Patent ID: 11924361
Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 18:
19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing thereon executable instructions that, as a result of being executed by one or more processors of a computer system, cause the computer system to:
receive, by a client device, a message that includes a plurality of time-to-live values associated with the message;
provide a start time associated with the message, wherein the start time is usable to control access to the message;
receive a message open request corresponding to the message;
determine whether a current time of the message open request is greater than the start time associated with the message; and
as a result of the current time being greater than the start time:
calculate an expiration time for the message by adding the current time to a selected time-to-live value of the plurality of time-to-live values; and
allowing access to the message until the expiration time.