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

Claim 0:
1. A system, comprising:
an interface that receives a message from a first device, wherein the message comprises a time-to-live value;
one or more processors; and
a memory coupled to the one or more processors, the memory storing instructions that, as a result of execution by the one or more processors, cause the system to:
receive a request to open a message, the message associated with a start time for enabling access to the message; and
as a result of a determination that a current time has exceeded the start time:
calculate an expiration time for the message by adding the current time to a time-to-live value; and
allow access to the message of the message until the expiration time.