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Selectively deleting items that are not of interest to a user

  • US 9,594,844 B2
  • Filed: 11/08/2007
  • Issued: 03/14/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/08/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system comprising:

  • one or more computer-readable storage media;

    a web browser embodied on the one or more computer-readable storage media;

    a delete module embodied on the one or more computer-readable storage media, the delete module being associated with the web browser and being configured to;

    receive input to conduct a delete operation;

    during a browsing session, ascertain whether a user has an implied interest to retain an item targeted by the delete operation that is implied from a user action other than user selection of the item for retention, wherein the delete module ascertains that a user has an implied interest to retain an item based in part on whether the user recently browsed, using the web browser, to the item and without additional user interaction with the item;

    delete the item if the user does not have an implied interest in the item, but retain items that the user has selectively defined are not to be deleted when a delete operation is conducted; and

    retain both the item if the user has an implied interest in the item and the items that the user has selectively defined are not to be deleted when a delete operation is conducted; and

    a user interface module embodied on the one or more computer-readable storage media, the user interface module being associated with the web browser and being configured to enable a user to selectively define the items that are not to be deleted when a delete operation is conducted.

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