TWI577167B - Method and communication apparatus for displaying incoming call - Google Patents

Description

Caller ID display method and communication device

The present invention relates to a display method, and in particular to a caller ID display method and a communication device.

Due to the popularity of mobile phones, mobile phones have been completely integrated into the lives of modern people in an invisible way, and provide a timely communication channel between people.

In general, mobile phones have built-in caller ID. The user can store the contact information in the mobile phone in advance, including the phone number, name, nickname, etc. When the mobile phone receives an incoming call, it will first check the contact list to find the contact corresponding to the caller number, and display the caller's number and contact name on the mobile phone. By checking the contact name on the screen of the mobile phone, the user can be informed of the identity of the other party at the first time, and then decide whether to answer the call.

However, in some specific situations, the user may not want others to see the contact name of their call. Therefore, the above caller ID function will instead Caused by users.

In view of this, the present invention provides a caller ID display method and a communication device, which can provide a special name and an incoming call of a contact person according to a preset situation when receiving a call.

The present invention provides a caller ID display method suitable for displaying an incoming call by a communication device. This method involves multiple steps. Receive incoming calls first. Next, the current situation when the incoming call is received is detected. After that, search the special contact list based on the phone number of the caller to find the contact person corresponding to the phone number. If the corresponding contact is found, the current situation detected is compared with at least one preset situation corresponding to the contact recorded in the special contact list to find a preset situation that matches the current situation. If a matching preset situation is found, the special name of the contact in the incoming call and the preset context is displayed.

Viewed from another perspective, the present invention provides a communication device. The communication device includes a communication unit, a storage unit, and a processing unit. The communication unit receives an incoming call. The storage unit stores a list of multiple modules and special contacts. The processing unit is coupled to the communication unit and the storage unit, and accesses and executes the plurality of modules stored in the storage unit, wherein the module includes a situation detection module, a first search module, a situation comparison module, and a display module. The context detection module detects the current situation when the communication unit receives the incoming call. The first search module searches the special contact list according to the telephone number of the incoming call received by the communication unit to find the contact corresponding to the telephone number. If the first search module finds the corresponding contact, the context comparison module compares the current situation detected by the context detection module with Record at least one preset situation corresponding to the contact in the special contact list to find a preset situation that matches the current situation. If the context comparison module finds a matching preset situation, the display module displays the special name of the contact person in the incoming call and the preset context.

Based on the above, the caller ID display method and the communication device provided by the embodiment of the present invention establish a special contact list by the user to record the special name of the contact person to be displayed by the user in certain preset situations. In this way, when it is determined that the current situation when the user receives the incoming call conforms to the recorded preset situation, the communication device can display the special name of the incoming call and the contact according to the preset situation in the special contact list. In addition, the special contact list of the communication device can also record the transfer settings or response settings, thereby providing more caller ID display methods.

The above described features and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following description.

100, 300, 500, 600‧‧‧ communication devices

110, 310, 510, 610‧‧‧ communication units

120, 320, 520, 620‧‧‧ storage units

121, 321, 521, 621‧‧‧ Situation Detection Module

122, 522, 622‧‧‧ Search Module

123, 323, 523, 623‧‧‧ Situational Comparison Module

124, 324, 524, 624‧‧‧ display modules

322‧‧‧First search module

325‧‧‧Second Search Module

525‧‧‧Link Module

526‧‧‧Device comparison module

625‧‧‧Response module

130, 330, 530, 630‧ ‧ processing unit

Steps of the S210~S250, S410~S480‧‧‧ caller display method

1 is a block diagram of a communication device in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a flow chart of a caller ID display method according to an embodiment of the invention.

3 is a block diagram of a communication device in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a caller ID display method according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a communication device according to still another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a communication device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention records a plurality of sets of preset contexts and a special name corresponding to the contact person to be displayed in each set of preset contexts by establishing a special contact list. When receiving an incoming call, it may first search for a matching phone number in the special contact list and a preset context that matches the current situation to display the contact's special name. If there is no matching phone number and situation, search the general contact list to display the general name of the contact. Thereby, the communication device can display the incoming call message in a manner desired by the user when receiving the incoming call.

1 is a block diagram of a communication device in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1 , the communication device 100 of the embodiment includes a communication unit 110 , a storage unit 120 , and a processing unit 130 . The communication device 100 is, for example, an electronic device that can answer and make calls, such as a mobile phone, a smart phone, a personal digital assistant, or a personal digital assistant mobile phone. The present invention is not limited thereto.

The communication unit 110 is configured to receive an incoming call, and can support at least one of the following technologies for wireless signal transmission: Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) system, Personal Handy-phone System (PHS), Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) system, Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) system, Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) system, Radio Repeater (Radio) Repeater) or Radio Broadcaster, but not limited to this.

The storage unit 120 is, for example, of any type of fixed or movable random A random access memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), a flash memory or the like or a combination of the above elements. In this embodiment, the storage unit 120 can store a plurality of modules and a general contact list and a special contact list to implement the caller ID display method of the embodiment of the present invention, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

The processing unit 130 is coupled to the communication unit 110 and the storage unit 120, such as a central processing unit (CPU), or other programmable general purpose or special purpose microprocessor (Microprocessor), digital signal processing. (Digital Signal Processor, DSP), programmable controller, Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) or other similar components or a combination of the above. In this embodiment, the processing unit 130 can access the context detection module 121, the search module 122, the context comparison module 123, and the display module 124 stored in the storage unit 120 to perform the call of the embodiment of the present invention. Show the various steps of the method.

2 is a flow chart of a caller ID display method according to an embodiment of the invention. Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 simultaneously, the caller ID display method of the present embodiment is applied to the communication device 100 of FIG. 1, and the detailed steps of the caller ID display method are described below.

In step S210, an incoming call is received by the communication unit 110. In step S220, the context detecting module 121 detects the current situation of the user when the communication unit 110 receives the incoming call. Wherein, the current situation described above may include time, place, event, state or a combination thereof, but the invention is not limited thereto. In detail, an implementation of the present invention For example, the context detecting module 121 can detect a plurality of sensing materials by using a sensor disposed on the communication device 100, and comprehensively analyze the sensing materials to determine a current situation, and the sensor can include a clock. , gravity sensor, gyroscope, accelerometer, electronic compass or biometric sensor. For example, the context detecting module 121 can use the clock to obtain the time when the communication unit 110 receives the incoming call, and use the Global Positioning System (GPS) to locate the communication unit 110 to obtain the coordinates of the location, and The above time and location are used as a basis for detecting the current situation, but the invention is not limited thereto.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the context detecting module 121 can also monitor the application installed on the communication device 100 to obtain the user data of the user operating the application, and analyze the user data by Determine the current situation. The application may include a calendar, a browser, a media player, an instant messenger or a social program. For example, the context detection module 121 can access the calendar to search for multiple events recorded on the calendar (for example, a conference or a trip to a certain location, the present invention is not limited thereto) to obtain the current situation of the user. The time, place, event, state, or combination thereof, analyzes and determines the current situation, but the invention is not limited thereto.

In step S230, the search module 122 searches the special contact list according to the telephone number of the incoming call received by the communication unit 110 to find the contact corresponding to the telephone number. This embodiment sets a special contact list for contacts that the user wishes to display with a special name on a special occasion. In this list, in addition to the special contact person, the parameters of each preset situation and the special name of the contact person to be displayed in each preset situation are set for multiple preset situations for answering the call. Said. Thereby, when the communication unit 110 receives a certain telephone call, the search module 122 can search the special contact list according to the telephone number of the incoming call to find out whether there is a contact corresponding to the telephone number.

In step S240, if the search module 122 finds the corresponding contact, the context comparison module 123 compares the current situation detected by the context detection module 121 with the contact recorded in the special contact list. Pre-set situations are compared to find the default context that matches the current situation. In step S250, if the context comparison module 123 finds a matching preset context, the display module 124 displays the special name of the contact person in the incoming call and the preset context. In this embodiment, when the context comparison module 123 finds a matching preset situation in the special contact list (for example, the afternoon time period), the display module 124 displays the incoming call according to the contact information in the preset situation. Special names to improve the confidentiality of caller ID.

In short, the caller ID display method and the communication device of the embodiment of the present invention record the special name of the contact person to be displayed by the user in the preset situation by using an additionally created special contact list. When it is determined that the incoming call meets the contact person and the preset situation recorded in the special contact list, the communication device can display the special name of the incoming call and the contact according to the preset situation. In this way, the user can adjust the caller ID of the contact person according to the special occasion, thereby improving the confidentiality of the caller ID.

It should be noted that, in another embodiment of the present invention, the communication device may combine the above-mentioned special contact list with the original general contact list to meet the preset corresponding to any special contact in the current situation. In the case of a situation, the general name of the corresponding contact can still be displayed.

3 is a block diagram of a communication device in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 3 , the communication unit 310 , the processing unit 330 , and the storage unit 320 store the context detection module 321 , the first search module 322 , the context comparison module 323 , and the display module 324 . The functions and operation processes are the same as the corresponding components or modules in FIG. 1 and will not be described here.

The difference between this embodiment and the embodiment of FIG. 1 is that the storage unit 320 further includes a second search module 325 for searching a general contact list. In this embodiment, when the communication unit 310 receives an incoming call, the first search module 322 first searches for a special contact list. When the current situation does not meet the preset situation corresponding to any special contact, the second search module 325 may also search for the general contact list to display the general name of the corresponding contact.

In detail, FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a caller ID display method according to another embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 simultaneously, the caller ID display method of the present embodiment is applied to the communication device 300 of FIG. 3, and the detailed steps of the caller ID display method are described below.

In this embodiment, the steps S410-S450 can respectively correspond to the steps S210-S250 of FIG. 2, wherein the first search module 322 is used to search for a special contact list, and the contact person in the searched preset context is displayed accordingly. News. However, when the first search module 322 does not search for the corresponding contact in step S430, or does not search for the preset context corresponding to the current situation in step S440, step S460~S480 is performed to continue searching for the general contact. A list to show the general name of the corresponding contact.

In step S440, if the first search module 322 does not find a corresponding association In the step S460, the second search module 325 searches the general contact list according to the telephone number of the incoming call to find the contact corresponding to the telephone number. If the second search module 325 finds the corresponding contact in the general contact list, then in step S470, the display module 324 displays the general name of the incoming call and the contact. On the contrary, in step S480, the display module 324 only displays incoming calls and anonymity.

For the caller ID display method proposed in the above embodiment, an exemplary embodiment will be described below. Please refer to Table 1 and Table 2. Tables 1 and 2 are shown as a list of general contacts and a list of special contacts. The general contact list in Table 1 contains information such as the contact's phone number, general name, and nickname.

The special contact list in Table 2 contains information such as the contact's phone number, special name, preset situation, and priority of the preset situation (in parentheses), where the phone number in the special contact list corresponds to at least one pre- Set the situation and the special name, and display the corresponding special name according to the priority order of the preset situation set by the user. For example, when the communication device receives the phone number of 0910333123, if the current situation is afternoon and the meeting state, the special name "Zhang Secretary" will be displayed first.

In this embodiment, when the communication device receives the telephone number of 0910333123, it first detects that the system time when the communication unit 310 receives the incoming call is 10:30 in the morning. After that, according to the telephone number of 0910333123, the special contact list is searched first. If the phone number is found to have a corresponding contact and contains two special situations, the current situation detected and recorded in the special contact list will be further compared. At least one preset situation corresponding to the contact person. Among them, after detecting the calendar, the communication device finds that the user is attending a department meeting. Therefore, the communication device finally selects the special name "Zhang Secretary" as the caller ID.

On the other hand, if the communication device receives the telephone number of 0910333123 at night time, it finds that the telephone number is in the special contact list after searching, but the current situation does not meet the special situation. Therefore, the communication device will continue to search the general contact list and find the corresponding telephone number in it, and finally use the general name "Zhang Xiaohua" as the caller ID.

In short, the caller ID display method and the communication device of the embodiment of the present invention can search for the specially created special contact list to display the special name of the contact person in the preset situation, and can not match the received caller. Settings in the special list At the same time, continue to search for the original list of general contacts. In this way, the communication device can display the incoming call message in a manner desired by the user when receiving the incoming call.

It should be noted that, in an embodiment of the present invention, the additionally set special contact list may be further encrypted or stored in the confidential folder, so that the special contact list cannot be easily obtained by someone other than the communication device user. And its information. In this way, the confidentiality and privacy of the data can be improved.

On the other hand, regarding the special contact list of the present invention, in addition to recording the special name of the contact person to be displayed in the preset situation, the transfer setting in the preset situation can also be recorded to find out the transfer setting correspondingly. At least one answering device, in turn, simultaneously displays the special name of the incoming call and the contact person on the other user device.

In particular, FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a communication device in accordance with yet another embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 5, the functions of the communication unit 510, the processing unit 530, and the storage unit 521, the search module 522, the context comparison module 523, and the display module 524 are stored in the storage unit 520. The operation flow is the same as the corresponding component or module in FIG. 1 and will not be described here.

The difference between the embodiment and the embodiment of FIG. 1 is that the storage unit 520 further includes a connection module 525 and a device comparison module 526. The special contact list stored by the storage unit 520 further includes a transfer setting in the preset situation, and the transfer setting can correspond to the at least one answering device.

The connection module 525 can use the communication unit 510 to search for and connect at least one user device around the communication device 500. In this embodiment, the communication unit 510 can use, for example, Wi-Fi Direct, Bluetooth, A short-range wireless transmission technology such as Near Field Communication (NFC) technology searches for and connects at least one user device around it, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

The device comparison module 526 can compare the user device connected to the connection module 525 with the answering device corresponding to the transfer setting in the preset context recorded in the special contact list to find and answer the device. Matching user device. Accordingly, the device comparison module 526 can transmit a special name to each user device using the communication unit 510 to display an incoming call and a special name on the user device.

In detail, when the communication unit 510 receives a certain telephone call, the search module 522 first searches the special contact list according to the telephone number of the incoming call to find out whether there is a contact corresponding to the telephone number and the current situation. Compliance with the default situation. When the conditions are met, the search module 522 further checks the transfer settings in the preset context. If the preset setting includes the transfer setting, the connection module 525 can use the communication unit 510 to search for and connect at least one user device around the communication device 500 by using the short-range wireless transmission technology to find the special contact list. Configuring at least one answering device corresponding to the contextual transfer setting, and transmitting the special name of the incoming call and the contact person to the matching user device by the communication unit 510, so as to synchronously display the special characteristics of the incoming call and the contact person on the user device. name. Therefore, the user can view the special name of the incoming call and the contact person through at least one user device around the communication device 510, thereby determining whether to answer the incoming call.

In other words, the caller ID display method and the special contact list established by the communication device in the embodiment of the present invention can also record the transfer settings in the preset context, prompting the communication. The device uses a short-range wireless transmission technology to search for and connect at least one user device in the vicinity to simultaneously display the special name of the incoming call and the contact person. The user can then view the incoming call through any of the above-mentioned user devices in the vicinity of the communication device.

In addition, FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a communication device according to another embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 6, the functions and operations of the plurality of modules 621-624 stored in the communication unit 610, the processing unit 630, and the storage unit 620 shown in FIG. 6 are the same as the corresponding components or modules in FIG. No longer. The difference between this embodiment and the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 is that the storage unit 620 further includes a response module 625.

In detail, the special contact list of the present invention can record the response settings corresponding to the preset context, and the display module 624 displays a plurality of response options corresponding to the response settings. Specifically, the response setting is, for example, automatically replying to the preset newsletter to the caller to inform the user of the current situation. The content of the reply to the newsletter can display multiple response options when the user receives the call (for example, a callback after a short time in class, and now it is not convenient to answer the message, etc.) for the user to select. It should be noted that the above description is only illustrative of the invention, and the invention is not limited thereto.

When the telephone number received by the communication unit 610 matches the contact person in the special contact list and its preset context, the search module 622 further checks whether the preset context of the special contact list contains the response setting and its corresponding multiple. Response options. If the preset context includes response settings and corresponding multiple response options, the display module 624 displays a plurality of response options corresponding to the response settings for the user. select. Thereafter, the response module 625 can receive a user's selection operation for one of the response options, and accordingly perform a response function corresponding to the response option.

In short, the caller ID method and the special contact list established by the communication device in the embodiment of the present invention may also record response settings corresponding to the preset context and corresponding response options to provide the user to receive. When a call comes in, the corresponding response option can be displayed according to the preset situation, and the user can respond quickly, thereby providing more call response modes.

It should be noted that although the special contact list is present in an independently established form in the above embodiment, the embodiment of the present invention is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the communication device may directly set a preset context for a part or all of the contacts in the built-in general contact list and a special name corresponding to the contact to be displayed in each preset context. Thereby, when receiving an incoming call, the communication device directly searches the general contact list to find a preset situation corresponding to the incoming call number and displays the special name of the contact in the preset situation.

In summary, the caller ID display method and the communication device provided by the embodiment of the present invention record the special name of the contact person to be displayed by the user in certain preset situations by using an additionally created special contact list. In this way, when the current situation in which the user receives the incoming call conforms to the recorded preset situation, the communication device can display the special name of the contact in the preset situation. In addition, the special contact list can also record the transfer settings or response settings, which in turn provide more caller ID and response methods.

Although the present invention has been disclosed in the above embodiments, it is not intended to limit the invention, and any one of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the invention. In the spirit and scope, the scope of protection of the present invention is subject to the definition of the appended patent application.

Steps of the S210~S250‧‧‧ caller ID display method

Claims (10)

A caller ID display method, suitable for displaying an incoming call by a communication device, the method comprising the steps of: receiving the incoming call; detecting a current situation when the incoming call is received; searching for a special contact list according to a phone number of the incoming call To find a contact corresponding to the phone number; if the corresponding contact is found, compare the detected current situation with at least one pre-record corresponding to the contact recorded in the special contact list Configuring a context to find the preset context that matches the current context; and if the matching preset context is found, displaying the caller and a special name of the contact in the preset context, wherein the detection is received The step of the current situation at the time of the incoming call includes: monitoring at least one application installed on the communication device to obtain a user data of a user operating the application, and analyzing the user data to obtain a Time, a place, an event, a state, or a combination thereof, wherein the application includes a calendar, a browser, a media player, an instant message Formula or community programs; and the time acquired based on the location of the event, or a combination of the state to determine the current context. The method of claim 1, wherein the special contact list is searched for by the phone number of the incoming call to find a corresponding phone number. After the step of the contact, the method further comprises: if the corresponding contact is not found, searching the general contact list according to the phone number of the incoming call to find the contact corresponding to the phone number And if the corresponding contact is found in the general contact list, the caller and the general name of the contact are displayed. The method of claim 1, wherein if the matching the preset situation is found, the method further comprises: searching for a transfer setting in the preset context recorded in the special contact list to find And at least one receiving device corresponding to the transfer setting; searching and connecting at least one surrounding user device, and comparing with the receiving device to find the user device corresponding to the receiving device; and The matching user device is found, and the special name is transmitted to each of the user devices to display the incoming call and the special name on the user device. The method of claim 3, wherein if the matching the preset situation is found, the method further comprises: searching for a response setting in the preset context recorded in the special contact list; displaying the response Setting a corresponding plurality of response options; and receiving a selection operation for one of the response options, and performing a response function corresponding to the response option. The method of claim 1, wherein the detecting the current situation when the incoming call is received comprises: Detecting a plurality of pieces of sensing data by using at least one sensor disposed on the communication device; and analyzing the sensing data to determine the current situation. A communication device includes: a communication unit that receives an incoming call; a storage unit that stores a plurality of modules and a list of special contacts; and a processing unit coupled to the communication unit and the storage unit to access and execute the The modules stored in the storage unit, the modules include: a context detection module, detecting a current situation when the communication unit receives the incoming call; and a first search module receiving the communication unit according to the communication unit The phone number of the incoming call searches the special contact list to find a contact corresponding to the phone number; a context comparison module, if the first search module finds the corresponding contact, Detecting the current situation detected by the situation detection module with at least one preset situation corresponding to the contact in the special contact list to find the preset situation that matches the current situation; and a display module, if the situation is found to match the preset context, the caller and a special name of the contact in the preset situation are displayed, wherein the context detection module detects the pass The current operating context means when receiving the incoming call, the context detection module monitoring at least one application of the communication device installed a program for obtaining a user data for a user to operate the application, and analyzing the user data to obtain a time, a place, an event, a state, or a combination thereof, wherein the application includes acting a calendar, a browser, a media player, an instant messaging program, or a community program, and the context detection module determines the current context based on the time, location, event, state, or combination thereof obtained. The communication device of claim 6, wherein the storage unit further stores a general contact list, and the module further comprises: a second search module, the phone receiving the call according to the communication unit The number is searched for the general contact list to find the contact corresponding to the phone number. If the second search module finds the corresponding contact, the display module displays the call and the contact. The general name. The communication device of claim 6, wherein the first search module searches for a transfer setting in the preset context recorded in the special contact list to find the transfer setting. At least one receiving device, and the module further includes: a connecting module, wherein the communication unit searches for and connects at least one user device around the communication device; and a device comparison module, the connection module Connecting the user device and the answering device to find the user device that matches the answering device, and transmitting the special name to each of the user devices by using the communication unit, The incoming call and the special name are displayed on the user device. The communication device of claim 8, wherein the first search module further searches for a response setting in the preset context recorded in the special contact list, and the response module displays the response setting. Corresponding multiple response options, the module further includes: a response module, receiving a selection operation for one of the response options displayed by the display module, and performing a response corresponding to the response option Features. The communication device of claim 6, wherein the context detection module comprises: detecting, by using at least one sensor disposed on the communication device, a plurality of sensing materials, and analyzing the sensing data to The current context is determined, wherein the sensor comprises a clock, a gravity sensor, a gyroscope, an accelerometer, an electronic compass, a Global Positioning System (GPS), or a biometric sensor.