Undo and redo of content specific operations

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10169054-B2
Application number	US-201414579057-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 22, 2014
Priority date	Dec 22, 2014
Publication date	Jan 1, 2019
Grant date	Jan 1, 2019

Abstract

A list of performed operations is received containing all operations performed in an order of processing. A request from a user is received including at least one of an undo request of a last performed operation or a redo request of a last performed undo request from the list of performed operations and the request includes at least one content type. A content type of each performed operation in the list of performed operations is determined. All performed operations from the list of performed operations that have a content type the same as one content type of the at least one content types is determined. The at least one of an undo request of a last performed operation or redo request of the last performed undo request from the list of performed operations that have one content type of the at least one content types is performed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for performing undo or redo requests, the method comprising:
receiving, by one or more computer processors, a list of performed operations, wherein the list of performed operations contains all operations performed in an order of processing;
receiving, by one or more computer processors, a request from a user, wherein the request includes at least one of an undo request of a last performed operation or a redo request of a last performed undo request from the list of performed operations;
requesting, by one or more computer processors, the user provide a selection of at least one content type, wherein the at least one content type is at least one of the following categories: text, audio, video, images;
receiving, by one or more computer processors and from the user, the selection of at least one content type;
determining, by one or more computer processors, a content type of each performed operation in the list of performed operations;
determining, by one or more computer processors, a group of all performed operations from the list of performed operations that have a content type the same as one content type of the at least one content types;
determining, by one or more computer processors, that the group of all performed operations from the list of performed operations that have a content type the same as one content type of the at least one content types consists of zero performed operations;
requesting, by one or more computer processors, that the user provide an additional selection of at least one content type which consists of one or more performed operations;
receiving, by one or more computer processors and from the user, the additional selection of at least one content type; and
responsive to determining the group of all performed operations from the list of performed operations that have a content type the same as one content type of the at least one content types, performing, by one or more computer processors, the at least one of the undo request of a last performed operation or the redo request of a last performed undo request from the list of performed operations that have one content type of the at least one content types.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the list of performed operations is a list for an operating system.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the text content type is divided into text subcategories of XML (Extensible Markup Language) and JSON (JavaScript Object Notation).

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the content type is split into a content file extension.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein each category is divided into sub-categories.

6. A computer program product for performing undo or redo requests, the computer program product comprising:
one or more non-transitory computer readable storage media and program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, the program instructions comprising:
program instructions to receive a list of performed operations, wherein the list of performed operations contains all operation performed in an order of processing;
program instructions to receive a request from a user, wherein the request includes at least one of an undo request of a last performed operation or a redo request of a last performed undo request from the list of performed operations;
program instructions to request the user provide a selection of at least one content type, wherein the at least one content type is at least one of the following categories: text, audio, video, images;
program instructions to receive, from the user, the selection of at least one content type;
program instructions to determine a content type of each performed operation in the list of performed operations;
program instructions to determine a group of all performed operations from the list of performed operations that have a content type the same as one content type of the at least one content types;
program instructions to determine that the group of all performed operations from the list of performed operations that have a content type the same as one content type of the at least one content types consists of zero performed operations;
program instructions to request that the user provide an additional selection of at least one content type which consists of one or more performed operations;
program instructions to receive, from the user, the additional selection of at least one content type; and
program instructions, responsive to determining the group of all performed operations from the list of performed operations that have a content type the same as one content type of the at least one content types, to perform the at least one of the undo request of a last performed operation or the redo request of a last performed undo request from the list of performed operations that have one content type of the at least one content types.

7. The computer program product of claim 6 , wherein the list of performed operations is a list for an operating system.

8. The computer program product of claim 6 , wherein the text content type is divided into text subcategories of XML (Extensible Markup Language) and JSON (JavaScript Object Notation).

9. The computer program product of claim 6 , wherein the content type is split into a content file extension.

10. The computer program product of claim 6 , wherein the operation is one of the following: moving an object, resizing an object, reshaping an object, changing an object, adding an object, removing an object, or editing text.

11. The computer program product of claim 6 , wherein each category is divided into sub-categories.

12. A computer system for performing undo or redo requests, the computer system comprising:
one or more computer processors;
one or more computer readable storage media; and
program instructions stored on the computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more processors, the program instructions comprising:
program instructions to receive a list of performed operations, wherein the list of performed operations contains all operation performed in an order of processing;
program instructions to receive a request from a user, wherein the request includes at least one of an undo request of a last performed operation or a redo request of a last performed undo request from the list of performed operations;
program instructions to request the user provide a selection of at least one content type, wherein the at least one content type is at least one of the following categories: text, audio, video, images;
program instructions to receive, from the user, the selection of at least one content type;
program instructions to determine a content type of each performed operation in the list of performed operations;
program instructions to determine all performed operations from the list of performed operations that have a content type the same as one content type of the at least one content types;
program instructions to determine that the group of all performed operations from the list of performed operations that have a content type the same as one content type of the at least one content types consists of zero performed operations;
program instructions to request that the user provide an additional selection of at least one content type which consists of one or more performed operations;
program instructions to receive, from the user, the additional selection of at least one content type; and
program instructions, responsive to determining all performed operations from the list of performed operations that have a content type the same as one content type of the at least one content types, to pe

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Dhupar Vimal
• Kataria Manish

Classifications

• G06F9/451 Primary

  Execution arrangements for user interfaces · CPC title

• G06F9/4443

  Physics · mapped topic