Patent ID: 7496631
Filing Date: 2009-02-24
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A notification system that provides an electronic notification to an intended recipient, the notification system comprising an online service provider system including at least one processing device and including: a notification service configured to enable an originator of an electronic notification to input attribute information for the electronic notification that includes: a notification delivery service configured to: determine the future time based on the future time information, determine the expiration time based on tile expiration time information, make a plurality of electronic messages accessible to the intended recipient subsequent to the future time but prior to the expiration time, determine whether the intended recipient accesses the accessible particular electronic message prior to the expiration time, and remove accessibility by the intended recipient to the at least one other electronic message while concurrently maintaining accessibility by the intended recipient to the particular electronic message conditioned on determining that the intended recipient has accessed the particular electronic message prior to the expiration time.