Patent ID: 8930474
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for processing email messages, the method comprising: receiving, at a server, an email that has an associated value of expiration, wherein the value represents a time period for which the email is maintained in a first folder on the server prior to automatic deletion; transmitting, from the server, a copy of the received email to a second folder on a client device in communication with the server, the second folder on the client device being synchronized with the first folder on the server; monitoring the received email to determine if the time period corresponding to the value of expiration is lapsed; determining if the transmitted copy of the received email is still in the second folder on the client device; and in response to determining (i) that the time period corresponding to the value of expiration has lapsed and (ii) that the transmitted copy of the received email is still in the second folder on the client device, automatically deleting the received email from the first folder on the server.