Image Deletion Notification for Third-Party Apps

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current electronic devices lack a mechanism for notifying users of image deletion operations performed by application programs, leading to untimely discovery and restoration of deleted images.

Innovation Solution

An image deletion operation notification method that displays an image deletion prompt and an image deletion card when a third-party application deletes an image, including the application's name and a timestamp, and optionally allows users to add trusted applications to a whitelist to prevent further notifications.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If application programs actively delete images without user confirmation to manage storage space, then storage management efficiency is improved, but user awareness of image deletion operations deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvestorage management efficiencyVSAvoiduser awareness of image deletion
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements a notification mechanism that provides feedback to users when images are deleted by application programs. The notification includes the application name and deletion time, enabling users to be aware of deletion operations while allowing applications to continue their storage management functions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The notification system acts as an intermediary between the application program's deletion operation and the user. It conveys deletion information to the user without interrupting the application's storage management process, thus maintaining both efficiency and user awareness.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Loss of information

If the system displays notification prompts for every image deletion operation, then user awareness of deletion operations is improved, but user experience deterioration due to frequent notifications

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser awareness of deletion operationVSAvoiduser experience
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies partial action by providing notification information without requiring user confirmation or interaction for each deletion. The notification is displayed briefly and then automatically dismissed, providing awareness without excessive user burden.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

3Loss of information

If the system provides detailed deletion information including application name and timestamp, then information completeness is improved, but notification complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedeletion information completenessVSAvoidnotification mechanism complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The notification is segmented into essential components: application name, deletion time, and a brief message. This segmentation provides complete deletion information in a structured, easy-to-process format that does not overly complicate the notification mechanism.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentEP4273680B1Image deletion operation notification method, device, and storage medium
Publication Date: 2025.05.28 HONOR DEVICE CO LTD
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AI summary

Embodiments of this application provide an image deletion operation notification method, a device, and a storage medium. The method includes: displaying an image deletion prompt after detecting that a first application deletes an image, the image deletion prompt including a name of the first application, the first application being a third-party application; and displaying a first interface of a gallery application in response to an operation of opening the gallery application by a user, the first interface including an image deletion card, the image deletion card including the name of the first application, and the first interface being not a full-size image interface for displaying an original image. In the solution, the electronic device, after detecting that the third-party application deletes the image, notifies, through the image deletion prompt and the image deletion card, the user that an image is deleted by the application, so that the user can find, in a timely manner, an operation of deleting the image by the third-party application and restore the deleted image.