System and method of communicating temporally displaced electronic messages

Abstract

A system and method for sending temporally displaced electronic messages over a network from a sender to a recipient. The sending system is configured to allow the user to encode a temporal specifier into an electronic message to be sent over the network to a recipient at a destination address on the network. The electronic message is received over the network by a retention system which decodes the temporal specifier and stores the electronic message, sending to the destination in accord with the temporal specifier. In addition, the inventive teachings provide for the integration of additional content with the electronic messages and the use of cross-media communication of messages exemplified for escalating message priority.

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