Patent ID: 8359013

Claim:
A method in a mobile communications device operative in a wireless network for receiving data messages via a host service, the method comprising: receiving an enable message via the wireless network, the enable message indicating that a data message has been received and is ready for retrieval via the wireless network, the enable message containing a subset of the data message; providing an indication at the mobile communications device in response to receiving the enable message, the indication indicating that the data message has been received and including the subset of the data message; after providing the indication, detecting a user-initiated entry into a messaging application of the mobile communications device; in response to detecting the user-initiated entry into the messaging application, examining a setting in a data store of the mobile communication device, the setting being provided in response to the enable message being received at the mobile communication device; in response to detecting the user-initiated entry into the messaging application and identifying from the examining step that the setting is provided in the data store: requesting the data message by sending via the wireless network a fetch message; in response to sending the fetch message, receiving via the wireless network the data message; and in response to identifying from the examining step that the setting is not provided in the data store, refraining from sending the fetch message.