| abstract |
According to the invention, various service messages (SN), such as, for example, multimedia messages (MMS-messages), short messages (SMS messages), Email messages, fax messages, "Voice Mail" messages, "Instant Messaging" messages etc., available or provided in a service centre (SZ1...SZ5), or generated in a terminal (EG), can be transmitted between the service centre and the terminal, without the terminal having to be embodied as a client with relation to the transmission and processing of the service message, whereby the service message (SN) is directly or indirectly transmitted from the service centre (SZ1...SZ5) to a server (SV, SV2), embodied as message server, preparing the message by means of an intermediate server (SV1) and sent from the above in prepared form, for output on the fixed/mobile network specific terminal (EG) to the terminal and multimedia message content is transmitted in the reverse direction from the terminal (EG) to the server (SV, SV2) which generates multimedia messages (SN) from said content and then sends the above directly or indirectly to the service centre (SZ1...SZ5). |