Patent ID: 7522910

Claim:
A method for handling email messages, the method comprising: receiving, from a first mobile device of a user, a request for email messages that are associated with an email account, wherein the request does not specify use of any particular profile or any particular filter criteria; wherein the email account is associated with multiple profiles; wherein each profile of the multiple profiles is associated with a different set of filter criteria; in response to the request, performing particular steps comprising: identifying a first active profile that is associated with the first mobile device; identifying a particular set of filter criteria that is associated with the first active profile of the multiple profiles associated with the email account; wherein the multiple profiles include a second active profile that is associated with a second mobile device of the user; wherein the second mobile device is separate from the first mobile device; applying the particular set of filter criteria to a set of email messages to identify selected email messages that satisfy the filter criteria in the particular set of filter criteria, thereby filtering email messages; wherein the filtering is performed based on an active profile that is associated with the first mobile device that is requesting email messages; and transmitting the selected email messages to the first mobile device.