ANIMATED DELETE APPARATUS AND METHOD
A computer-implemented method is disclosed for deleting an electronic receipt. Within the method, a computer system may present a receipt image documenting a point-of-sale transaction to a customer via a display of a computing device corresponding to the customer. While the receipt image is being presented, the computer system may receive one or more multi-touch pinch commands applied by the customer to the display of the computing device. In response to such commands, the computer system may virtually crumple the receipt image in a manner tracking the one or more multi-touch pinch commands. Once the receipt image is fully crumpled and/or crumpled and flicked, the computer system may delete receipt data corresponding to the receipt image from the computer device or an account accessed through the computing device.
1 . A computer-implemented method for deleting one or more records, the method comprising:
presenting, by a computer system, an image to a human user via a display of a computing device corresponding to the human user;
receiving, by the computer system during the presenting, one or more multi-touch pinch commands applied by the human user to the display of the computing device;
crumpling virtually, by the computer system during the presenting, the image in a manner tracking the one or more multi-touch pinch commands; and
deleting, by the computer system, one or more records corresponding to the image after the crumpling.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the computer system comprises an application installed on the computing device.
3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving, by the computer system after the crumpling and before the deleting, a flick command applied by the human user to the image on the display of the computing device.
4 . The method of claim 3 , further comprising moving, by the computer system after the receiving of the flick command, the image off the display in a direction matching that of the flick command.
5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the deleting occurs automatically in response to the flick command.
6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the deleting comprises deleting the image or one or more records corresponding thereto from the computing device.
7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the one or more multi-touch pinch commands comprises a two-finger pinch gesture applied by the human user to the display of the computing device.
8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the one or more multi-touch pinch commands comprises a three-finger pinch gesture applied by the human user to the display of the computing device.
9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the one or more multi-touch pinch commands comprises a three or more finger pinch gesture applied by the human user to the display of the computing device.
10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the deleting occurs automatically when a selected degree of crumpling of the image is achieved.
11 . A computer-implemented method for deleting an electronic receipt, the method comprising:
presenting, by a computer system to a customer via a display of a computing device corresponding the customer, a receipt image documenting a point-of-sale transaction;
receiving, by the computer system during the presenting, one or more multi-touch pinch commands applied by the customer to the display of the computing device;
crumpling virtually, by the computer system during the presenting, the receipt image in a manner tracking the one or more multi-touch pinch commands; and
deleting, by the computer system, receipt data corresponding to the receipt image after the crumpling.
12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the deleting comprises one of deleting the receipt data from the computing device and deleting the receipt data from an account corresponding to the customer maintained by the computer system.
13 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising initiating, by a point-of-sale system forming part of the computer system, the point-of-sale transaction involving the customer.
14 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the point-of-sale system is contained within a brick-and-mortar store corresponding to a retailer.
15 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the initiating comprises receiving the first customer within the brick-and-mortar store.
16 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the computer system comprises an application installed on the computing device.
17 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising receiving, by the computer system after the crumpling and before the deleting, a flick command applied by the customer to the receipt image on the display of the computing device.
18 . The method of claim 17 , further comprising moving, by the computer system after the receiving of the flick command, the receipt image off the display in a direction matching that of the flick command.
19 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the computing device comprises a mobile telephone possessed by the customer.
20 . A computer system comprising:
one or more processors;
one or more memory devices operably connected to the one or more processors;
the one or more memory devices collectively storing
an input module programmed to receive one or more multi-touch pinch commands applied by a human user to a touch screen of a computing device,
a transform module programmed to virtually crumple an image in a manner tracking the one or more multi-touch pinch commands;
a deletion module programmed to delete one or more records corresponding to the image when a condition is satisfied, the condition being at least one of a selected degree of crumpling of the image and a flick command applied by the human user to a crumpled version of the image on the touch screen of the computing device.