Patent ID: 8224865
Filing Date: 2012-07-17
Classification: G06F,G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method performed by a mobile device in communication with a server over a wireless network, the method comprising: storing items received from a server locally in the mobile device; deleting some of the items received from the server; receiving, from a user of the mobile device, a request to search for items matching a search parameter; finding items among the locally-stored items that match the parameter; sending a request to the server for the server to search among items stored remotely on the server for items matching the parameter, wherein the sending step is performed automatically after the finding step; receiving, from the server, a list of the remotely-stored items that match the parameter without receiving the items themselves; and displaying, to the user, a composite list of the locally-stored and remotely-stored items matching the parameter, wherein the locally-stored and remotely-stored items are electronic messages and the search parameter relates to sender information.