WO2012155576A1

WO2012155576A1 - Method and mobile terminal for displaying prompt message

Info

Publication number: WO2012155576A1
Application number: PCT/CN2012/071588
Authority: WO
Inventors: 安昌华
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2011-09-15
Filing date: 2012-02-24
Publication date: 2012-11-22
Also published as: CN102291497A

Abstract

Provided are a method and mobile terminal for displaying a prompt message, the display method comprising: classifying the various types of received prompt messages according to contacts; and displaying the prompt messages according to contacts. The present invention can filter the prompt messages according to contacts, thereby obtaining intuitively the prompt message particular to some contact person, and thus improving user experience.

Description

Display method of prompt message and mobile terminal

The present invention relates to the field of wireless communications, and in particular, to a method for displaying a prompt message and a mobile terminal.

Background technique

With the advancement of communication technology, mobile phones have become an indispensable tool in people's lives. The information in this document refers to information about missed calls, unread messages, and new messages in the phone. In all current terminals, the display of the prompt message is mainly for each message type, and an entry is made. When the user clicks on the entry of one of the message types, the corresponding module is entered.

For example, the terminal may be juxtaposed by the type of menu to display several missed calls, unread text messages, and new messages. When the user clicks on the menu of the unread text message, the short message module is entered, and then the user can browse the unread text messages one by one. After the SMS is processed, if the user is interested in missed calls and emails, they can re-enter the corresponding module and gradually browse.

The above pattern has the following drawbacks:

1 : The user is not intuitive enough to grasp the prompt message. Just take the short message. From the prompt message, you can only see how many unread messages are in total. As for the sender of the message, etc., I don’t know, I want to accurately view it. Personal unread text messages are even more impossible.

2: Users cannot filter the prompt messages to find out what is most urgently needed. This is because the short message module, the call module and the mail module are isolated from each other. The user can only focus on one of the modules at a time. There is no way to combine these modules at a glance to find out which contact is most needed at present.

3: Users cannot switch between modules horizontally. Specifically, when the user is paying attention to the short message of a certain contact, the user cannot directly switch to the information of the contact corresponding to the other module, for example, switching to the mail or the call record module, directly positioning the contact with the user's attention. . Summary of the invention

The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a method for displaying a prompt message and a mobile terminal, so as to implement screening of a prompt message for a contact.

In order to solve the above technical problem, the present invention provides a method for displaying a prompt message, including: classifying various types of prompt messages received according to contacts;

Display the prompt message in units of contacts.

Optionally, the method further includes: before the step of displaying the prompt message in a contact unit, the method further includes:

The number of various types of prompt messages belonging to the same contact is counted; the related contacts are sorted according to the statistical quantity and the preset display rule.

Optionally, the method, wherein the step of sorting related contacts according to a preset display rule comprises:

Sorting the related contacts according to the number of one or more types of prompt messages specified; or

The related contacts are sorted according to the total number of prompt messages related to the contacts.

Optionally, the method, wherein the step of sorting related contacts according to a preset display rule further includes:

Top-orders the specified contacts whose number of prompt messages is not zero.

Optionally, the method further includes: after the step of displaying the prompt message in a contact unit, the method further comprises: after receiving an instruction to read a type of prompt message of the first contact, entering the type Display interface of the prompt message;

The corresponding contacts are sorted and displayed according to the number of prompt messages of the type, and the first contact is displayed topped.

Optionally, the method, wherein the step of displaying the first contact is displayed After that, the method further includes: after receiving the shortcut key instruction of the switching prompt message type, entering a display interface of other types of prompt messages. In order to solve the above problems, the present invention further provides a mobile terminal, including: a classification module, configured to classify various types of prompt messages received according to contacts; and a display module, configured to prompt the contacts in units of contacts The message is displayed.

Optionally, the mobile terminal further includes a policy module and a processing module: the policy module is configured to configure a display rule; the processing module is configured to: after the classification module is classified, each of the same contact The number of types of prompt messages is counted, and then related contacts are sorted according to the statistical quantity and the display rule. Optionally, the mobile terminal, where the displaying rule comprises: sorting the related contacts according to the number of the specified one or more types of prompt messages; or according to the prompt message related to the contact The total number of the related contacts is sorted; or the specified contacts whose number of prompt messages is not zero are sorted.

Optionally, the mobile terminal, where

The display module is further configured to: after displaying the prompt message in a contact unit, after receiving an instruction to read a type of prompt message of the first contact, enter a display interface of the prompt message of the type, and then The corresponding contacts are sorted and displayed according to the number of prompt messages of the type, and the first contact is displayed topped. Optionally, the mobile terminal, where

The display module is further configured to: after the first contact is displayed in the top, after receiving the shortcut key instruction of the switching prompt message type, enter the display interface of other types of prompt messages. In summary, the present invention provides a method for displaying a prompt message and a mobile terminal, which can be implemented The contact screens the prompt message, and can intuitively know the prompt message for a contact, thereby improving the user experience. 1 is a schematic diagram of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a flowchart of a method for displaying a prompt message according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a method for displaying a prompt message according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.

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 mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the mobile terminal of this embodiment includes:

The classification module is configured to classify the received various types of prompt messages according to the contacts; the display module is configured to display the prompt message by the contact unit. Among them, various types of prompt messages refer to various types of unprocessed information, such as missed calls, unread text messages, and unchecked messages.

The display module displays all the prompt messages in units of contacts, and the displayed modes can be as follows: Each contact is divided into three small elements, which respectively give an unread mail, unread text messages, and missed calls. , The order of their arrangement depends on the user's settings.

The mobile terminal in this embodiment may further include: a policy module and a processing module,

The policy module is configured to configure a display rule;

The processing module is configured to collect statistics on the number of various types of prompt messages belonging to the same contact after the classification module is classified, and then sort related contacts according to the statistical quantity and the display rule. The policy module mainly sets the priority of the integrated display, and assumes that for different contacts, there are different numbers of unread mails, missed calls, and unchecked text messages, how to set a rule for these contacts. Sorting, ensuring that the contacts most in need of user processing are ranked first. In addition, the policy module also needs to set a reminder strategy, such as the time interval of the reminder.

The displaying rule may include: sorting the corresponding contacts according to the number of the specified one or more types of prompt messages, according to the total number of the prompt messages related to the contact, or designating the number of the prompt messages to be non-zero. Contacts are sorted by top.

The display module, after displaying the prompt message by the contact unit, is further configured to: after receiving an instruction to read a type of prompt message of a contact, enter a display interface of the prompt message of the type, Then, the corresponding contacts are sorted and displayed according to the number of prompt messages of the type, and the contacts to be read are displayed topped.

The display module, after the top of the contact to be read is displayed, is further configured to: after receiving the read command, enter an interface for displaying the prompt message of the type related to the contact to be read, and then After receiving the shortcut key instruction of the switching prompt message type, an interface for displaying other types of prompt messages of the contact specified by the shortcut key instruction is entered.

In this way, when the user enters the corresponding display interface by paying attention to a certain message type of a certain contact, the user can freely switch between other message types corresponding to the contact. If the user sees that Zhang San has 3 missed text messages, 2 missed calls and one unchecked email, then after entering the SMS interface, you can directly switch to the corresponding phone interface or email interface of Zhangsan for convenient operation.

For example, if the user clicks on a certain prompt information of a contact concerned, such as a short message, after entering the short message interface, the short message automatically sorts the unread short message according to the sender, and then performs the contact that the user cares about. Top sort, the rest are sorted according to the number of unread text messages (ie, contacts with unread text messages other than those that the user cares about), in the case of the same number, according to the last name or the priority set by the user Sort.

After the display interface of any type of prompt message of a certain contact, a shortcut key for quickly switching to the display interface of other types of prompt messages is added to the display interface, so that the user can quickly obtain the same Contact all the prompt information without exiting the application, then launch another application, and switch to the display interface of any prompt message is already arranged Preface.

The mobile terminal of the embodiment can provide comprehensive screening for various types of prompt messages, in particular, screening, comprehensive prompting, and serial display functions for contacts, greatly improving the original display type display method, and improving user information acquisition. Accuracy and timeliness.

Of course, as long as the functions of the mobile terminal of the embodiment of the present invention can be implemented, the functional modules of the mobile terminal may have different divisions.

In this embodiment, first, the user may first set through the policy module to determine the display priority of the integrated display of the prompt message. The priority here can be single item, for example, just set the display priority by the number of text messages, emails or missed calls, and the more the number is ranked ahead. Of course, such sorting is simple, but inaccurate. Actually, the overall sorting strategy is used, and the user defines a sorting rule as needed. Assuming that ABC represents the number of missed calls, unread text messages, and unread messages for a contact, then the following rules can be defined:

1 : When the sum of the contact's ABC is larger, the priority is ranked;

2: When the sum of the contacts' ABCs is the same, the order is sorted by A, B, and C as the single item.

For example, if the total number of ABCs is the same, if there is a difference in the number of missed calls, the more the number of missed calls, the higher the ranking; if the number of missed calls is the same, consider the unread text message; If the number of unread text messages is the same, consider the unread mail.

3: For some special contacts, as long as any one of A, B, and C is not zero, it is topped. Through such a custom rule as above, it is possible to ensure that the information that the user most needs to care about is as close as possible to the front. Of course, the above definition rules are just an example, users can customize according to their own needs, to ensure personalized needs.

The user can set the display frequency of the prompt message in the policy module, for example, it can be displayed according to the time interval, and the standard display is achieved according to the accumulated number of messages, or is displayed immediately for a particular contact.

The user can set the message display policy, that is, after entering any message display interface, How the messages are arranged. The default is to sort all the unread messages by name first, and then refer all the messages of the contact that the user pays attention to in the sorting result to the head end. Of course, the user can set the arrangement by himself.

The user can switch from the current display interface to any message display interface, and can switch between different message modules horizontally, or directly return to the main interface of the prompt message display, so that the user can process the most in a limited time. Important issues.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a method for displaying a prompt message according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, which includes the following steps:

Step 101: The user receives several prompt messages;

For example, several prompt messages for unread text messages, missed calls, and unread messages are received.

Step 102: classify the prompt message according to the contact;

The number of various types of prompt messages belonging to the same contact may be counted; alternatively, the contacts may be sorted according to a preset priority display rule.

Find the address book, replace the phone number with the name of the contact that has already been stored, and sort and display the processing according to the preset prompt message display rule, which may include the following solutions:

A. The user sets a single item priority rule. The so-called single item priority is to sort by the number of messages, emails or emails, and sort by number, for example:

The priority of the single-item priority message is sorted, and the number of unsent text messages sent by each contact is ranked in the descending order according to the number of short messages corresponding to each contact;

Performing a single-priority phone prioritization, in descending order of the number of missed calls corresponding to each contact, the more the number of missed calls is ranked ahead;

The priority of each item is prioritized, and the number of unsent messages sent by each contact is ranked in descending order.

B. The user sets a comprehensive priority rule, and all the prompt messages are sorted according to this rule. This sorting method is more complicated, and its positioning is more accurate. The policy module comprehensively obtains all the information according to the set sorting rules, sorts according to the user's expectation, and presents the result to the user. Step 103: Display the prompt message in units of contacts;

Find the phone number after sorting results in the address book. If you find a matching contact, replace the number with the contact's name for display.

The method of this embodiment can visually display the number of unread mails, missed calls, and unchecked messages corresponding to a contact at the same time on the interface.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a method for displaying a prompt message according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention, including the following steps:

Step 201: The user clicks to view an unread text message of a contact from the integrated display interface of the prompt message.

In the integrated display interface of the prompt message, all the prompt messages are displayed. Optionally, all the prompt messages are sorted according to the sorting method in the first embodiment and then displayed.

Step 202: Enter a short message display interface, and sort related contacts according to the display policy. In this embodiment, the display policy is that the unread text message is in front and sorted by the contact (only the unread text messages are sorted, the already-read text messages are not involved in the sorting), and the top is the contact that the user is currently interested in.

Step 203: Determine, according to the contact that the user browses, whether there are other types of prompt messages that need attention. If there are still some missed call prompt messages, go to step 204, and if there are still unread email prompt messages, turn to Step 205, if there is no other type of prompt message to be concerned, then go to step 206;

Step 204: During the browsing of the short message, the user switches to the display interface of the missed call prompt message, checks the missed call information of the contact, and then proceeds to step 207 or proceeds to step 209.

In the display interface of the missed call prompt message, the contacts are arranged in the number of missed calls, and the currently focused contacts are placed on top.

Step 205: During the browsing of the short message, the user switches to the display interface of the email prompt message to view the unread email information of the contact, and then proceeds to step 207, or proceeds to step 209.

In the display interface of the email prompt message, the contact is arbitrarily arranged in the number of unread emails, and the contact currently focused is placed on top. Step 206: The contact has no corresponding other prompt message, and prompts to switch to the comprehensive display interface of the prompt message, so as to perform a re-screening on the remaining messages. Step 207: Return to the prompt message comprehensive display interface, filter the remaining contacts, and then repeat the above process.

Step 208: Browse the prompt information of other contacts.

Step 209: The user performs feedback processing on a contact. The embodiment of the present invention is not intuitive enough to display the current prompt message, nor can it be accurately located, and can not filter the disadvantages of importance. A new prompt message display mode is proposed, so that the user can fully grasp all current prompt messages in the first time. , timely processing the most important messages, thus greatly improving the user experience. One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that all or a portion of the above steps may be accomplished by a program instructing 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 may be implemented in the form of hardware or in the form of a software function module. 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 A method for displaying a prompt message and a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention can perform screening of a prompt message for a contact, and can intuitively know a prompt message for a certain contact, thereby improving the user experience.

Claims

Claim

1. A method for displaying a prompt message, comprising:

The various types of prompt messages received are classified according to contacts; the prompt messages are displayed in units of contacts.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: counting the number of various types of prompt messages belonging to the same contact before the step of displaying the prompt message in a contact unit; Sort related contacts with preset display rules.

The method of claim 2, wherein the step of sorting related contacts according to a preset display rule comprises: selecting the related contact according to the number of the specified one or more types of prompt messages Sort by person; or

The method of claim 3, wherein the step of sorting the related contacts according to the preset display rule further comprises: performing a top sorting on the specified contacts whose number of prompt messages is not zero.

The method of claim 1, after the step of displaying the prompt message in a contact unit, further comprising: after receiving an instruction to read a type of prompt message of the first contact, entering a display interface of the prompt message of the type; sorting and displaying the corresponding contacts according to the number of the prompt messages of the type, and displaying the first contact to the top.

The method of claim 5, after the step of displaying the first contact to the top, further comprising: after receiving the shortcut key instruction of the switching prompt message type, entering another type of prompt message UI.

7. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a classification module configured to classify various types of prompt messages received by the contacts; and a display module configured to display the prompt messages in units of contacts.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 7, further comprising a policy module and a processing module: the policy module is configured to configure a display rule;

The processing module is configured to count the number of various types of prompt messages belonging to the same contact after the classification module is classified, and then sort related contacts according to the statistical quantity and the display rule.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein

The displaying rule includes: sorting the related contacts according to the number of the specified one or more types of prompt messages; or

Sorting related contacts according to the total number of prompt messages related to the contact; or sorting the specified contacts whose number of prompt messages is not zero.

The mobile terminal according to any one of claims 7 to 9, wherein

The display module is further configured to: after displaying the prompt message in a contact unit, after receiving an instruction to read a type of prompt message of the first contact, enter a display interface of the prompt message of the type, and then The corresponding contacts are sorted and displayed according to the number of prompt messages of the type, and the first contact is displayed topped.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein

The display module is further configured to: after displaying the first contact top display, after receiving the shortcut key instruction of the switching prompt message type, enter the display interface of other types of prompt messages.