Patent ID: 8185521
Filing Date: 2012-05-22
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of presenting message search results at a wireless handheld device, the method comprising: conducting a search of local messages stored in the wireless handheld device using a search term to obtain ones of the local messages that includes the search term; initiating a search of remote messages stored in a message server using the search term to identify ones of the remote messages that includes the search term; determining if any of the ones of the local messages matches any of the ones of the remote messages by comparing a message identifier of the ones of the local messages to a message identifier of the ones of the remote messages; for each of the ones of the remote messages that matches one of the local messages, comparing a size of the local message to a size of the matching remote message, selecting the local message for presentation at the wireless handheld device in response to determining that the size of the local message is greater than the size of the matching remote message, and selecting the matching remote message for presentation in response to determining that the size of the local message is less than the size of the matching remote message.