WO2012062084A1

WO2012062084A1 - Method and device for updating contact list within mobile terminal

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Publication number: WO2012062084A1
Application number: PCT/CN2011/073076
Authority: WO
Inventors: 安昌华
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2010-11-09
Filing date: 2011-04-20
Publication date: 2012-05-18
Also published as: CN101998696A

Abstract

A method and device for updating the contact list within a mobile terminal are provided. The method includes the following steps: Searching the latest time when the mobile terminal communicates with the contact in the contact list, obtaining the time length between the communication time and the current time (S101); If the time length is lager than a threshold value preset for the contact, the mobile terminal communicates with the contact and updates the contact list according to the communication result (S102). By setting a time threshold value for each contact in the contact list and within the scope of the time threshold, communicating with the contact for at least once, the present invention confirms the contact information of the contacts, increases the feeling with the contacts and maintains the basis of people connections.

Description

Method and device for updating mobile terminal address book

The present invention relates to the field of mobile communication technologies, and in particular, to a method and apparatus for updating an address book of a mobile terminal. Background technique

In today's fast-paced work and life, mobile phones have become an indispensable tool. Usually, the contact information of the owner will be saved in the phone address book. To a certain extent, a person's personal resources determine the height of his career development. Therefore, having an accurate and usable address book and being able to keep in touch with friends in the address book is a way to improve the resources of the network. Effective Ways. In reality, for the management of contacts, there are usually several situations:

1, the address book contains a large number of contact information, it seems that the resources are very rich, but because the contact phone in the address book is lost; or the number has changed, but did not notify some people in time, etc., resulting in many contacts People's information is wrong. On the one hand, it will consume limited memory resources of the mobile phone. More importantly, when you want to find a contact, you will find that you can't find it, which brings huge work and life. inconvenient.

2. Due to the fast pace of life and the pressure of life, many people have neglected the connection with friends, which means that friends in the address book may not have contacted for several years. When I encounter specific things, I think of asking for specific friends. At this time, although the contact information of my friends is still the same, but because I don’t contact for a long time, my feelings may become unfamiliar; or I will only have something to contact. The situation makes the originally available address book unrealistic. Summary of the invention

The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a method and device for updating an address book of a mobile terminal, which solves the problem that the information of the address book in the prior art is inaccurate and lacks contact with the contact.

To solve the above technical problem, the present invention provides a method for updating an address book of a mobile terminal, and the method includes the following steps:

Finding a communication time of the last contact between the mobile terminal and the contact in the mobile terminal address book, and obtaining a length of time from the communication time to the current time;

When the length of time is greater than a predetermined time threshold corresponding to the contact, the mobile terminal contacts the contact and updates the address book according to the contact result.

Further, the predetermined time threshold includes:

Setting a contact frequency warning field in the address book of the mobile terminal to set a time threshold for a contact in the address book; the mobile terminal traverses all contacts in the address book to find a time width corresponding to each contact The value, and the current time as the start time, the time after the time threshold is set as the warning time, and the corresponding prompt information is inserted into the date plane corresponding to the warning time in the schedule.

Further, the method further includes: setting an address book field in the address book of the mobile terminal, and recording a latest communication time of the corresponding contact;

The schedule of the mobile terminal calculates an updated warning time according to the contact situation of the specific contact, starting from the latest communication time, and inserts a corresponding date into the date plane corresponding to the updated warning time in the schedule. Prompt message.

Further, the mobile terminal contacts the contact by sending a greeting message, an address book update notification message, or making a call.

Further, the method further includes:

After the mobile terminal contacts the contact, setting a feedback time threshold, Within the feedback time threshold, it is judged whether the feedback information of the contact reply is received, and if received, the contact result is that the contact is successful, the information of the contact in the address book remains unchanged, and the corresponding contact is updated. The warning time; otherwise, the contact result is that the contact is unsuccessful.

Further, the method further includes:

When the contact result is that the contact is unsuccessful, the information of the contact in the address book is placed in the observation area, and if the contact is still unsuccessful during the set observation period, the contact information is deleted; If the contact is successful, the information of the contact in the address book remains unchanged, the last communication time of the corresponding contact is updated, and the contact is moved out of the observation area.

In another aspect, the present invention further provides an apparatus for updating an address book of a mobile terminal, where the apparatus includes an address book module; wherein the address book module includes:

a time length obtaining unit, configured to search for a communication time of a last contact between the mobile terminal and a contact in the mobile terminal address book, and obtain a length of time from the communication time to a current time; an address book updating unit, configured to When the length of time is greater than a predetermined time threshold corresponding to the contact, the mobile terminal contacts the contact and updates the address book according to the contact result.

Further, the address book module further includes:

a time threshold setting unit, configured to set a contact frequency pre-alarm field in an address book of the mobile terminal, and set a time threshold for a contact in the address book;

An early warning time setting unit, configured to set an early warning time according to a time threshold of the time threshold setting unit;

The communication time recording unit is configured to set an address book field in the address book of the mobile terminal, and record a latest communication time of the corresponding contact for the time length obtaining unit to query.

Further, the device further includes a schedule module, configured to send a prompt message including the early warning information to the address book module;

The time threshold setting unit is further used for calculating and updating the warning time, and to the schedule mode The corresponding date information is inserted into the date plane of the block corresponding to the warning time.

Further, the address book update unit further includes:

The address book information holding subunit is configured to keep the information of the contact in the communication book unchanged when the contact result is that the contact is successful;

The address book information adjusting subunit is configured to: when the contact result is unsuccessful, the information of the contact in the address book is put into the observation area, and if the contact is still unsuccessful during the set observation period, Delete the information of the contact.

Further, the address book update unit further includes:

a feedback time threshold setting subunit, configured to set a feedback time threshold, and configured to determine whether feedback information of the contact reply is received within the feedback time threshold, and used to notify the communication when the feedback information is received The information retention subunit is used to notify the address book information adjustment subunit when no feedback information is received.

The beneficial effects of the present invention are as follows:

The invention sets a time threshold for each contact in the address book of the mobile terminal, and within the time range of the time limit, reminds the mobile terminal user to contact at least the contact corresponding to the time threshold to confirm the contact. People's contact, as well as the relationship with the contact person, to maintain the network. DRAWINGS

1 is a flowchart of a method for updating an address book of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for updating an address book of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention; A schematic diagram of a device structure for updating a mobile terminal address book. detailed description

In order to solve the problem that the address book information in the prior art is inaccurate and lacks contact with the contact, the present invention provides a method and device for updating the address book of the mobile terminal. And the examples, the present invention will be further described in detail. It is understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention.

The basic idea of the present invention is to set a communication time threshold for each person in the address book of the mobile terminal (such as a mobile phone), and at least contact the contact once in the time range to confirm the contact. The contact information is correct, and the relationship with the contact person is enhanced, and the personal connection is maintained.

As shown in FIG. 1, the present invention discloses a method for updating an address book of a mobile terminal, and the method includes the following steps:

S101. Find a communication time of a last contact between the mobile terminal and a contact in the address book, and obtain a length of time from the communication time to the current time;

Before performing this step, set a time threshold for contact for each contact in the mobile terminal's address book, including:

1. Set the contact frequency warning field in the address book.

Since the importance of different friends may be different, the frequency of contact may be different. Therefore, it is necessary to set the contact frequency warning field in the address book. The so-called contact frequency warning is if the time limit is exceeded, and the corresponding contact is made. If the person has not contacted, the user will be automatically notified to perform the corresponding operation.

Generally, the time threshold is one month by default, and the user can flexibly set the time threshold of different friends according to the actual situation of the friend, for example, setting the time threshold of some important friends and some important customers to half a month.

2. Set the warning time in the schedule

The warning time is a time after the current time or the latest communication time is the start time, and after the time threshold is exceeded. In this embodiment, the user can flexibly set the warning time of different friends according to the actual situation of the friend, such as setting the warning time of some important friends and some important customers to half a month. In general, when the alert time is first or reset for the contact in the address book, the mobile terminal traverses all contacts in the address book, finds the time threshold corresponding to each contact, and then starts with the current time. The time after the time threshold is set as the warning time, and the corresponding prompt information is inserted into the date plane corresponding to the warning time in the schedule. Since the inserted prompt information may be more, therefore, this is inserted in the background, that is to say, the corresponding information is not visible in the schedule, but only the corresponding warning time, if there is such an early warning During the calendar of the address book, the schedule module of the mobile terminal sends a message to its address book module to let the address book module handle the warning event.

3. Update the warning time

The mobile terminal sets the address book field in the address book, which is the last communication time (ie, the last communication time), which is used as an analysis parameter. The schedule module of the mobile terminal updates the next warning time at any time according to the contact situation of the specific object, that is, calculates the warning time by using the latest communication time as the start time.

For the step S101, it should be noted that the last time the mobile terminal contacts the contact, the mobile terminal actively contacts the contact, and receives the latest contact of the contact feedback information within a predetermined time period; Or the contact's last contact with the mobile terminal. The so-called feedback information of the received contact means that the short message or multimedia information is sent to the contact, and the short message or multimedia information of the contact reply is received; or the contact is called, the call is connected, and the contact is voiced. call.

S102. When the length of time is greater than a predetermined time threshold corresponding to the contact, the mobile terminal contacts the contact, and updates the address book according to the contact result.

The contact result usually includes the contact success and the contact failure; when the contact is successful, the contact information is confirmed to be correct, the address book remains unchanged, and when the contact fails, the contact information is deleted.

In this step, when the length of time is greater than a predetermined time threshold corresponding to the contact, the schedule The module will send a prompt message containing the warning information to the address book module, and notify the address book module to handle the early warning event. After receiving the warning information of the schedule module, the address book module extracts the specific timeout communication object in the background of the schedule, that is, the corresponding contact, and then constructs an interface in the address book to display the contact address records.

For these communication objects (contacts) that have not been contacted by timeout, the address book module provides two levels of contact means, one is the automatic greeting function, and the other is the update address book notification function. The former is mainly a kind of friend-like vague greetings, including but not limited to the following templates: 1), weather greetings, for example: The weather is really good today / poor, good mood / very bad, how about your side? 2), caring type, for example, how about recent study/work, everything is going well? 3), AC type, for example, recent work pressure is great, have time to talk together? 4), custom type, write your own specific SMS.

The latter is mainly a way of extracting extremes when the former does not respond. For example: Due to a mobile phone failure, the address book cannot be displayed normally. In order to keep communication with everyone, please send me your name, thank you. ! These greeting messages do not take up the most recent communication time in the communication log. In other words, instead of automatically sending these greeting functions, the last communication time with the corresponding contact is changed, but the corresponding contact is required to respond to this automatic reply function before changing their last. One communication time.

These messages are sent in batches or one by one, and then the last communication time is updated by the address book feedback function (in which the feedback time can be set, the default is 3 days). This function actually sends a reminder record to the background of the schedule module. At that time, the schedule module will send a message to the address book module, giving an interface to display the feedback after the last time the message was sent to the communication object that was not contacted by the timeout. After receiving the feedback, it will be processed according to the specific situation. If the information has been feedback, the corresponding new warning time will be inserted in the background of the schedule; if there is no feedback, the user can choose to contact by phone and then update the address book according to the contact result. The contact result includes the contact success and the unsuccessful contact. When the contact result is that the contact is successful, the information of the contact in the address book remains unchanged; when the contact result is unsuccessful, the contact may be selected. Select to delete the contact or put the contact into the observation area (similar to the recycle bin). If the contact is still unsuccessful during the set observation period, delete the contact information; if the contact is successful, the address book The information of the contact remains unchanged, the last communication time of the corresponding contact is updated, and the contact is moved out of the observation area. Due to limited mobile phone resources, the observation area will periodically prompt the user whether they need to clean up the observation area.

The above is an embodiment of the method of the present invention. The method embodiment will be further described below in conjunction with a preferred embodiment:

1101: The mobile terminal user does not contact the automatic alert function when the mobile phone address book is turned on. If the current time is 2010-5-13;

1102: The address book module of the mobile terminal traverses the time threshold of each contact, assuming that Xiao Zhang is 10 days, Xiao Wang is 40 days, Xiao Li is the default value (30 days), and the current time is the starting time. The time after the time threshold is set as the warning time, and the warning time is notified to the schedule module of the mobile terminal;

1103: According to the message sent by the address book module, the schedule module inserts an address book corresponding to the warning time, namely, 2010-5-23, 2010-6-23, and 2010-6-13, in the background according to the time threshold. Early warning event

1104: If 2010-5-18 Xiao Zhang contacts the user, the user receives a call from Xiao Zhang; 1105: The address book module modifies the last communication time of Xiao Zhang to 2010-5-18, and sends a message to the schedule module. , the notification schedule module changes the warning time of Xiao Zhang;

1106: The schedule module determines whether it is necessary to change the warning time according to whether the message of the update warning time sent by the address book module is received. If the message of step 1105 is received, the warning time of Xiao Zhang will be changed from 2010-5-23 to 2010-5-28;

1107: The schedule module determines whether there is a contact in the current date that requires an alert, if there is no contact that needs to be alerted, then return to step 1106; if there is a contact that needs to be alerted, step 1108 is performed; 1108: Organize the contacts and send them to the address book module by means of message parameters;

1109: The contacts module displays contacts that require an alert on the current date;

1110: The user enables the automatic greeting function, and sends a greeting message or multimedia multimedia message to the contact who needs the warning in batches;

1111: The user starts the address book feedback function at the same time, and sets the feedback time to 3 days (if not set, it is the default time);

1112: The schedule module inserts the feedback function schedule in the background of the schedule;

1113: If a contact in the alert receives the greeting message, the user is voluntarily replied to the user; 1114: The address book module automatically modifies the last communication time corresponding to the contact, and then sends the alert time of the change contact to the schedule module. News

1115: The schedule module determines whether the message of the change warning time is received.

1116: If the schedule module receives the message of step 1114, change the alert time of the corresponding contact, and delete the corresponding contact from the greeting feedback list;

1117: The schedule module determines whether the hello feedback time is reached, if not, returns to step 1115; if the hello feedback time has been reached, step 1118 is performed;

1118: The schedule module sends the list of persons who have not contacted after the last start of the greeting feedback to the address book module;

1119: The address book module displays the list of people who have not been contacted after the automatic greeting function is activated. 1120: When the contact has not been contacted by the automatic greeting function, the user can select to activate the address book update notification function or directly enter the phone. Contact confirmation phase;

1121: If the address book update function is activated, the address book update process is basically the same as the previous automatic greeting (step 1110 to step 1120), except that the level of this notification is more serious;

1130: If you contact the contact on the current list;

1131 : Determine whether to contact the contact on the current list, if not contacted, then Step 1132; if contacted, then step 1133;

1132: The user can choose to directly delete the corresponding contact; or, if the mobile terminal user thinks that the contact is important, it can be placed in the observation area, and the observation area is automatically cleaned monthly, and the user is prompted to keep it before cleaning;

1133: Update the last communication time of the corresponding contact.

In addition, the user can also manually initiate the contact frequency analysis of the address book. After the analysis, a list of people who have not contacted the timeout will be obtained, and then the process is basically the same as the process of starting the automatic warning function, but the step of updating the warning time is less. It will not be repeated here.

As shown in FIG. 2, an embodiment of the present invention further discloses an apparatus for updating an address book of a mobile terminal, which comprises: an address book module. Wherein, the address book module includes

The time length obtaining unit 201 is configured to search for a communication time of the last contact between the mobile terminal and the contact in the mobile terminal address book, and obtain a length of time from the communication time to the current time; the address book updating unit 202 is configured to use the time length When the predetermined time threshold is greater than the contact, the mobile terminal contacts the contact, and updates the address book according to the contact result.

The last contact between the mobile terminal and the contact means that the mobile terminal actively contacts the contact, and receives the latest contact of the contact feedback information within a predetermined time period; or the contact actively and the mobile terminal The last contact made; the mobile terminal can contact the contact by sending a greeting message, a contact update notification message or making a call; the contact result includes the contact success and the contact is unsuccessful.

Further, the address book module further includes: a time threshold setting unit, configured to set a contact frequency warning field in the address book of the mobile terminal, and set a time threshold for the contact in the address book; And configured to set an alarm time according to the time threshold of the time threshold setting unit; a communication time recording unit, configured to set an address book field in the address book of the mobile terminal, and record a latest communication time of the corresponding contact, For the time length acquisition unit to query. Further, the device further includes a schedule module, configured to send a prompt message including the warning information to the address book module; the time threshold setting unit is further configured to calculate and update the warning time, and schedule the schedule module The corresponding date information is inserted into the date plane corresponding to the warning time in the table.

For the above two types of contact results, there are two different processing modes. As shown in FIG. 4, another device for updating the address book of the mobile terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention includes: a time length obtaining unit 301 and an address book updating unit 302. The time length obtaining unit 301 has the same structural function as the time length obtaining unit 201 in the above embodiment, and will not be described in detail herein. The address book update unit 302 also includes:

The feedback time threshold setting sub-unit 3021 is used to set the feedback time threshold. In the feedback time threshold, if the feedback information of the contact reply is received, the contact is successful, otherwise the contact is unsuccessful.

The address book information holding subunit 3022 is configured to keep the information of the contact in the communication book unchanged when the contact result is successful.

The address book information adjusting sub-unit 3023 is configured to: when the contact result is unsuccessful, the information of the contact in the address book is put into the observation area, and if the contact is still unsuccessful during the set observation period, the contact is deleted. Information.

The address book module further includes:

The time threshold setting unit 303 is configured to set a contact frequency warning field in the address book of the mobile terminal, and set a time threshold for the contact in the address book;

The warning time setting unit 304 is configured to set an early warning time according to the time threshold of the time threshold setting unit 303;

The communication time recording unit 305 is configured to set an address book field in the address book of the mobile terminal, and record the latest communication time of the corresponding contact for the time length obtaining unit 301 to query. Further, the apparatus further includes a schedule module, configured to send a prompt message including the early warning information to the address book module.

The time threshold setting unit 303 is further configured to calculate and update the warning time, and insert corresponding prompt information into the date plane corresponding to the warning time in the schedule of the schedule module.

As can be seen from the above embodiment, the present invention sets a time threshold for each contact in the mobile terminal address book, and at least contacts the contact once in the time range to confirm the contact. The contact details, as well as the relationship with the contacts, to maintain the network.

The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

Claims

Claim

A method for updating an address book of a mobile terminal, the method comprising: searching for a communication time of a last contact between a mobile terminal and a contact in an address book of the mobile terminal, and acquiring the communication time to a current time length of time;

2. The method of updating an address book of a mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined time threshold comprises:

Setting a contact frequency alert field in the address book of the mobile terminal to set a time threshold for the contact in the address book;

The mobile terminal traverses all the contacts in the address book, searches for a time threshold corresponding to each contact, and sets the current time as the start time, and the time after the time threshold is set as the warning time, and The corresponding prompt information is inserted into the date plane corresponding to the warning time in the schedule.

The method for updating an address book of a mobile terminal according to claim 2, wherein the method further comprises:

Setting an address book field in the address book of the mobile terminal, and recording the latest communication time of the corresponding contact;

The method for updating an address book of a mobile terminal according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the mobile terminal contacts the contact by sending a greeting message, an address book update notification message, or making a call.

5. A method of updating an address book of a mobile terminal according to claim 1 or 2, wherein The method also includes:

After the mobile terminal contacts the contact, set a feedback time threshold, and within the feedback time threshold, determine whether the feedback information of the contact reply is received, and if received, the contact result is contact Successfully, the information of the contact in the address book remains unchanged, and the alert time of the corresponding contact is updated; otherwise, the contact result is that the contact is unsuccessful.

The method for updating an address book of a mobile terminal according to claim 5, wherein the method further comprises:

7. An apparatus for updating an address book of a mobile terminal, the device comprising an address book module; wherein the address book module comprises:

The device for updating the address book of the mobile terminal according to claim 7, wherein the address book module further comprises:

a communication time recording unit, configured to set an address book field in an address book of the mobile terminal, The last communication time of the corresponding contact is recorded for the time length acquisition unit to query.

The device for updating an address book of a mobile terminal according to claim 7 or 8, wherein the device further comprises a schedule module, configured to send a prompt message containing the warning information to the address book module;

The time threshold setting unit is further configured to calculate and update the warning time, and insert corresponding prompt information into the date plane corresponding to the warning time in the schedule of the schedule module.

The device for updating the address book of the mobile terminal according to claim 9, wherein the address book updating unit further comprises:

The device for updating the address book of the mobile terminal according to claim 10, wherein the address book updating unit further comprises: