Mobile wireless communications device to perform local and remote search and associated methods

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9558249-B2
Application number	US-201414291218-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 30, 2014
Priority date	Apr 23, 2010
Publication date	Jan 31, 2017
Grant date	Jan 31, 2017

Abstract

A mobile wireless communications device is to communicate with a server storing a plurality of file folders, and includes a display, a wireless transceiver, and a processor all carried by a housing. The processor is configured to wirelessly download an initial portion of a selected file folder from the server, with the server still having a remainder portion of the selected file folder available for downloading. The processor also generates search results by performing a local search of the initial portion of the file folder, and performs a remote search of the reminder portion of the selected file folder. The processor further presents the search results on the display.

First claim

We claim:

1. A method for a mobile wireless communication device to search a plurality of files stored on a remote server in a selected file folder, the method comprising:
responsive to selection of a file folder containing a plurality of files stored on the remote server in a selected file folder and prior to performing a search, downloading an initial portion of the selected file folder from the server, the initial portion of the selected file folder comprising a plurality of sequentially listed selectable files;
receiving a search query at the mobile wireless communication device after downloading the initial portion of the selected file folder;
responsive to the search query received at the mobile wireless communication device:
determining if a remainder portion of the selected file folder is available on the server for downloading;
responsive to determining that a remainder portion of the selected file folder is available on the server for downloading, causing a remote search of the remainder portion of the selected file folder to obtain remote search results for the search query;
generating local search results for the search query by performing a local search of the initial portion of the selected file folder; and
presenting the local search results and any remote search results on a display of the mobile wireless communication device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the search query at the mobile wireless communication device comprises:
receiving a plurality of characters of the search query at an input of the mobile wireless communication device; and
determining if a time since receipt of a most recent character of the plurality of characters of the search query exceeds a threshold time.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the initial portion of the selected file folder comprises at least one subfolder having a plurality of sequentially listed selectable files therein.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the initial portion of the selected file folder further comprises file information about the plurality of sequentially listed selectable files.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the initial portion of the selected file folder further comprises contents of data contained in the selected file folder.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of files comprises e-mail files.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of files comprises media files.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of files comprises contact files.

9. A mobile wireless communication device to communicate with a remote server storing a plurality of file folders, the mobile wireless communication device comprising:
a display;
a wireless transceiver; and
a processor coupled to the display and the wireless transceiver, the processor configured to search the plurality of files stored on the remote server by:
downloading an initial portion of the selected file folder from the server via the wireless transceiver, the initial portion of the selected file folder comprising a plurality of sequentially listed selectable files;
receiving a search query after downloading the initial portion of the selected file folder;
responsive to the search query:
determining if a remainder portion of the selected file folder is available on the server for downloading;
responsive to determining that a remainder portion of the selected file folder is available on the server for downloading, causing a remote search of the remainder portion of the selected file folder to obtain remote search results for the search query;
generating local search results for the search query by performing a local search of the initial portion of the selected file folder; and
presenting the local search results and any remote search results on the display.

10. The mobile wireless communication device of claim 9 , wherein receiving the search query comprises:
receiving a plurality of characters of the search query at an input of the mobile wireless communication device; and
determining if a time since receipt of a most recent character of the plurality of characters of the search query exceeds a threshold time.

11. The mobile wireless communication device of claim 9 , wherein the initial portion of the selected file folder comprises at least one subfolder having a plurality of sequentially listed selectable files therein.

12. The mobile wireless communication device of claim 9 , wherein the initial portion of the selected file folder further comprises file information about a plurality of sequentially listed selectable files.

13. The mobile wireless communication device of claim 9 , wherein the initial portion of the selected file folder further comprises contents of data contained in the selected file folder.

14. The mobile wireless communication device of claim 9 , further comprising a memory operable to store the initial portion of the selected file folder.

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing processor executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method comprising:
downloading an initial portion of the selected file folder from the server via the wireless transceiver, the initial portion of the selected file folder comprising a plurality of sequentially listed selectable files;
receiving a search query after downloading the initial portion of the selected file folder;
responsive to the search query:
determining if a remainder portion of the selected file folder is available on the server for downloading;
responsive to determining that a remainder portion of the selected file folder is available on the server for downloading, causing a remote search of the remainder portion of the selected file folder to obtain remote search results for the search query;
generating local search results for the search query by performing a local search of the initial portion of the selected file folder; and
presenting the local search results and any remote search results on the display.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein, in the method performed by the processor, receiving the search query comprises:
receiving a plurality of characters of the search query at an input of the mobile wireless communication device; and
determining if a time since receipt of a most recent character of the plurality of characters of the search query exceeds a threshold time.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the initial portion of the selected file folder comprises at least one subfolder having a plurality of sequentially listed selectable files therein.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the initial portion of the selected file folder further comprises file information about the plurality of sequentially listed selectable files.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the initial portion of the selected file folder further comprises contents of data contained in the selected file folder.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the plurality of files comprises at least one of message files and contact files.

Assignees

• Blackberry Ltd

Inventors

• Ceponkus Alexander Vitas
• Pinheiro Gil
• Dev Prabhul
• Parmar Naresh

Classifications

• G06F17/30112

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F17/30554 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• H04W4/003

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G06F16/248 Primary

  Presentation of query results · CPC title

• G06F16/156

  Query results presentation · CPC title