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Rapidly obtaining a subset of message data from a server for filtering

  • US 20050223085A1
  • Filed: 03/11/2004
  • Published: 10/06/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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15. In a computing device, a method comprising:

  • retrieving a list of message identifiers from a server;

    for each message identifier, determining whether the message identifier corresponds to a message that meets filtering criteria, does not meet the filtering criteria or is unknown with respect to the filtering criteria; and

    for each message that is unknown with respect to the filtering criteria, downloading message data from the server, evaluating the message data to determine whether the message meets or does not meet the filtering criteria, and persisting data indicative of whether the message met or did not meet the filtering criteria.

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