Deleting items based on user interation

• US 10,503,694 B2
• Filed: 06/19/2017
• Issued: 12/10/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
• Inventors: Chen, Aiqing
• Primary Examiner(s): Beausoliel, Jr., Robert W
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hoang, Hau
• Application Number:
  US15/626,958
• Publication Number:
  US 20180004768A1
• Time in Patent Office: 904 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/00 Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/162 Delete operations erasing in storage systems G06F3/0652
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0652 Erasing, e.g. deleting, data cleaning, moving of data to a wastebasket
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 7/00 Methods or arrangements for processing data by operating upon the order or content of the data handled logic circuits H03K19/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041

Abstract

Deleting items based on user interaction is disclosed, including: determining a set of items to delete from a device; generating a representation associated with the set of items; presenting the representation associated with the set of items at the device; detecting a user input operation associated with modifying the presentation of the representation associated with the set of items at the device; and deleting at least a portion of the set of items based at least in part on the modified presentation of the representation associated with the set of items.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

determining a set of items to delete from a device;

generating a representation associated with the set of items;

presenting the representation associated with the set of items at the device;

detecting a user input operation associated with modifying the presentation of the representation associated with the set of items at the device, wherein the user input operation comprises a touch operation; and

deleting at least a portion of the set of items based at least in part on the modified presentation of the representation associated with the set of items including by;

presenting the modified presentation of the representation associated with the set of items;

determining a portion of the presentation of the representation that has been modified by the touch operation;

determining a first area associated with the presentation of the representation minus a second area associated with the portion of the presentation of the representation that has been modified by the touch operation;

determining that the first area associated with the presentation of the representation is less than a threshold area; and

in response to the determination that the first area associated with the presentation of the representation is less than the threshold area, completely deleting the set of items.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of items comprises one or more of the following:

a cache file, an installation package file, and a residual file.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the set of items to delete from the device is based at least in part on a user selection of one or more items.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the set of items to delete from the device comprises programmatically determining that a size associated with the set of items exceeds a predetermined threshold percentage of a total storage space associated with the device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the representation associated with the set of items comprises generating a visual representation based on at least one or both of content and metadata associated with the set of items.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising presenting size information associated with the at least portion of the set of items that is deleted.

7. A computer program product, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:

determining a set of items to delete from a device;

generating a representation associated with the set of items;

presenting the representation associated with the set of items at the device;

detecting a user input operation associated with modifying the presentation of the representation associated with the set of items at the device, wherein the user input operation comprises a touch operation; and

deleting at least a portion of the set of items based at least in part on the modified presentation of the representation associated with the set of items including by;

presenting the modified presentation of the representation associated with the set of items;

determining a portion of the presentation of the representation that has been modified by the touch operation;

determining a first area associated with the presentation of the representation minus a second area associated with the portion of the presentation of the representation that has been modified by the touch operation;

determining that the first area associated with the presentation of the representation is less than a threshold area; and

in response to the determination that the first area associated with the presentation of the representation is less than the threshold area, completely deleting the set of items.

8. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the set of items comprises one or more of the following:

a cache file, an installation package file, and a residual file.

9. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein determining the set of items to delete from the device is based at least in part on a user selection of one or more items.

10. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein determining the set of items to delete from the device comprises programmatically determining that a size associated with the set of items exceeds a predetermined threshold percentage of a total storage space associated with the device.

11. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein generating the representation associated with the set of items comprises generating a visual representation based on at least one or both of content and metadata associated with the set of items.

12. A system, comprising:

a processor configured to;

determine a set of items to delete from a device;

generate a representation associated with the set of items;

present the representation associated with the set of items at the device;

detect a user input operation associated with modifying the presentation of the representation associated with the set of items at the device, wherein the user input operation comprises a touch operation; and

delete at least a portion of the set of items based at least in part on the modified presentation of the representation associated with the set of items including to;

present the modified presentation of the representation associated with the set of items;

determine a portion of the presentation of the representation that has been modified by the touch operation;

determine a first area associated with the presentation of the representation minus a second area associated with the portion of the presentation of the representation that has been modified by the touch operation;

determine that the first area associated with the presentation of the representation is less than a threshold area; and

in response to the determination that the first area associated with the presentation of the representation is less than the threshold area, completely delete the set of items; and

a memory coupled to the processor and configured to provide the processor with instructions.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the set of items comprises one or more of the following:

a cache file, an installation package file, and a residual file.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein determining the set of items to delete from the device is based at least in part on a user selection of one or more items.

15. A method, comprising:

determining a set of items to delete from a device;

generating a representation associated with the set of items;

presenting the representation associated with the set of items at the device;

detecting a user input operation associated with modifying the presentation of the representation associated with the set of items at the device, wherein the user input operation comprises a sound input operation; and

deleting at least a portion of the set of items based at least in part on the modified presentation of the representation associated with the set of items including by;

determining a duration associated with the sound input operation;

presenting the modified presentation of the representation associated with the set of items;

determining that the duration associated with the sound input operation is greater than a threshold length of time; and

in response to the determination that the duration associated with the sound input operation is greater than the threshold length of time, completely deleting the set of items.

16. A method, comprising:

determining a set of items to delete from a device;

generating a representation associated with the set of items;

presenting the representation associated with the set of items at the device;

detecting a user input operation associated with modifying the presentation of the representation associated with the set of items at the device, wherein the user input operation comprises a gesture operation; and

deleting at least a portion of the set of items based at least in part on the modified presentation of the representation associated with the set of items including by;

presenting the modified presentation of the representation associated with the set of items;

determining a portion of the presentation of the representation that has been modified by the gesture operation;

determining a first area associated with the presentation of the representation minus a second area associated with the portion of the presentation of the representation that has been modified by the gesture operation;

determining that the first area associated with the presentation of the representation is less than a threshold area; and

in response to the determination that the first area associated with the presentation of the representation is less than the threshold area, completely deleting the set of items.

17. A method, comprising:

determining a set of items to delete from a device;

generating a representation associated with the set of items;

presenting the representation associated with the set of items at the device;

detecting a user input operation associated with modifying the presentation of the representation associated with the set of items at the device, wherein the user input operation comprises a cursor operation; and

deleting at least a portion of the set of items based at least in part on the modified presentation of the representation associated with the set of items including by;

presenting the modified presentation of the representation associated with the set of items;

determining a portion of the presentation of the representation that has been modified by the cursor operation;

determining a first area associated with the presentation of the representation minus a second area associated with the portion of the presentation of the representation that has been modified by the cursor operation;

determining that the first area associated with the presentation of the representation is less than a threshold area; and

in response to the determination that the first area associated with the presentation of the representation is less than the threshold area, completely deleting the set of items.