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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017

Filed:

Jul. 26, 2012
Applicants:

Jason Prado, Mountain View, CA (US);

Benjamin David Eidelson, Mountain View, CA (US);

Peter Michal Pawlowski, Mountain View, CA (US);

Doug Sherrets, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Jason Prado, Mountain View, CA (US);

Benjamin David Eidelson, Mountain View, CA (US);

Peter Michal Pawlowski, Mountain View, CA (US);

Doug Sherrets, Mountain View, CA (US);

Assignee:

Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); H04W 12/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 51/34 (2013.01); H04L 51/18 (2013.01); H04W 12/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure includes systems and methods for off-the-record communication including expiring messages. An example method comprises receiving an electronic communication from a source device, the electronic communication including at least one expiring message, temporarily storing content of the expiring message in a non-durable memory for a predetermined amount of time, durably storing envelope information associated with the expiring message in a durable memory, and 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.


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