Patent ID: 8650258
Filing Date: 2014-02-11
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method at a server for handling an encoded message provided by a sender, said method comprising: receiving the encoded message at the server; determining whether a size of the encoded message exceeds a threshold size; determining whether an encoding-related operation to be performed on the encoded message is to be performed at the server or at a mobile device, wherein it is determined that the encoding-related operation is to be performed at the server if the message size exceeds the threshold size; if it is determined that the encoding-related operation is to be performed at the mobile device, sending the encoded message to the mobile device; if it is determined that the encoding-related operation is to be performed at the server, then: performing the encoding-related operation on the encoded message; generating a processed message from said encoded message; and sending the processed message to the mobile device along with a message status indication, the message status indication indicating that the mobile device is not to perform the encoding-related operation.