Performing operations on deleted items using deleted property information
First Claim
1. A method for performing operations using deleted property information, comprising:
- receiving a request to perform an operation involving one or more deleted items that are electronic messages, wherein the one or more deleted items are displayed in a deleted items folder using a graphical user interface;
accessing deleted property information for the one or more deleted items that includes a time of deletion for the one or more deleted items and at least one of;
a device where the one or more deleted items were stored, and an application last used to access the one or more deleted items;
displaying the deleted property information for the one or more deleted items in the deleted items folder;
receiving a selected value from the deleted items folder using the graphical user interface, the selected value associated with the deleted property information; and
in response to receiving the selected value, determining whether the one or more deleted items are associated with the selected value; and
performing the operation on the one or more deleted items determined to be associated with the selected value.
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Abstract
Deleted property information relating to deleting an item, such as an electronic message, is stored for later use. The stored deleted property information may relate to one or more different properties that are associated with the deletion of the item, such as: a time when the item was deleted, a device from which item was deleted, a device on which the item was stored when deleted, a location of a user where the item was deleted, an application associated with the item, and the like. The deleted property information may be used to perform various operations. For example, deleted items may be sorted using the deleted item property information (e.g. time of deletion, device, location, application), rules may be created to use the deleted property information, deleted items may be restored based on the deleted property information, and the like.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for performing operations using deleted property information, comprising:
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receiving a request to perform an operation involving one or more deleted items that are electronic messages, wherein the one or more deleted items are displayed in a deleted items folder using a graphical user interface; accessing deleted property information for the one or more deleted items that includes a time of deletion for the one or more deleted items and at least one of;
a device where the one or more deleted items were stored, and an application last used to access the one or more deleted items;displaying the deleted property information for the one or more deleted items in the deleted items folder; receiving a selected value from the deleted items folder using the graphical user interface, the selected value associated with the deleted property information; and in response to receiving the selected value, determining whether the one or more deleted items are associated with the selected value; and performing the operation on the one or more deleted items determined to be associated with the selected value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 18)
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9. A computer storage device having computer-executable instructions, that when executed by a processor, perform a method for interacting with deleted electronic messages, the method comprising:
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receiving a request to perform an operation involving one or more deleted electronic messages, wherein the one or more deleted electronic messages are displayed in a deleted items folder using a graphical user interface; accessing deleted property information for the one or more deleted electronic messages that are updated with a time of the deletion when a corresponding electronic message is deleted and at least one of;
a device where the one or more deleted electronic messages were stored, and an application last used to access the one or more deleted electronic messages;displaying the deleted property information for the one or more deleted electronic messages in the deleted items folder; receiving a selected value from the deleted items folder using the graphical user interface, the selected value associated with the deleted property information; and in response to receiving the selected value, determining whether the one or more deleted electronic messages are associated with the selected value; and performing the operation on the one or more deleted electronic messages determined to be associated with the selected value. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 19)
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14. A system for interacting with electronic messages, comprising:
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a display; a network connection that is coupled to a network; a processor and a computer-readable medium; an operating environment stored on the computer-readable medium and executing on the processor; and a process operating under the control of the operating environment and operative to perform actions, comprising; receiving a request to perform an operation involving one or more deleted electronic messages, wherein the one or more deleted electronic messages are displayed in a deleted items folder using a graphical user interface; accessing deleted property information for the one or more deleted electronic messages that are updated with a time of the deletion when a corresponding electronic message is deleted and at least one of;
a device where the one or more deleted electronic messages were stored, and an application last used to access the one or more deleted electronic messages;displaying the deleted property information for the one or more deleted electronic messages in the deleted items folder; receiving a selected value from the deleted items folder using the graphical user interface, the selected value associated with the deleted property information; and in response to receiving the selected value, determining whether the one or more deleted electronic messages are associated with the selected value; and performing the operation on the one or more deleted electronic messages determined to be associated with the selected value, the operation comprising sorting the one or more deleted electronic messages in the deleted items folder by the device where the one or more deleted electronic messages were stored. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 20)
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