On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 12:24 AM, katarina <kdjako...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all,

> I have a general, directions question.

> I would like to contribute to Android MMS functionality. Namely, I
> have an idea on how to improve MMS (Multimedia Messaging)
> functionality, so that MMS service becomes more useful. This idea I
> submitted for a pattent recognition in my country.

> It is a feature that would not change the current functionality of the
> MMS but would rather add to it.

> What is the way - if there is a way - to implement such an idea inside
> the Android MMS functionality? Should I go to 3GPP forums first in
> order to influence the standard for the MMS, so that it later gets
> implemented for Android compatible and other devices - if Android MMS
> functionality strictly follows the standards?

> In my opinion this idea would really revolutionalize the MMS service,
> would give it a new momentum and it is nothing major, a simple add to
> the current functionality.

> Could please someone point me in the rigth direction for this?

> All the best,
> Katarina

> The MMS ecosystem is strongly driven by standards, and by
> interoperability (2-way client-server, 2-way server-server, and
> end-to-end client-client). Most probably, if you want to see your
> ideas deployed, you'll need to work with the relevant standards
> organizations, which in this case might be OMA and not 3GPP.

> On the flip side, you'll probably be able to better break a
> chicken-and-egg issue if you implement your ideas in a private copy of
> Android, and use this to demonstrate the feature and how it works
> against existing MMSCs and interoperates with devices that don't have
> your feature implemented. Seeing a feature in action always makes a
> better impression than a simple theoretical description.

> Looking much further in the future, if your improvements get
> incorporated in the standard, you'll already have them implemented as
> a prototype, so you'll have done the first step toward a
> production-quality implementation (and you'll have an implementation
> that other vendors can use to bootstrap interoperability testing).

> JBQ

> On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 12:24 AM, katarina <kdjako...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello all,

> > I have a general, directions question.

> > I would like to contribute to Android MMS functionality. Namely, I
> > have an idea on how to improve MMS (Multimedia Messaging)
> > functionality, so that MMS service becomes more useful. This idea I
> > submitted for a pattent recognition in my country.

> > It is a feature that would not change the current functionality of the
> > MMS but would rather add to it.

> > What is the way - if there is a way - to implement such an idea inside
> > the Android MMS functionality? Should I go to 3GPP forums first in
> > order to influence the standard for the MMS, so that it later gets
> > implemented for Android compatible and other devices - if Android MMS
> > functionality strictly follows the standards?

> > In my opinion this idea would really revolutionalize the MMS service,
> > would give it a new momentum and it is nothing major, a simple add to
> > the current functionality.

> > Could please someone point me in the rigth direction for this?

> > All the best,
> > Katarina

> --
> Jean-Baptiste M. "JBQ" Queru
> Software Engineer, Android Open-Source Project, Google.

> Questions sent directly to me that have no reason for being private
> will likely get ignored or forwarded to a public forum with no further
> warning.