Patent ID: 8885586

Claim:
A method comprising: in a first electronic device comprising a communication interface for communicating over a physical medium: receiving a search message from a second electronic device via said communication interface, wherein said search message comprises a user-entered search string and a similarity threshold; comparing data in memory of said first electronic device to said user-entered search string to determine an amount of similarity between said data in said memory of said first electronic device and said user-entered search string; determining not to respond to said search message when said amount of similarity is below said similarity threshold; generating a response message when said amount of similarity is above said similarity threshold; setting a value of a CSMA parameter to be used for transmission of said response message based on said amount of similarity, wherein said set value of said CSMA parameter is a first value when said amount of similarity is a first amount and is a second value when said amount of similarity is a second amount; and transmitting said response message onto said physical medium using said set value of said CSMA parameter.