Communications security by enforcing offline consumption and auto-termination of electronic messages

A system comprising:

• a plurality of electronic messages configured for offline consumption by designated recipients using at least one user-specified delivery condition;
• a communications system configured to facilitate an exchange of the plurality of electronic messages between a plurality of computing devices over a communications network;
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• a restrictive presentation system configured to restrict a presentation of the plurality of electronic messages upon a computing device of the designated recipients to a point in time when the computing device is in an offline state, wherein, when in said offline state, the computing device is disconnected from the communications network and only a view operation is allowed to be performed upon an electronic message, and, wherein the electronic message is automatically erased from the computing device once viewing is complete.

A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having computer usable program code embodied therewith, the computer usable program code comprising:

• computer usable program code configured to receive an electronic message configured for offline consumption upon a computing device, wherein said offline consumption configuration is expressed as at least one user-specified delivery condition associated with the electronic message;
• computer usable program code configured to determine an auto-termination time limit for the electronic message, wherein the auto-termination time limit defines a maximum amount of time the electronic message is to be stored upon the computing device without being presented for offline consumption;
• computer usable program code configured to periodically assess satisfaction of the at least one delivery condition of the electronic message and the auto-termination time limit;
• computer usable program code configured to, when the at least one delivery condition is satisfied prior to reaching the auto-termination time limit, ascertain a communications state of the computing device, wherein said communications state comprises at least an online state and an offline state, wherein the online state represents an ability of the computing device to exchange data over a communications network and the offline state represents an inability of the computing device to exchange data over the communications network;
• computer usable program code configured to, when the communications state of the computing device is the offline state, present the electronic message within a user interface upon the computing device, wherein capabilities of the user interface and computing device are restricted to a view capability;
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• computer usable program code configured to, upon user-termination of the presentation of the electronic message, automatically delete the electronic message from a secured storage location local to the computing device.