Rich-Media Message Encoding and Display System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current mobile communication methods, such as SMS and MMS, face limitations in conveying rich-media content due to character size constraints and lack of uniform implementation across devices and carriers, making it difficult to provide cost-effective and user-friendly access to visually rich information.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that encodes rich-media content into SMS messages using character-based or bit-based encoding, allowing for the transmission and display of multimedia elements like graphics, video, and audio on mobile devices, even without continuous communication with a content server, by utilizing a 160-character SMS format with specific encoding schemes and metadata for routing, decoding, and display.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If MMS format is used to provide richer message content, then messaging capacity for audio, visual, and graphical elements is improved, but implementation uniformity across carriers and devices deteriorates and cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the rich-media message into two parts: a compact header portion that fits within SMS character limits and contains essential routing and formatting information, and a separate payload portion that contains the actual rich-media content descriptors. This segmentation allows the message to be transmitted through SMS infrastructure while carrying MMS-level content capabilities, thus achieving both messaging capacity and implementation uniformity.
2Quantity of substance
If MMS format is used to provide richer message content, then messaging capacity for audio, visual, and graphical elements is improved, but cost effectiveness deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the advantages of SMS (cost-effectiveness, wide implementation uniformity) with the advantages of MMS (rich-media messaging capacity) by combining SMS transmission infrastructure with an enhanced message format that supports rich-media content. The resulting format leverages the existing SMS cost structure while providing MMS-level functionality, thus achieving both messaging capacity and cost effectiveness.
3Adaptability or versatility
If SMS format is used for message transmission, then implementation uniformity and cost effectiveness are improved, but messaging capacity for rich-media content deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent adds a new dimension to the traditional SMS format by introducing a structured header-payload architecture that extends the message format's capabilities. The header portion maintains SMS compatibility while the payload portion enables rich-media content, effectively adding a second layer of functionality to the existing SMS dimension without compromising its uniformity or cost advantages.
4Ease of manufacture
If SMS format is used for message transmission, then cost effectiveness is improved, but ability to convey rich-media content deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-structuring the message format with designated header and payload sections before transmission. The header is prepared in advance with all necessary routing, formatting, and content type information, allowing the payload to be efficiently transmitted with rich-media content. This pre-structuring enables cost-effective SMS transmission while preserving rich-media content capability through careful advance planning of the message architecture.
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AI summary
There is provided a method of processing a rich-media message by a mobile device having a display, a mobile device operating system and a software application. The method includes receiving the rich-media message over a network by the mobile device, depacketizing the rich-media message by the mobile device operating system to retrieve an encoded rich-media message and address data in the rich-media message, and activating the software application on the mobile device by the mobile device operating system based on the address data in the rich-media message. The method also includes decoding the encoded rich-media message by the software application to generate rich-media content information, determining, using the rich-media content information, whether a rich-media element identified by the rich-media content information is resident on the mobile device, and if the determining determines that the rich-media element is resident on the mobile device, displaying the rich-media element on the display.