US Patent:
20120317082, Dec 13, 2012
Inventors:
Sarosh Anwar - Redmond WA, US
Yingtao Dong - Redmond WA, US
Sean Ferguson - Renton WA, US
Anupama Janardhan - Seattle WA, US
Khoj Ladha - Sammamish WA, US
Ashish Malgi - Redmond WA, US
Thottam Sriram - Redmond WA, US
Namra Tayyab - Bothell WA, US
Assignee:
MICROSOFT CORPORATION - Redmond WA
International Classification:
G06F 17/30
G06F 7/00
US Classification:
707692, 707687, 707694, 707E17001
Abstract:
Systems and methods for implementing a query-based hold on electronic items hosted by a communication device and/or system. Electronic items from a plurality of user-specific folders are purged and copied to a discovery hold folder. The purged items, along with all existing items, contained within the discovery hold folder are evaluated against the query-based hold criteria. Items that fail to meet the query-based hold criteria are permanently deleted from the discovery hold folder. Items that meet the query-based hold criteria are maintained within discovery hold folder.