Patent ID: 8291215

Claim:
A method of processing certificates located in a certificate search, wherein the method is performed at a data server coupled to a wireless communication device, the method comprising: receiving a certificate search request from the wireless communication device; initiating a certificate search on one or more certificate servers, wherein at least one query is submitted to the one or more certificate servers to request retrieval of certificates satisfying the certificate search request; retrieving one or more certificates from the one or more certificate servers; for each of the one or more certificates retrieved at the retrieving, processing the certificate prior to transferring the certificate to the wireless communication device to determine data comprising certificate data identifying the certificate, and status data by determining at the data server at least one status property of the certificate; for at least one of the one or more certificates retrieved at the retrieving, transmitting data determined at the processing to the wireless communication device prior to transferring the certificate to the wireless communication device; wherein the certificate data is usable by the wireless communication device to identify each of the at least one certificate in a user interface of the wireless communication device; wherein the status data determined at the processing is usable by the wireless communication device to generate at least one status indicator that indicates a result of determining at least one status property at the processing, for each of the at least one certificate located by the data server in response to a certificate search initiated by the wireless communication device, for display in the user interface of the wireless communication device prior to user selection of one or more of the at least one certificate for transfer from the data server to the wireless communication device; and wherein the receiving, the initiating, and the retrieving are performed prior to transferring the at least one of the one or more certificates to the wireless communication device.