WO2012155481A1 - Method and terminal for dealing with telephone directory - Google Patents

Abstract

A method and terminal for dealing with telephone directory is provided by the present invention, the method comprises: after receiving a instruction to collate the telephone directory, searching records which meet a preset condition of same type in the telephone directory; merging two or more than two records which are found to meet said condition of same type. The present invention avoids saving related records many times in the telephone directory and wasting user memory space, enhances the user experience effectively.

Description

 Method and terminal for processing telephone book

Technical field

 The present invention relates to a phone book service in a mobile terminal in the field of communications, and more particularly to a method and terminal for processing a phone book.

Background technique

 The phone book is very important for mobile terminals, and it uses very frequent user data management modules. In practical applications, personal contact changes due to people's work and life needs, resulting in the phone user's phone book often storing multiple records of the same contact. The capacity of the phone book is generally judged by the number of records, which results in a decrease in the actual use capacity of the phone book, and when the user of the same name is operated, the user is also easily misled, which reduces the efficiency of the user's effective use of the phone book. . Summary of the invention

 The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a method and a terminal for processing a phone book, so as to prevent the related records from being saved in the phone book multiple times and occupying the storage space.

 In order to solve the above technical problem, the present invention provides a method for processing a phone book, comprising: after receiving an instruction to organize a phone book, searching for a record in the phone book that satisfies a preset condition of the same type;

 The merged processing is performed on two or more records that are found to satisfy the same condition. The above method may also have the following features: After receiving the instruction to organize the phone book, the step of searching for the record in the phone book that satisfies the preset similar condition includes:

 After receiving the instruction to organize the phone book, an option of displaying a plurality of preset similar conditions is displayed; after receiving the option information input by the user, the phone book is searched for a record satisfying the preset similar condition corresponding to the option information.

The above method may also have the following features: the search in the phone book to find a similar condition that meets the preset The steps of the record also include:

 Display the found records, prompting the user whether to perform the merge process;

 The merge processing of the found two or more records satisfying the same condition is performed after receiving the merge processing instruction input by the user.

 The above method may also have the following features: The merging process includes:

 Combining the two or more records satisfying the same condition into one record. The above method may also have the following features: The same condition includes one or more of the following: the same name, the same telephone number, the same mailbox, and the same address.

 In order to solve the above problems, the present invention further provides a terminal, including:

 a search module, configured to: after receiving an instruction to organize the phone book, find a record in the phone book that satisfies a preset condition of the same type;

 A processing module, configured to: merge the two or more records that are found to satisfy the same condition.

 The above terminal may also have the following features: further comprising: a display module,

 The display module is configured to: after receiving the instruction to organize the phone book, display a plurality of preset options of the same condition, and after receiving the option information input by the user, output the option information to the search module;

 The lookup module is configured to look in the phone book for a record that satisfies the same type of condition corresponding to the option information.

 The above terminal can also have the following features:

 The display module is further configured to: after the search module searches for a record satisfying the preset condition of the same category in the phone book, display the record found by the search module, and prompt the user whether to perform the merge process.

 The above terminal can also have the following features:

 The processing module is configured to: after receiving the merge processing instruction input by the user, perform a merge process on the found two or more records satisfying the same condition.

The above terminal can also have the following features: The homogeneous conditions include one or more of the following:

 The names are the same, the phone numbers are the same, the mailboxes are the same, and the addresses are the same.

 The method and the terminal for processing the phone book can prevent the related records from being saved in the phone book for a plurality of times and waste the user's storage space, thereby effectively improving the user experience. BRIEF abstract

 FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

 2 is a flowchart of a method for processing a phone book according to an embodiment of the present invention;

 Figure 3 is a flow chart of the operation of the phone book performing the same name check. Preferred embodiment of the invention

 Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that, in the case of no conflict, the features in the embodiments and the embodiments in the present application may be arbitrarily combined with each other.

 FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the terminal in this embodiment includes:

 The search module is configured to, after receiving the instruction to organize the phone book, find a record in the phone book that satisfies the pre-set condition of the same type;

 The processing module is configured to combine the two or more records found to satisfy the same condition.

 The terminal in this embodiment may further include: a display module,

 The display module is configured to: after receiving the instruction to organize the phone book, display a plurality of preset options of the same condition, and after receiving the option information input by the user, output the option information to the search module;

 The searching module is configured to search, in the phone book, a record that satisfies a preset condition of the same type corresponding to the option information.

The display module is further configured to: after the searching module searches for a record satisfying the preset condition in the phone book, display the record found by the searching module, and prompt the user whether Perform the merge process.

 The processing module is configured to, after receiving the merge processing instruction input by the user, perform a merge process on the found two or more records satisfying the same condition.

 The homogeneous conditions include one or more of the following:

 The names are the same, the phone numbers are the same, the mailboxes are the same, and the addresses are the same.

 FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a method for processing a phone book according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the method of this embodiment includes the following steps:

 S201. After receiving the instruction to organize the phone book, find a record in the phone book that meets the preset similar condition;

 S202. Perform merge processing on the found two or more records that satisfy the same condition.

 In this embodiment, the same condition can be set in advance, for example, the names are the same, the telephone numbers are the same, the mailboxes are the same, or the addresses are the same, or two or more of the conditions are satisfied at the same time. You can find the same kind of records with the same conditions as the default conditions, and then directly merge the found records.

 In a preferred embodiment, after receiving the instruction to organize the phone book, a plurality of preset options of the same condition may be displayed for the user to select which condition to search for the same type of record; and then, the user input is received. After the option information, a record in the phone book that satisfies the preset condition of the same corresponding to the option information is found.

 In a preferred embodiment, after the record in the phone book is found to satisfy the preset condition of the same type, the found record is displayed; and the user may be prompted whether to perform the merge process, and then, the merge process of receiving the user input is received. After the instruction, the found two or more records satisfying the same condition are combined and processed. In this way, whether or not to find the similar records found can be combined according to the user's will to further avoid misoperation.

The method of the embodiment of the present invention reduces the number of records in the phone book by defining the same rules of the phone book record and sorting the records in the phone book according to the rule, and the method can reduce the redundant records in the phone book and reduce the invalidity of the user pair. Record the probability of operation, and while maintaining the recording capacity of the mobile phone, you can increase the number of valid records that can be saved in the phone book and improve the user experience. The implementation of the method of the embodiment will be described in detail below with reference to FIG.

 Figure 3 is a flow chart of the operation of performing the same name check on the phone book. The specific steps are as follows:

 Step 301: Define the same type of rule of the record. In this embodiment, the record name is the same type record. Similar rules include but are not limited to the following two categories:

 The name of the same name rule, that is, the same name as the recorded record.

 The same content rules, that is, the recorded number or email is the same as the same type of record

 Step 302: The user operation selects to perform the same type of record check.

 The operation prompt lists the preset various similar rules in the menu pop-up box for the user to select.

 Step 303: The phone book module performs the same type of record check, and outputs the check result to the user for viewing, and the output result is presented in a dialog box or popwindows (pop-up window).

 For example, there are two records with the same name:

 First record, Name: A, Number: 10086, Email: 10086@sina.com

 Second record Name: A, Number: 10000, Email: 10000@sina.com

 The output results are, for example: Similar records 1 ; Name: A; Repeated records: 2.

 Step 304: Prompt the user to select whether to perform the sorting operation of the same type.

 Step 305: The user selects to perform the same sorting and performs the merge operation.

 When you execute, choose to maximize the merge. When a record cannot contain all the information, you need to fill the first record first, and then fill in the remaining record information in the newly created record. E.g:

 Case 1: Record A contains 1 number, one email; the other record A contains 1 number, one email; After maximizing the merger, a record A is generated, including 2 numbers and 2 emails. When using, you can set the main number as the default contact method.

 For example, merge to generate a record:

 Name A

 Two numbers, respectively, 10086; 10000

Email two, divided by another 10086@sina.com; 10000@sina.com. Case 2: Record A contains 4 numbers, 2 emails, and another record A contains 3 numbers and 2 emails. After maximizing the merge, the first record A will be filled first, and the remaining information will be filled in the second record A.

 Of course, the storage space of the record is different on different mobile platforms. There are restrictions on the recording space by the mobile phone. Therefore, when the total number of fields of the two records exceeds the maximum number of records, then the data is captured. The field information is first filled with the first record, and the remaining field information is filled with the second record. For a smartphone, the maximum number of fields recorded can be unrestricted and can be combined into one record.

 The advantage of this approach is that you can add to the second record only when you add information to the name contact later. When you add a field such as a number or email to a record, you can filter only those records that are not full, such as the second record under that name.

 Case 3: Two records A contain address information in addition to the number and email. If the number, email can be merged in one record, the address of one record remains unchanged, and the address of the other record appears as a note.

 For example, the two records are as follows:

 Name: A ; Address: Chengdu

 Name: A ; Address: Shanghai

 The combined record is: Name: A; Address: Chengdu; Remarks: Shanghai

 Step 106: After the execution is completed, return to the main interface of the phone book to present the result to the user.

 In this way, the pre-merger interface displays two records, and the merged interface displays one record, but all the information of the first two records of the merge can be viewed in the merged record.

 In this way, the embodiment can prevent the related records from being saved in the phone book multiple times, which wastes the user's storage space and can effectively improve the user experience.

One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that all or a portion of the above steps may be performed by a program to instruct the associated hardware, such as a read only memory, a magnetic disk, or an optical disk. Alternatively, all or part of the steps of the above embodiments may also be implemented using one or more integrated circuits. Correspondingly, each module/unit in the above embodiment can be used The form of hardware implementation can also be implemented in the form of software function modules. The invention is not limited to any specific form of combination of hardware and software.

 The above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and of course, the present invention may be embodied in various other embodiments without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Corresponding changes and modifications are intended to be included within the scope of the appended claims.

Industrial applicability

 The method and the terminal for processing the phone book can prevent the related records from being saved in the phone book for a plurality of times and waste the user's storage space, thereby effectively improving the user experience.

Claims

Claim  A method of processing a phone book, comprising:  After receiving the instruction to organize the phone book, the phone book is searched for a record that satisfies the preset condition of the same type;  The merged processing is performed on two or more records that are found to satisfy the same condition. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein: after receiving the instruction to organize the phone book, the step of searching for a record in the phone book that satisfies a preset condition of the same type includes:  After receiving the instruction to organize the phone book, an option of displaying a plurality of preset similar conditions is displayed; after receiving the option information input by the user, the phone book is searched for a record satisfying the preset similar condition corresponding to the option information.  3. The method of claim 1, further comprising: after the step of searching for a record in the phone book that satisfies a preset condition of the same type:  Display the found records, prompting the user whether to perform the merge process;  The step of performing merge processing on the found two or more records satisfying the same condition is performed after receiving the merge processing instruction input by the user.  4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein: the merging process comprises: merging the two or more records satisfying the same condition into one record. 5. The method of any of claims 1-3, wherein: the homogeneous condition comprises one or more of the following:  The names are the same, the phone numbers are the same, the mailboxes are the same, and the addresses are the same.  6. A terminal, comprising:  a search module, configured to: after receiving an instruction to organize the phone book, find a record in the phone book that satisfies a preset condition of the same type;  A processing module, configured to: merge the two or more records that are found to satisfy the same condition. 7. The terminal of claim 6, further comprising: a display module, The display module is configured to: after receiving the instruction to organize the phone book, display a plurality of preset options of the same condition, and after receiving the option information input by the user, output the option information to the search module;  The searching module is configured to: find, in the phone book, a record that satisfies a preset condition of the same type corresponding to the option information.  8. The terminal of claim 7, wherein:  The display module is further configured to: after the search module searches for a record satisfying the preset condition of the same category in the phone book, display the record found by the search module, and prompt the user whether to perform the merge process.  9. The terminal of claim 8, wherein:  The processing module is configured to: after receiving the merge processing instruction input by the user, perform a merge process on the found two or more records satisfying the same condition.  10. The terminal of any of claims 6-9, wherein: the homogeneous condition comprises one or more of the following:  The names are the same, the phone numbers are the same, the mailboxes are the same, and the addresses are the same.