Messaging system

• US 8,751,594 B2
• Filed: 11/03/2012
• Issued: 06/10/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lavoult.com, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Lavoult.Com, LLC
• Inventors: Aceves, Fausto
• Primary Examiner(s): CHRISTENSEN, SCOTT B
• Application Number:
  US13/668,233
• Publication Number:
  US 20130117392A1
• Time in Patent Office: 584 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/23 Reliability checks, e.g. acknowledgments or fault reporting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/42 Mailbox-related aspects, e.g. synchronisation of mailboxes

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a communication method between two or more users which involves using a single software application to switch between a first mode of electronic messaging and a second mode of electronic messaging. Both the first mode of electronic messaging and the second mode of electronic messaging are between a first electronic device associated with a first user and a second electronic device associated with a second user. In the first mode of messaging, inputs are received from the first user for composing a regular message which is then sent to the second user in data transmitted through a server and saved in a memory. In the second mode of messaging, inputs are received from the first user for composing a confidential message which is then sent to the second user in data transmitted through the server, and the data is irretrievable at a later time.

Claims

1. A communication method between two or more users, comprising the steps of:

switching between a first mode of electronic messaging and a second mode of electronic messaging while using a single software application, both the first mode of electronic messaging and the second mode of electronic messaging being between a first electronic device associated with a first user and a second electronic device associated with a second user;

receiving inputs from the first user for composing a regular message while in the first mode of messaging;

sending the regular message to the second user while in the first mode of messaging;

receiving inputs from the first user for composing a confidential message while in the second mode of messaging;

sending the confidential message to the second user while in the second mode of messaging; and

automatically and without user intervention, deleting a history of the confidential message on the first electronic device and on the second electronic device based on at least one of the first user and the second user exiting the second mode of messaging,

wherein the confidential message is only displayable before the history of the confidential message is deleted;

wherein while in the first mode of messaging, a regular message is sent to the second user in data transmitted through a server and saved in a memory; and

wherein while in the second mode of messaging, the confidential message is sent to the second user in data transmitted through the server, the data being displayed until at least one of the first user and the second user exits the second mode of messaging.

2. The communication method of claim 1, wherein the data is saved in a temporary memory.

3. The communication method of claim 1, wherein while in the second mode of messaging, the confidential message is sent to the second user in data transmitted through the server and not saved in any type of memory, history or database.

4. The communication method of claim 1, wherein the first user initiates the second mode of messaging, and wherein the second user is automatically placed in the second mode of messaging upon opening the confidential message.

5. The communication method of claim 1, wherein the first user initiates the second mode of messaging, and wherein the second user accepts a request to join the second mode of messaging before entering the second mode of messaging.

6. The communication method of claim 1, wherein when the first user or the second user exits the first mode of messaging, the regular messages received or sent are retrievable from both the first and second devices.

7. The communication method of claim 1, wherein during the second mode of messaging, received confidential messages cannot be forwarded or copied to any other user.

8. The communication method of claim 1, wherein the temporary memory is a random-access memory.

9. The communication method of claim 1, wherein the confidential message is an instant message or a text message.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the memory is located remotely.

11. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program that when executed by a processor performs a method, comprising the steps of:

switching between a first mode of electronic messaging and a second mode of electronic messaging while using a single software application, both the first mode of electronic messaging and the second mode of electronic messaging being between a first electronic device associated with a first user and a second electronic device associated with a second user;

receiving inputs from the first user for composing a regular message while in the first mode of messaging;

sending the regular message to the second user while in the first mode of messaging;

receiving inputs from the first user for composing a confidential message while in the second mode of messaging;

sending the confidential message to the second user while in the second mode of messaging; and

automatically and without user intervention, deleting a history of the confidential message on the first electronic device and on the second electronic device based on at least one of the first user and the second user exiting the second mode of messaging,

wherein the confidential message is only displayable before the history of the confidential message is deleted;

wherein while in the first mode of messaging, a regular message is sent to the second user in data transmitted through a server and saved in memory; and

wherein while in the second mode of messaging, the confidential message is sent to the second user in data transmitted through the server, the data being displayed until at least one of the first user and the second user exits the second mode of messaging.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein the first user initiates the second mode of messaging, and wherein the second user is automatically placed in the second mode of messaging upon opening the confidential message.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein the first user initiates the second mode of messaging, and wherein the second user accepts a request to join the second mode of messaging before entering the second mode of messaging.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein when the first user or the second user exits the first mode of messaging, the regular messages received or sent are retrievable from both the first and second devices.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein during the second mode of messaging, received confidential messages cannot be forwarded or copied to any other user.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein the data is saved in a temporary memory, the temporary memory being a random-access memory.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein the confidential message is an instant message or a text message.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein the memory is located remotely.