Aicent Text2Image (T2I) Overview

Aicent's patent pending T2I solves a major challenge to international messaging interworking and interoperability; Text messages written in local languages sent abroad often can not be displayed on handsets that do not support foreign language.

T2I provides the ability to send a message in one local language text to a recipient's handset that may be based upon a completely different language set and be able to display the message in the originator's language character set. T2I accomplishes this by converting text into an image format and sending it as an MMS message. Aicent's world-leading MMS interworking global footprint makes this service especially attractive to mobile operators.

T2I is a key part of Aicent's Integrated Messaging Solution and works with both SMS and MMS messages. T2I has been commercially available since November 2004 and is available to both Aicent SMS and MMS customers.

Languages Supported by Aicent T2I

T2I supports all major languages used across the globe. Below are just a few of the languages that can be supported and displayed using T2I:

T2I Message Flow & Architecture

The typical Aicent T2I message flow includes the following steps:

• Check language format applied to originating message
• Check if recipient device supports this language
• Convert text message to GIF image
• Convert message to MMS and deliver using MM4 interface

The following graph depicts the Aicent T2I Message Flow:

Aicent T2I Routing Decisions

T2I also offers flexible and intelligent routing choices based on pre-defined operator policy. Routing decisions can also be based upon message flow direction (MT/MO) and applied only on the predefined direction. T2I service can be implemented based on Char-sets encoding method and the destination country. And T2I can be applied to only those messages where certain char-sets are not supported.

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