Bank of America Corporation
Self-purgative electronic resources

Abstract:

Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for creating and managing self-purgative electronic resources. The system is configured for receiving an indication associated with creation of a first electronic resource, identifying a first purge duration associated with the first electronic resource, creating the first electronic resource with the first purge duration, wherein the first purge duration embedded into the first electronic resource as additional metadata, assigning a unique extension to the first electronic resource and store the first electronic resource in a first memory location, identifying that the first purge duration is zero, in response to identifying that the first purge duration is zero, allocating the first memory location associated with the first electronic resource in the memory for other electronic resources.