Patent ID: 8355701

Claim:
A mobile device, comprising: a transceiver configured for wireless communications; a memory; a processor in operable communication with the transceiver and the memory, the processor being configured to: receive, using the transceiver, a first segment of a message, the first segment comprising at least a portion of a displayable message content portion comprised in a body of the message, said displayable message content portion being delimited within the body of the message by a predefined indicator identifying an end of the displayable message content portion; scan the received first segment for the predefined indicator; automatically receive, using the transceiver, one or more further segments of the message; scan said one or more further segments of the message for the predefined indicator until the predefined indicator is found in a received segment; and automatically transmit, using the transceiver, a command to halt transmission of any further segments of the message once the predefined indicator is found.