Managing a limited-use electronic mail account
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1. A method, comprising:
- receiving at least (i) an item of electronic mail and (ii) a period of time specified by a sender of the item of electronic mail, the period of time designating a period of time following invocation of a command to view at least a portion of the item of electronic mail after which encrypting the item of electronic mail will occur, including at least;
displaying at least one image of the received item of electronic mail only (i) while a touch-screen of a user device associated with receiving the received item of electronic mail is engaged in association with the command to view the at least the portion of the received item of electronic mail and (ii) while a duration associated with the at least one specified period of time has not expired, wherein the duration is timed via the timer;
detecting an invocation of a command to view at least a portion of the received item of electronic mail;
starting a timer in response to detecting the invocation of the command to view the at least a portion of the received item of electronic mail;
encrypting the received item of electronic mail in response to the timer reaching a value related to the specified period of time following invocation of the command to view the at least a portion of the received item of electronic mail; and
transmitting a signal related to the viewing of the item of electronic mail.
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Abstract
In one aspect, a method related to a limited-use electronic mail account. In addition to the foregoing, other method and system and program product aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present application.
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35 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving at least (i) an item of electronic mail and (ii) a period of time specified by a sender of the item of electronic mail, the period of time designating a period of time following invocation of a command to view at least a portion of the item of electronic mail after which encrypting the item of electronic mail will occur, including at least; displaying at least one image of the received item of electronic mail only (i) while a touch-screen of a user device associated with receiving the received item of electronic mail is engaged in association with the command to view the at least the portion of the received item of electronic mail and (ii) while a duration associated with the at least one specified period of time has not expired, wherein the duration is timed via the timer; detecting an invocation of a command to view at least a portion of the received item of electronic mail; starting a timer in response to detecting the invocation of the command to view the at least a portion of the received item of electronic mail; encrypting the received item of electronic mail in response to the timer reaching a value related to the specified period of time following invocation of the command to view the at least a portion of the received item of electronic mail; and transmitting a signal related to the viewing of the item of electronic mail. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A computer program product, comprising:
at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium including at least; one or more instructions for receiving at least (i) an item of electronic mail and (ii) a period of time specified by a sender of the item of electronic mail, the period of time designating a period of time following invocation of a command to view at least a portion of the item of electronic mail after which encrypting the item of electronic mail will occur; one or more instructions for detecting an invocation of a command to view at least a portion of the received item of electronic mail; one or more instructions for starting a timer in response to detecting the invocation of the command to view the at least a portion of the received item of electronic mail; one or more instructions for encrypting the received item of electronic mail in response to the timer reaching a value related to the specified period of time following invocation of the command to view the at least a portion of the received item of electronic mail; and one or more instructions for transmitting a signal related to the viewing of the item of electronic mail.
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6. A system, comprising:
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a user device; and one or more instructions that, when executed on the user device, cause the user device to at least; receive at least (i) an item of electronic mail and (ii) a period of time specified by a sender of the item of electronic mail, the period of time designating a period of time following invocation of a command to view at least a portion of the item of electronic mail after which encrypting the item of electronic mail will occur; detect an invocation of a command to view at least a portion of the received item of electronic mail; start a timer in response to detecting the invocation of the command to view the at least a portion of the received item of electronic mail; encrypt the received item of electronic mail in response to the timer reaching a value related to the specified period of time following invocation of the command to view the at least a portion of the received item of electronic mail expiring; and transmit a signal related to the viewing of the item of electronic mail.
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7. A system, comprising:
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circuitry configured for receiving at least (i) an item of electronic mail and (ii) a period of time specified by a sender of the item of electronic mail, the period of time designating a period of time following invocation of a command to view at least a portion of the item of electronic mail after which encrypting the item of electronic mail will occur; circuitry configured for detecting an invocation of a command to view at least a portion of the received item of electronic mail; circuitry configured for starting a timer in response to detecting the invocation of the command to view the at least a portion of the received item of electronic mail; circuitry configured for encrypting the received item of electronic mail in response to the timer reaching a value related to the specified period of time following invocation of the command to view the at least a portion of the received item of electronic mail; and circuitry configured for transmitting a signal related to the viewing of the item of electronic mail. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A system, comprising:
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at least one array of time-sequenced logic gates configured for receiving at least (i) an item of electronic mail and (ii) a period of time specified by a sender of the received item of electronic mail, the period of time designating a period of time following invocation of a command to view at least a portion of the item of electronic mail after which encrypting the item of electronic mail will occur; at least one array of time-sequenced logic gates configured for detecting an invocation of a command to view at least a portion of the received item of electronic mail; at least one array of time-sequenced logic gates configured for starting a timer in response to detecting the invocation of the command to view the at least a portion of the received item of electronic mail; at least one array of time-sequenced logic gates configured for encrypting the received item of electronic mail in response to the timer reaching a value related to the specified period of time following invocation of the command to view the at least a portion of the received item of electronic mail; and at least one array of time-sequenced logic gates configured for transmitting a signal related to the viewing of the item of electronic mail.
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35. A mobile phone, comprising:
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a touch screen; a processing device; and at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium bearing one or more instructions which, when executed on the processing device, cause the mobile phone to at least; receive at least (i) an item of electronic mail and (ii) a period of time specified by a sender of the item of electronic mail, the period of time designating a period of time following invocation of a command to view at least a portion of the item of electronic mail after which encrypting the item of electronic mail will occur; detect an invocation of a command received via the touch screen to view at least a portion of the received item of electronic mail; start a timer in response to detecting the invocation of the command received via the touch screen to view the at least a portion of the received item of electronic mail; display the at least a portion of the received item of electronic mail and at least one value associated with the timer on the touch screen; and encrypt the received item of electronic mail in response to the timer reaching a value related to the specified period of time following invocation of the command to view the at least a portion of the received item of electronic mail.
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