Patent ID: 7865559

Claim:
A method for conveying a message from a first user to a second user, the method comprising: receiving a notification signal indicating that the first user has transferred a set of messages to a set of delivery subsystems, the set of delivery subsystems enabling the second user to access the set of messages; after receiving the notification signal, receiving a delivery signal indicating that the second user has accessed one of the set of messages using one of the delivery subsystems of the set of delivery subsystems; in response to the delivery signal, suppressing un-accessed messages of the set of messages of the remaining delivery subsystems of the set of delivery subsystems; wherein an output device is initially configured to provide delivery permission to the set of delivery subsystems prior to receiving the delivery signal; wherein suppressing the un-accessed messages of the set of messages includes in response to receiving the delivery signal, configuring the output device to deny delivery permission to the remaining set of delivery subsystems; wherein following receiving the notification signal indicating that the first user has transferred the set of messages to the set of delivery subsystems; after expiration of a time interval checking a database to detect reception of a delivery notification indicating that the second user has accessed one of the set of messages using one of the delivery subsystems of the set of delivery subsystems; in response to detecting an absence of the delivery notification in the database, continuing to check the database to detect reception of the delivery signal after expiration of the time interval; and in response to detecting a presence of the delivery notification, suppressing un-accessed messages of the set of messages of the remaining delivery subsystems of the set of delivery subsystems.