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Method and apparatus for expiring messages in electronic communications

  • US 9,560,006 B2
  • Filed: 07/26/2012
  • Issued: 01/31/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/26/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of off-the-record communication including expiring messages, the method comprising:

  • receiving, at a server, an electronic communication from a source device, the electronic communication including at least one expiring message;

    temporarily storing, at the server, content of the expiring message in a non-durable memory for a predetermined amount of time;

    durably storing, at the server, envelope information associated with the expiring message in a durable memory apart from the content of the expiring message that is stored in the non-durable memory;

    determining whether a recipient device for the expiring message is available to accept transmission of the expiring message and determining whether an expiration event has occurred; and

    transmitting information to the recipient device, wherein the transmitted information is contingent upon the determination of whether an expiration event has occurred and includes one of the group consisting of;

    the content of the expiring message when the recipient device is available to accept transmission of the expiring message before the expiration event has occurred, andthe envelope information of the expiring message when the recipient device is not available to accept transmission of the expiring message until after the expiration event has occurred.

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