Message Communication Systems and Applications with Message Lifetime Settings for Automatic message Deletion

A computer implemented method for managing electronic messages, comprising:

• electronically receiving a message for a recipient, the message being from a sender and associated with a request for assigning a lifetime setting to the message;
• determining whether the request for assigning a lifetime to the message has been accepted;
• enabling viewing of the message upon determining that the request has been accepted;
• and
• deleting the message automatically when a period of time expires as set by the lifetime setting.

A system for managing assignment of lifetime settings of messages, comprising,

• a server for managing messages exchanged between individuals, the server configured to receive a message from a sender to a recipient, the message including a lifetime setting, the lifetime setting defining a duration during which the message will remain undeleted;
• a monitor module for monitoring messages that include the lifetime setting, the monitor module configured to identify when the lifetime setting for at least one message has been reached;
• and
• a delete module for deleting the at least one message automatically.