Patent ID: 7636737

Claim:
A method for recycling bin maintenance, the method comprising: removing an item from display on web site upon a user's first delete of the item, wherein the first delete is a user delete of the item on the web site; indicating the item in a user recycle bin upon the user's first delete of the item; indicating the item is a second recycle bin upon the user's first delete of the item; cease indicating the item in the user recycle bin upon a second delete of the item, wherein the second delete is a user delete of the item from the user recycle bin; cease indicating the item in the second recycle bin upon the second delete of the item; indicating the item in a third recycle bin upon the second delete of the item, the item remaining associated with the web site and protected from being overwritten; cease indicating the item in the third recycle bin upon a third delete of the item, wherein the third delete is a delete of the item from the third recycle bin; and deleting the item from the web site upon the third delete of the item, thereby disassociating the item from the web site and allowing the item to be overwritten.