System and method for handling electronic messages
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1. A method for disposing of secure messages on a mobile device, comprising:
- receiving, at a network device, a message;
determining whether the message is a secure message;
determining whether a message expiry indicator is associated with the message;
automatically setting a message expiry indicator for the message if the message is determined to be a secure message and there is not a message expiry indicator already associated with the message;
receiving at a mobile device the message; and
removing the message from the mobile device if a removal criterion based upon the message expiry indicator is satisfied.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for handling messages on a mobile device. A system and method could be configured to receive at a mobile device a message that is associated with a message expiry indicator. If a message expiry indicator is determined to be associated with the received message, then the received message is removed from the mobile device.
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1. A method for disposing of secure messages on a mobile device, comprising:
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receiving, at a network device, a message; determining whether the message is a secure message; determining whether a message expiry indicator is associated with the message; automatically setting a message expiry indicator for the message if the message is determined to be a secure message and there is not a message expiry indicator already associated with the message; receiving at a mobile device the message; and removing the message from the mobile device if a removal criterion based upon the message expiry indicator is satisfied. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system for disposing of secure messages on a mobile device, comprising:
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a network device configured to; receive a message; determine whether the message is a secure message; determine whether a message expiry indicator is associated with the message; automatically set a message expiry indicator for the message if the message is determined to be a secure message and there is not a message expiry indicator already associated with the message; and a mobile device configured to; receive the message from the network device; and remove the message from the mobile device if a removal criterion based upon the message expiry indicator is satisfied.
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