CN104333636B - The method and apparatus for managing communications records - Google Patents

Abstract

A kind of method and apparatus for the timeliness for managing communications records is provided, methods described includes：It is determined that including the communications records of new contact details；It is determined that the markup information inputted for the communications records including new contact details；The markup information of input is shown at the communications records.

Description

Method and device for managing communication records

technical field

The present invention relates to the field of communication interaction, and more specifically, to a method for managing communication records in a communication terminal and a device using the method.

Background technique

In the design of the existing communication terminal equipment, the user can only choose to add the new communication record to the corresponding contact list for long-term storage. For example, when the user's mobile phone receives an incoming call from a new phone number, the user can choose to store the new signal in the incoming call record as a new contact item in the phone book. However, as there are more and more contact items stored in the personal phone book, for some new numbers with short timeliness (only possible to contact in the short term), if they are all saved in the phone book as contacts, then It is easy to cause a burden of searching the user's phone book. For these new phone numbers, the user may be reluctant to add it to the phone book. After the timeliness expires, it is also very troublesome to operate when the user wants to search, delete, etc. manage it among numerous contacts in the phone book.

Therefore, there is a need for a method and device for managing communication records in a communication terminal, which can effectively process these time-sensitive communication records while making it convenient for users to view contact information.

Contents of the invention

The present invention provides a function that allows the user to mark the communication records in the communication terminal and set the time limit. For the numbers that may be contacted again in a short period, the user can easily save the number to the common communication record list. To manage and retrieve new communication records. In this way, the unnecessary capacity occupation of the communication record list can be reduced, and the cumbersome search and retrieval caused by adding too many communication records can be avoided.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for managing communication records of a communication terminal, the method comprising: determining a communication record including new contact information; determining annotation information input for the communication record including the new contact information; The input annotation information is displayed at the communication record.

According to an aspect of the present invention, the method for managing communication records of a communication terminal further includes: displaying an annotation icon for indicating annotation or a menu item for indicating annotation after determining the communication record including new contact information.

According to an aspect of the present invention, the method for managing communication records of a communication terminal further includes: associating new contact information and annotation information input by the user with the address book.

According to an aspect of the present invention, the method for managing communication records of a communication terminal further includes: determining an aging setting for marked communication records, and managing communication records and/or marking information of communication records according to the determined aging setting.

According to an aspect of the present invention, the aging setting includes setting about storage time of communication records and setting about processing after the storage time expires.

According to an aspect of the present invention, the setting about processing after the storage time expires includes deleting the annotation information and/or communication records of the communication record, and deleting the associated annotation information and contact information in the address book.

According to one aspect of the present invention, the step of managing the communication record according to the determined aging setting includes: if the communication terminal does not receive a new communication corresponding to the contact information included in the communication record during the set storage time T, delete Label information corresponding to the communication record and/or all information corresponding to the communication record; if during the set storage time T, the communication terminal receives a new communication corresponding to the contact information included in the communication record, then from the received The time of the new communication starts to extend the communication record and/or the effective time of the annotation information of the communication record by T.

According to one aspect of the present invention, if the user does not choose to delete the annotation information of the communication record or the communication record with annotation information after N times of saving time T, the annotation information is added to the address book as contact information, where N is a natural number.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided a device for managing communication records of a communication terminal, including: a contact information determining unit, configured to determine a communication record including new contact information, and control the communication terminal to display the communication record; The marking unit is configured to determine the marking information input for the communication record including the new contact information, wherein the marking unit controls the communication terminal to display the input marking information at the contact information of the communication record.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the marking unit displays a marking icon for indicating marking or a menu item for indicating marking after determining the communication record including the new contact information.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the labeling unit associates the new contact information and the labeling information input by the user with the address book.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the device further includes: an aging management unit, configured to determine an aging setting for a communication record including new contact information, and manage the communication record and/or the communication record according to the determined aging setting Callout information.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the aging setting includes setting about the storage time of the communication record and setting about processing after the storage time expires.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the setting of processing after the storage time expires includes deleting the annotation information and/or communication records of the communication record, and deleting the associated annotation information and contact information in the address book.

According to another aspect of the present invention, if during the set storage time T, the communication terminal does not receive a new communication corresponding to the contact information included in the communication record, then the aging management unit deletes the marking information and the communication record corresponding to the communication record. /or all information corresponding to the communication record; if during the set storage time T, the communication terminal receives a new communication corresponding to the contact information included in the communication record, the aging management unit starts from the time when the new communication is received The valid time of the communication record and/or the annotation information of the communication record is extended by T.

According to another aspect of the present invention, if the user does not choose to delete the marked information of the communication record or the communication record with marked information after N times of saving time T, the timeliness management unit adds the marked information as contact information to the address book, N is a natural number.

Description of drawings

The above and other objects and features of the present invention will become clearer through the following description in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein:

FIG. 1 is a flow chart showing a method for managing the timeliness of communication records in a communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2A-FIG. 2F are diagrams illustrating managing the timeliness of a phone number corresponding to a short message by setting a mark for the short message in a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3A-3F are diagrams showing the timeliness of managing phone numbers corresponding to call records by setting flags for call records in a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus for managing aging of communication records according to an embodiment of the present invention.

detailed description

The following description with reference to the accompanying drawings is provided to assist in a comprehensive understanding of exemplary embodiments of the invention as defined by the claims and their equivalents. The description includes various specific details to facilitate understanding and these descriptions are to be regarded as exemplary only. Accordingly, those of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that various changes and modifications described herein can be made without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention. Also, descriptions of well-known functions and constructions may be omitted for clarity and conciseness.

FIG. 1 shows a method for managing communication records based on timeliness in a communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the following examples, a mobile phone is used as an example of a communication terminal for description, but it should be understood that the present invention is not limited thereto. Any other device capable of recording and storing communication records and communicating with other communication terminals through communication records can be used as a communication terminal according to the present invention. For example, the method for managing communication records based on timeliness of the present invention can be applied to devices such as tablet computers, personal PCs, and PDAs. Here, the communication records may include information such as short messages, emails, and conversation records, and include phone numbers, email addresses, IDs of instant messaging tools, etc. corresponding to short messages, emails, and conversation records, etc. contact information.

First, in step S101, a communication record including new contact information is determined. For example, taking a mobile phone as an example, after receiving a short message, the mobile phone determines whether the phone number corresponding to the short message is a phone number of a contact already stored in the phone book. If so, the contact information is displayed at the short message in the short message list. If it is a new phone number, the phone number is directly displayed at the short message. In addition, if the email application of the mobile phone receives a new email, it can determine whether the email address corresponding to the email is the email address of a contact already stored in the address book. If yes, display the contact information at that email in the email list. If it is a new email address, the new email address is directly displayed at the email.

Next, if it is determined in step S101 that the communication record includes new contact information, then in step S103, determine the annotation information input by the user to the communication record including the new contact information. The case of marking a short message in a mobile phone will be described with reference to FIG. 2 .

Fig. 2A is a diagram showing a list of short messages received on a user's mobile phone. As shown in Figure 2A, in the short message list, 5 short messages are displayed, wherein 3 short messages are short messages from existing contacts in the phone book, that is, the contact name is "Zhang San" , "Li Si" and "Wang Wu" short messages. The phone numbers "123456789" and "987654321" corresponding to the other two short messages are not included in any existing contacts, so the phone numbers corresponding to the short messages are directly displayed.

When it is determined in step S101 that the phone number in the short message list is a new phone number not stored in the phone book, a short message list screen as shown in FIG. 2B may be displayed in step S103. As shown in FIG. 2B , a marker icon in the shape of a pencil may be displayed at the new phone number, which indicates that the phone number is a new phone number and the user can mark it. The user can manage the timeliness of the phone number by clicking the icon. Of course, according to another embodiment, after the user moves the cursor to the new phone number and clicks on the menu option, the menu list as shown in FIG. 2C may also be displayed. The menu list includes an option of "Add Marking". By selecting this option, the user can mark the new phone number to manage the timeliness of the phone number. In particular, according to the embodiment, the newly input annotation information can also be associated with the address book, so that the user can find the newly input annotation information through the address book. For example, a new phone number and annotation information marked for the phone number can be added to the address book.

Next, in step S105, the annotation information input by the user is displayed on the communication record. Here, the annotation information may be directly displayed on the communication record, or the annotation information may be displayed again when the user selects the communication record. Preferably, the new contact information and the marked information input by the user can also be associated with the address book, so that the user can search the marked information and corresponding contact information through the address book. As shown in FIG. 2D , the user can input the labeling information of the phone number in the input box, and label the phone number "123456789" as "Mr. Liu from xx company". It should be understood that, in addition to the marking method of "xx company Mr. Liu (123456789)" shown in Figure 2D, other marking methods can also be used, for example, the form of "(123456789) Mr. phone number "123456789".

Preferably, according to the present invention, after the communication record including the new contact information is marked, the timeliness setting for the marked communication record can also be set in step S107, and the communication record and/or communication records can be managed according to the determined timeliness setting. Recorded annotation information.

Here, the aging setting may include setting about the valid time T and related processing after the valid time expires.

Regarding the valid time, the valid time T of the communication record can be automatically set according to a default time (for example, one week or one month), or the valid time T of the communication record can be manually set by the user. In addition, settings can also be made regarding the processing of the communication records after the valid time T has expired. As shown in Figure 2E, after the labeling of the phone number is completed, a menu for setting the timeliness of the communication record is displayed, which can include, for example: 1. Set the storage time (default 30 days); 2. After expiration, delete Mark the information; 3. After the expiration, the relevant SMS will be deleted. Of course, the manner of processing the communication record after expiration is not limited to the above two. For example, if the annotation information and contact information are associated to the address book, after expiration, the annotation information and contact information may also be deleted from the address book.

After setting the timeliness of the communication record, as shown in FIG. 2F , a timeliness setting icon may be displayed in the marking information of the newly set communication record, which is used to indicate that the marking information of the communication record has a time limit. In FIG. 2F , the newly set annotation information of "Mr. Liu of xx company" and "Miss Li" displays the icon of "mark reminder" and the icon of "timeliness setting".

Then, the communication record and/or the marking information of the communication record can be managed according to the set aging setting. Specifically, if during the set time T, no new communication corresponding to the contact information included in the communication record is received (for example, no short message is received from the phone number or a call is made to the phone number), then The annotation information corresponding to the communication record and/or all information corresponding to the communication record are deleted. For example, in the case of marking the phone number of the short message, the marking information and/or all short messages related to the marked phone number may be deleted after the set valid time expires.

If during the set time T, a new communication corresponding to the contact information included in the communication record is received (that is, a short message of the phone number is received or a call is made with the phone number), then from receiving the new communication The communication time starts to extend the valid time of the communication record by T. Through the above solution, the contact information related to the communication record can be conveniently displayed without adding contact information in the communication contact list (for example, address book or phone book).

In particular, if the user does not choose to delete the communication record and/or the annotation information of the communication record after extending N times (for example, 3 times) T, the annotation information of the communication record can be added to the communication contact list for permanent storage . That is to say, if the user still does not choose to delete the marked information of a phone number or email address after the storage time T set N times, then it is considered that the phone number or email address is commonly used or important contact information, and can be Add the contact information to the contact list in the address book.

FIG. 3A to FIG. 3F show diagrams of timeliness management of phone numbers in call records according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 3A shows a list of default call records. As shown in Figure 3A, wherein, the call records from "Zhang San", "Li Si" and "Wang Wu" are the call records with the existing contacts in the phone book, and the call records with the phone numbers "123456789" and "987654321 ” is not included in any of the existing contacts, so the phone number corresponding to the short message is directly displayed.

Similar to FIG. 2B , in FIG. 3B , an annotation reminder icon is displayed at the phone numbers "123456789" and "987654321", prompting the user to add a new phone number.

If the user selects the label reminder icon, a label input box is displayed as shown in FIG. 3C for inputting label information for the phone number.

Similar to FIG. 2D , the menu shown in FIG. 3D can be displayed to input the annotation information of the phone number in the call record.

After the marked information of the phone number of the call record is input, a menu as shown in FIG. 3E may be displayed to set the valid time of the call record and related processing operations.

Finally, after the setting is completed, a call record screen as shown in FIG. 3F is displayed, wherein a mark reminder icon and a timeliness setting icon are displayed at the phone number of the new call record.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an apparatus for managing aging of communication records according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 4 , an apparatus 400 for managing the aging of communication records according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a contact information determining unit 410 , a labeling unit 420 and an aging management unit 430 .

The contact information determining unit 410 is configured to determine a communication record including new contact information, and control the communication terminal to display the communication record including the new contact information. For example, the contact information determining unit 410 can determine whether the phone number of the received short message is the phone number of a contact that already exists in the address book, and can determine whether the phone number in the call record is a contact that already exists in the address book. The person's phone number to determine if the email address of an incoming email is the email address of a contact that already exists in the address book. These communication records including the new contact information are then displayed.

The labeling unit 420 is configured to determine the labeling of the communication record input determined by the contact information determining unit 410 including the new contact information. In addition, the marking unit 420 also controls the communication terminal to display the marking information input by the user at the communication record. For example, the annotation unit 420 may display an annotation icon as shown in FIG. 2B or 3B at a communication record including new contact information and determine whether the user clicks on the annotation icon. Alternatively, the marking unit 420 may determine whether the user marks the communication record through a menu selection as shown in FIG. 2C or FIG. 3C . The annotation unit 420 may also receive annotation information input by the user through the input box as shown in FIG. 2D or FIG. 3D .

The aging management unit 430 is configured to determine an input aging setting for the communication record marked by the marking unit 420, and manage the communication record and/or marking information of the communication record according to the aging setting. For example, the time limit management unit 430 may determine the storage time of the communication records set by the user and related processing of the communication records after the time limit expires. As shown in FIG. 2E or FIG. 3E , a menu for setting the timeliness of the communication record can be displayed, and the menu can include, for example: 1. Set the storage time (default 30 days); 2. After expiration, delete the marked information; 3. To After the period, the relevant SMS/call records will be deleted. If during the set time T, no new communication corresponding to the contact information included in the communication record is received (for example, the short message of the phone number is not received or a call is made with the phone number), then delete the contact information associated with the phone number. The annotation information corresponding to the communication record. In addition, according to the embodiments described above, all information corresponding to the communication record can also be deleted.

The aging management unit 430 also controls to display a corresponding icon to indicate that the communication record has an aging setting after the aging setting is completed. For example, timeliness setting icons may be displayed as shown in FIGS. 2F and 3F .

Then, the aging management unit 430 can manage the communication record and/or the marking information of the communication record according to the set aging setting. Specifically, if during the set time T, the communication terminal does not receive a new communication corresponding to the contact information included in the communication record (for example, does not receive a short message with the phone number or has a call with the phone number) , then the aging management unit 430 deletes the marking information corresponding to the communication record and/or all information corresponding to the communication record. If during the set time T, the communication terminal has received a new communication corresponding to the contact information included in the communication record (that is, received a short message from the phone number or made a call with the phone number), then the aging management unit 430 Extend the validity time of the communication record by T from the time the new communication is received.

In particular, if the user does not choose to delete the communication record and/or the annotation information of the communication record after N times (for example, 3) T extensions, the timeliness management unit 430 may add the annotation information of the communication record to the communication contact permanently stored in the list.

According to the present invention, for the contact information in the communication record (the new number in the call record/short message, the address of the e-mail), a function that allows the user to mark it and set the time limit is added, for those who may contact again in a short time Numbers, users can easily manage and retrieve new numbers without saving them to the frequently used contacts address book. In this way, the unnecessary capacity occupation of the address book can be reduced, and the tediousness of searching the address book caused by adding too many contacts can be avoided, thereby greatly facilitating the user's daily operation experience of the mobile phone.

The method according to the present invention may be recorded in a computer-readable medium including program instructions to perform various operations implemented by a computer. The media may also include program instructions only or data files, data structures, etc. in combination with program instructions. Examples of computer-readable media include magnetic media (such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tape); optical media (such as CD-ROMs and DVDs); magneto-optical media (such as optical disks); and hardware specially prepared to store and execute program instructions device (eg, read only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), flash memory, etc.). The medium may also be a transmission medium (eg, an optical or metallic line, a waveguide, etc.) including a carrier wave carrying signals specifying program instructions, data structures, and the like. Examples of program instructions include, for example, machine code produced by a compiler and files containing high-level code executable by a computer using an interpreter.

While the invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that modifications may be made thereto without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the claims. and various changes in details.

Claims (14)

1. A method for managing communication records of a communication terminal, said method comprising: Identify correspondence records that include new contact information; determining the annotation information entered for the communication record including the new contact information; Displaying the input annotation information at the communication record; determining the aging setting for the marked communication record, and managing the communication record and/or the marking information of the communication record according to the determined aging setting, Wherein, a timeliness setting icon for indicating that the communication record and/or the annotation information of the communication record has a timeliness limit is displayed after the timeliness of the communication record is set. 2. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying a callout icon for indicating callout or a menu item for indicating callout after determining the communication record including the new contact information. 3. The method of claim 1, further comprising associating the new contact information and the user-entered notation information with the address book. 4. The method according to any one of claims 1-3, wherein the aging setting includes setting about the storage time of the communication record and setting about processing after the storage time expires. 5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the setting about processing after the expiration of the storage time includes deleting the annotation information and/or communication records of the communication records, and deleting the associated annotation information and contact information in the address book. 6. The method of claim 4, wherein the step of managing communication records according to the determined aging settings comprises: If during the set storage time T, the communication terminal does not receive a new communication corresponding to the contact information included in the communication record, then delete the marking information corresponding to the communication record and/or all the information corresponding to the communication record; If during the set storage time T, the communication terminal receives a new communication corresponding to the contact information included in the communication record, the communication record and/or the marked information of the communication record will be saved from the time when the new communication is received. The effective time is extended by T. 7. The method according to claim 6, wherein, if the user does not choose to delete the annotation information of the communication record or the communication record with annotation information after N times of saving time T, then the annotation information is added to the address book as contact information where N is a natural number. 8. A device for managing communication records of a communication terminal, comprising: a contact information determination unit, configured to determine a communication record including new contact information, and control the communication terminal to display the communication record; A marking unit, configured to determine marking information input for a communication record including new contact information, wherein the marking unit controls the communication terminal to display the input marking information at the contact information of the communication record; A timeliness management unit, configured to determine the timeliness setting for the communication record including the new contact information, and manage the communication record and/or the marking information of the communication record according to the determined timeliness setting, Wherein, the timeliness management unit controls to display a timeliness setting icon for indicating that the communication record and/or the marked information of the communication record has a timeliness limit after the timeliness setting is completed. 9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the marking unit displays a marking icon for indicating marking or a menu item for indicating marking after determining the communication record including the new contact information. 10. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the labeling unit associates the new contact information and the labeling information input by the user with the address book. 11. The device according to any one of claims 8-10, wherein the aging setting includes setting about the storage time of the communication record and setting about processing after the storage time expires. 12. The device according to claim 11, wherein the setting about processing after the storage time expires comprises deleting the annotation information and/or communication records of the communication record, and deleting the associated annotation information and contact information in the address book. 13. The device according to claim 11, wherein, if during the set storage time T, the communication terminal does not receive a new communication corresponding to the contact information included in the communication record, the timeliness management unit deletes the corresponding communication record. Corresponding annotation information and/or all information corresponding to communication records; If during the set storage time T, the communication terminal receives a new communication corresponding to the contact information included in the communication record, the aging management unit starts the communication record and/or the communication record from the time when the new communication is received. The effective time of the annotation information is extended by T. 14. The device according to claim 13, wherein, if the user does not choose to delete the annotation information of the communication record or the communication record with annotation information after N times of saving time T, the aging management unit adds the annotation information as contact information to In the address book, N is a natural number.