Patent ID: 7783310

Claim:
A method, comprising: receiving a first data component from a facilitator wherein the first data component includes data representative of an identification of the facilitator as an authenticated source; storing the first data component on a client device; storing client state information comprising enterprise information of a host enterprise on the client device; receiving, from the facilitator, a message at a common inbox of the client device, wherein the message includes a melt command, the first data component, and a second data component, wherein the second data component comprises data to enable identification of an application for parsing the message and data to enable searching for the message in the common inbox; identifying an application for parsing the message in the common inbox in accordance with the second data component; parsing the message by the application identified in accordance with the second data component, determining from parsing the message that the message contains the melt command, and obtaining the first data component from the message; authenticating a source of the message by comparing the first data component obtained from the received message with the first data component stored on the client device; and automatically deleting client state information of the client device based on the melt command in response to determining the message is from an authenticated source, wherein the deleted client state information includes the enterprise information stored on the client device.