Patent ID: 7885649
Filing Date: 2011-02-08
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for use in managing the storage of e-mail message information in a mobile station, the method comprising the acts of: receiving, at the mobile station, a plurality of e-mail messages through a wireless network and storing e-mail information of the e-mail messages in memory; identifying whether a size of the e-mail information has reached a first predetermined limit of the memory; deleting, from the memory, automatically without user intervention, at least portions of e-mail message bodies of some of the e-mail messages while retaining storage of e-mail message headers and metadata thereof based on identifying that the size of the e-mail information has reached the first predetermined limit, each e-mail message metadata including an identifier for uniquely identifying the e-mail message at a server; identifying whether the size of the e-mail information has reached a second predetermined limit of the memory which is more critical or severe than the first predetermined limit; and deleting, from the memory, automatically without user intervention, the e-mail message headers and metadata associated with the deleted e-mail message bodies of the e-mail messages based on identifying that the size of the e-mail information has reached the second predetermined limit.