File management and transfer using user interface icons associated with applications

A user device comprising:

• a memory to store information regarding:
• a user interface (UI) icon, associated with a first application, via which multiple operations on a selected file are automatically performed, and
• a set of second applications automatically associated with the first application based on a frequency of use of each of the second applications in performing respective ones of the multiple operations with respect to other files via the user device, wherein the frequency of use exceeds a threshold number greater than one,
• wherein the information regarding the UI icon identifies a set of icons, that each correspond to a respective different one of the set of second applications;
• and a processor to:
• receive a request to open the first application;
• retrieve, from the memory and in response to the request, the information regarding the UI icon,
• present, for display on the user device, the UI icon including a visual border, associated with the first application, attached to which are the identified set of icons,
• receive, via the UI icon, an instruction to transfer the selected file to a particular attached icon of the attached icons, and
• perform a selected operation on the selected file using a particular application of the set of second applications based on the transfer of the selected file to the particular attached icon, the particular application corresponding to the particular attached icon.

A system, comprising:

• a memory to store information regarding:
• a user interface (UI), associated with a first application, via which multiple operations on a selected file are automatically performed, and
• a set of second applications automatically associated with the first application based on a frequency of use of each of the second applications in performing respective ones of the multiple operations with respect to other files via the user device, wherein the frequency of use exceeds a threshold number greater than one,
• wherein the information regarding the UI identifies a set of icons that each corresponds to a respective different one of the set of second applications;
• and
• a processor to:
• receive a request to open the first application,
• retrieve, from the memory and in response to the request, the information regarding the UI,
• present, on a display and based on the information regarding the UI:
• a UI icon associated with the UI, the UI icon including one or more visual borders associated with the first application, and
• the identified set of icons, each of the identified set of icons appearing to be in contact with at least one border of the one or more visual borders,
• receive, via the UI icon, an instruction to transfer the selected file, from a location within the one or more visual borders, to a particular icon, of the identified set of icons, and
• perform a selected operation on the selected file using a particular application of the set of second applications based on the transfer of the selected file to the particular icon, the particular application corresponding to the particular icon.