Patent ID: 9449307
Filing Date: 2016-09-20
CPC Classification: G06Q,H04L

Claim Text:
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: 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.