Patent Document ID: 8904170
Application ID: 13613069

Base Claim:
1. A method for searching and retrieving certificates comprising: at a mobile device, requesting a search for a plurality of certificates on a certificate server remote from the mobile device, wherein at least one query is submitted to the certificate server to request retrieval of the plurality of certificates; receiving an indication at the mobile device that some but not all of the plurality of certificates are located for retrieval due to a quota on the number of search results being exceeded at the certificate server; in response to the receiving, the mobile device requesting a further search on the certificate server by dividing the search into a plurality of subsearches, requesting the subsearches on the certificate server, wherein at least one query is submitted from the mobile device to the certificate server for each subsearch, wherein the certificate server provides for retrieval of at least a subset of the plurality of certificates based on results of the subsearches, downloading the at least a subset of the plurality of certificates to the mobile device; and generating a list of certificates identifying one or more certificates downloaded to the mobile device, wherein the one or more certificates downloaded to the mobile device comprise the at least a subset of the plurality of certificates.

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Claim 2:
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising storing the list of certificates in one or more certificate stores on the mobile device.