2. If the user decides to
`receive only the data other than the video data and decides
`that there is no need to receive the video data, the user may
`receive the multimedia message without connecting the
`external terminal.
`
`[0049] After receiving reception requests from mobile
`telephones 102-104, MMS user database server 30 transmits
`the content of the multimedia message that is held in MMS
`servers 501-503 to each of mobile telephones 102-104. After
`having received the message from MMS user database
`server 30, mobile telephones 102-104 transmit a reception
`recognition notice by way of network 60 to mobile tele-
`phone 101 indicating that all types of data included in the
`multimedia message have been received.
`
`[0050] The reception recognition notices that are sent from
`mobile telephones 102-104 that have received the multime-
`dia message to mobile telephone 101 that transmitted the
`multimedia message is not necessary to the present inven-
`tion.
`
`[0051] FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the configura-
`tion of mobile telephones 101-104 and external terminals
`201-204 in the present embodiment.
`[0052] As shown in FIG. 6, mobile telephones 101-104
`comprises wireless unit 71, control unit 72, control console
`73, display unit 74, data unit 75, and interface unit 76.
`
`[0053] Wireless unit 71 performs transmission and recep-
`tion of data with a base station (not shown) that constitutes
`a part of network 60 by way of wireless lines, for example,
`by CDMA wireless communication. Control console 73
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`the entry of
`through the operation of a user,
`performs,
`various types of data or instructions enabling or preventing
`transmission of multimedia messages. Display unit 74 dis-
`plays various data according to instructions from control
`unit 72 and displays the determination results from MMS
`user database server 30. Data unit 75 stores and reads
`various data in accordance with instructions from control
`
`unit 72. Interface unit 76 performs transmission and recep-
`tion of data with external terminals 201-204.
`
`[0054] Control unit 72 cause display unit 74 to display the
`determination results that have been received from MMS
`
`user database server 3