Restoring deleted items with context

摘要

Deleted property information relating to deleting an item, such as an electronic message, is used for restoring the deleted item. The deleted property information is stored in response to deleting the item. The stored deleted property information identifies a location of where the item was deleted from and may include other information. The location information may be a specific location such as a folder (e.g. inbox, sent, folder 1, . . . ), a calendar, a network location, and the like. In response to a request to restore a deleted item, the deleted property information is used to restore the deleted item to the location where the item was when deleted. A graphical user interface may be used to assist a user in restoring deleted items. The user interface may display a user friendly name (e.g. “Inbox”, “Folder 1”, . . . ) of where the deleted item(s) will be/have been restored.

主权项

1. A method for restoring deleted items, comprising:
displaying a list of one or more deleted electronic messages in a deleted items folder within a graphical user interface; receiving a selection of the one or more deleted electronic messages; in response to the selection, accessing deleted property information for the one or more selected deleted electronic messages, wherein the deleted property information includes location information defining a network location of where the one or more selected deleted electronic messages were deleted, a time of deletion for the one or more selected deleted electronic messages, and a geographical location of a device corresponding to a location of the device when the one or more selected deleted electronic messages were deleted; filtering the one or more selected deleted electronic messages based on a time range of deletion and a specific geographical location; in response to accessing the deleted property information and filtering the one or more selected deleted electronic messages, displaying the location information for the filtered deleted electronic messages and providing a link; receiving a request, via the link, to restore the filtered deleted electronic messages to the network location; restoring the filtered deleted electronic messages to the network location; and displaying a message within the graphical user interface showing the network location.