公开(公告)号：US09473910B2

公开(公告)日：2016-10-18

申请号：US14079080

申请日：2013-11-13

Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Inventor： Zhijian Lin ,  Lodema Steinbach ,  Eli Pasetes ,  Jerry Kupsh ,  Wei Guang Tan

IPC: H04W4/00 ,  H04M3/42 ,  H04W4/14 ,  H04L12/58 ,  H04W4/12

CPC classification number: H04W4/14 ,  H04L51/12 ,  H04L51/38 ,  H04W4/12

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.