US Patent Application 18298109. ELECTRONIC MESSAGING REPLY METHOD simplified abstract

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ELECTRONIC MESSAGING REPLY METHOD

Organization Name

Snap Inc.

Inventor(s)

Joseph Collins of Chicago IL (US)

Amit Jindas Shah of Chicago IL (US)

ELECTRONIC MESSAGING REPLY METHOD - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18298109 titled 'ELECTRONIC MESSAGING REPLY METHOD

Simplified Explanation

- The patent application describes an electronic messaging system that receives messages from a sender and sends them to a recipient. - The system deletes the header information of the message after a certain time once the recipient has accessed the message. - After deleting the header information, the system also deletes the message content itself. - The system generates a reply ID that is associated with the sender and allows the system to send a reply message back to the sender. - The reply ID is included in the header information of the original message. - The reply ID is stored in a database, lookup table, or file system for easy retrieval and use.


Original Abstract Submitted

An electronic messaging system that receives an original electronic message from a sender direct access client associated with a sender, the original electronic message including header and message information and being directed to a recipient. The electronic messaging system deletes the header information after a first predetermined time after the message information is accessed by the recipient, deletes the message information after deleting the header information, and generates a reply ID correlated with the sender of the electronic message in at least one of a database, a lookup table and an entry in a file system. The reply ID enables the electronic messaging system to direct a reply electronic message back to the sender, the reply ID being part of the header information of the original electronic message.