WO2016202074A1

WO2016202074A1 - Method and apparatus for setting state of contact in address book

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Publication number: WO2016202074A1
Application number: PCT/CN2016/079283
Authority: WO
Inventors: 李通; 区志励; 和楠; 徐江涛; 赵刚; 官建军
Original assignee: 北京奇虎科技有限公司; 奇智软件（北京）有限公司
Priority date: 2015-06-15
Filing date: 2016-04-14
Publication date: 2016-12-22
Also published as: CN104935714A; CN104935714B

Abstract

The present invention provides a method and apparatus for setting the state of a contact in an address book. The method comprises: receiving a start event for an address book application installed on a mobile terminal, and starting the address book application; adding a state setting interface for selection from multiple pieces of state information to a user entry of the address book application; receiving, at the state setting interface, a selection event for state information, and presenting the state information corresponding to the selection event at the user entry. With the present invention, a new state setting function is added to an address book application, a user can select different state information according to actual requirements, and the addition of the new function resolves the problem in the prior art of undiversified functions of address books and improves user experience.

Description

Contact status setting method and device in address book

Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of Internet applications, and in particular, to a contact state setting method and apparatus in an address book.

Background technique

In daily life, making calls is the most commonly used means of communication because of its real-time, reliability, and speed. In reality, everyone has at least one phone number. Correspondingly, each person's address book usually includes dozens of hundreds or even thousands of phone numbers. It is impossible for the user to remember each number by memory. Therefore, when a user makes a call, the address book is usually opened, the corresponding contact entry is found, and a specific phone number is obtained therein, and then dialed out.

However, the current address book only provides storage and display functions for contact information, and has a single function.

Summary of the invention

In view of the above problems, the present invention has been made in order to provide a contact state setting method in an address book and a contact state setting device in a corresponding address book which overcome the above problems or at least partially solve the above problems.

Based on an aspect of the present invention, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for setting a contact state in an address book, including:

Receiving a startup event of an address book application installed on the mobile terminal, and starting the address book application;

Adding a state setting interface that can select a plurality of state information for an entry of one or more users of the address book application;

The selection event of the status setting interface receiving the status information is presented, and the status information corresponding to the selection event is presented in the entry of the user.

According to another aspect of the present invention, an embodiment of the present invention provides a contact status setting apparatus in an address book, including:

a receiving module, configured to receive a startup event of an address book application installed on the mobile terminal, Launching the address book application;

An interface adding module, configured to add a state setting interface that can select a plurality of state information for an entry of one or more users of the address book application;

The receiving module is further adapted to receive, at the state setting interface, a selection event of the status information;

A presentation module adapted to present state information corresponding to the selection event at an entry of the user.

According to still another aspect of the present invention, a computer program is provided, comprising computer readable code, when said computer readable code is run on a computing device, causing said computing device to perform any of said address book Contact status setting method.

According to still another aspect of the present invention, a computer readable medium storing a computer program as described above is provided.

The beneficial effects of the invention are:

In the embodiment of the present invention, after the address book enablement is enabled, a status setting interface is added to the entry of the user of the address book application for selecting a plurality of status information. If a selection event of the status information is received at the status setting interface, the status information corresponding to the selection event is presented at the user's entry. In the embodiment of the present invention, a new state setting function is added for the address book application, and the user can select different state information according to actual needs, such as busy, meeting, and the like. The addition of new functions solves the problem of single address book function in the prior art, and can select corresponding state information display according to user needs or actual conditions, thereby improving the user experience experience.

The above description is only an overview of the technical solutions of the present invention, and the above-described and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention can be more clearly understood. Specific embodiments of the invention are set forth below.

DRAWINGS

Various other advantages and benefits will become apparent to those skilled in the art from a The drawings are only for the purpose of illustrating the preferred embodiments and are not to be construed as limiting. Throughout the drawings, the same reference numerals are used to refer to the same parts. In the drawing:

FIG. 1 illustrates contact state settings in an address book according to an embodiment of the present invention. Process flow chart of the method;

2 is a schematic diagram showing a state setting interface being triggered by a user to trigger a pull-down menu according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing state information in a user selection conference according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing the display of an address book interface according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a contact state setting apparatus in an address book according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

6 is a schematic diagram showing another structure of a contact state setting device in an address book according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 7 is a block diagram schematically showing a computing device for performing a contact state setting method in an address book according to the present invention;

Fig. 8 schematically shows a storage unit for holding or carrying program code implementing a contact state setting method in an address book according to the present invention.

detailed description

The invention is further described below in conjunction with the drawings and specific embodiments.

To solve the above technical problem, an embodiment of the present invention provides a contact state setting method in an address book. That is, a new contact status setting function has been added to the address book. FIG. 1 is a flow chart showing the processing of a contact state setting method in an address book according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, the method includes at least steps S102 to S106:

Step S102: Receive a startup event of an address book application installed on the mobile terminal, and start an address book application.

Step S104: Add a state setting interface that can select a plurality of state information for an entry of one or more users of the address book application;

Step S106: The state setting interface receives the selection event of the state information, and presents the state information corresponding to the selection event in the entry of the user.

In the embodiment of the present invention, after the address book enablement is enabled, a status setting interface is added to the entry of the user of the address book application for selecting a plurality of status information. If a selection event of the status information is received at the status setting interface, the status information corresponding to the selection event is presented at the user's entry. The embodiment of the invention adds a new state setting function for the address book application, and the user can select different state information according to actual needs, such as busy, meeting. medium. The addition of new functions solves the problem of single address book function in the prior art, and can select corresponding state information display according to user needs or actual conditions, thereby improving the user experience experience.

Among them, one or more users mentioned in step S104 need to be explained. The users here are divided into two categories, one is the user of the address book, which can also be called the user of the mobile terminal, and the other is the contact in the address book. For the first type of users, the user changes his or her own status information, including the user's mood, status, etc. The status information is based on the user's own information, and the first type of user refers to only one user. For a contact in another type of address book, the user marks the status information, and the mark is based on the user's will, not the contact intention, and the number of contacts may be one or more. For example, the user may identify the contact as a relative or a friend, and further may perform an extension function such as grouping or classifying the marked contact according to the identifier.

The embodiments of the present invention mainly focus on describing a state information setting method of a first type of user. The user in the specific embodiment below refers to the first type of user.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the status information may be a working state of the user, for example, during a meeting or a work, and may be a casual state of the user, such as being in an idle state, eating, or being a user's mood experience, such as being happy and depressed. It can also be driving, sleeping, cell phone mute, flight mode, rejecting calls, etc. The setting of the status information increases the richness of the user entries, so that the user can adjust the status information according to the actual situation and increase the user experience.

The manner in which the status setting interface receives the selection event of the status information may be various, and the status information may be triggered. For example, one of the ways is that the user actively triggers the selection event, that is, the selection event can be received at the state setting interface from the user's state information. The commonly used active triggering method includes the user clicking (including using a shortcut such as a mouse or a keyboard, or Touch the status setting interface directly on the touch screen with a finger or a stylus. Select any event in the offer option to trigger. If the option is not consistent with the existing situation, the user can choose to directly input in the status setting interface. Select an event. 2 illustrates a schematic diagram of a state setting interface being triggered by a user to render a drop down menu in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. Referring to Figure 2, there are three items in the drop-down menu. One is in the meeting, one is driving and the other is idle. When the user clicks to select "Meeting", it will be displayed in the entry. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing state information in a user selection conference according to an embodiment of the present invention.

For another example, there is another way of receiving the selection event of the status information, and the non-user actively triggers the selection event. Specifically, the selection event of the status information from the background notification may be set in the state, and the background is used by the mobile terminal. The status (including the hardware and software running status) is analyzed to determine the current state of the mobile terminal, and the corresponding status information is obtained, and the determined status information is notified to the status setting interface in the form of notification, and then the corresponding selection event is performed in the status setting interface. Trigger.

It should be noted that the analysis in the background involves a lot of information. Specifically, the background needs to analyze the usage status of the mobile terminal by using at least one of the location change information, the dwell time, the surrounding service, and the historical state information of the mobile terminal. Determine the current state of the mobile terminal. For example, the location change information of the mobile terminal is always switched between A and B. The duration of staying at A is 8 hours, usually 9:00-17:00, and the duration of staying at B is 12 hours, usually 19:00. At 7:00 the next day, the backstage analyzed that A should be the user's work place, and B should be the user's residence. Therefore, when the user is in A, the background can confirm that the user's status is working, and when The user is in the B area, and the background can confirm that the user's status is casual. For another example, the mobile terminal appears in a famous restaurant with a stay time of 2 hours, and the background can analyze and confirm that the user's status is in the meal. For another example, if the location of the mobile terminal changes rapidly in a short time, the background can analyze and confirm that the state of the user is driving. The above information is only a few pieces of information about the state of use of the mobile terminal. In practical applications, many other information is also involved, such as hardware temperature, hardware running time, open application type, etc., specific information types, information content. And the analysis strategy employed in the background is not limited in the present invention.

Further, after the setting of the status information of the contact item ends, the status information may also be synchronously updated to the user's entry stored in the address book application of the other user for other users to refer to whether to initiate communication. In the embodiment of the present invention, the process of synchronizing can be implemented through a cloud server. After the user updates the status information of the user, the updated status information is uploaded to the cloud server, and the updated status information is further broadcasted by the cloud server to the address book application of the other user, and the user's entry is stored in the other user. The updated status information is presented in . It should be noted that how the cloud server determines the broadcast object. The user can upload the contact item stored in the address book to the cloud server in advance, and then, during the broadcast, the cloud server can obtain the contact item pre-stored by the user, and then broadcast the contact information stored in the obtained contact item. In addition, the user can also carry the contact items stored locally in the updated status information uploading process. This triggers the cloud server to broadcast the updated status information to the carried contact entry. FIG. 4 shows a schematic diagram of a display of an address book interface according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 4, corresponding status information is presented next to each contact, and the user of the mobile terminal can select whether to contact the contact according to the status information. For example, if the status information of Xiao Ming is in the conference, the user can choose to send a text message or spend time to contact Xiao Ming without an emergency.

In addition, in the embodiment of the present invention, after the user's entry (especially an entry of another contact) presents the state information corresponding to the selection event, the operation performed by the mobile terminal in the state information is performed according to the selected state information. Filter, and then perform the post-screening operation. Here, different operations may be used for the status information of different users. For example, if the status information here is the status information of the user of the mobile terminal, taking the “in-meeting” as an example, the mobile terminal performs the operation that can be performed at this time. Filtering, determining that the provided functions only include SMS, mute, and presenting shortcuts for text messages and mute in the contact entries, and does not generate a shortcut for making a call. The user of the mobile terminal can only perform the filtered message and mute. Two features.

The method for setting the contact status in the address book is described in detail by taking the first type of user as an example. The specific implementation manner is also applicable to the second type of user, and the difference is that the basis for the status identification mode of the second type of user is The user's intention of the mobile terminal is not the second type of user itself, and is usually limited to being displayed on the user's mobile terminal.

Based on the same inventive concept, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a contact state setting device in an address book. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the structure of a contact state setting device in an address book according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to Figure 5, the device includes at least:

The receiving module 510 is adapted to receive a startup event of the address book application installed on the mobile terminal, and activate the address book application;

An interface adding module 520, coupled to the receiving module 510, is adapted to add a state setting interface that can select a plurality of state information for an entry of one or more users of the address book application;

The receiving module 510 is further adapted to receive, by the state setting interface added by the interface adding module 520, a selection event of the status information;

The presentation module 530 has one end coupled to the receiving module 510 and the other end coupled to the interface adding module 520, and is adapted to present state information corresponding to the selection event in the user's entry.

In a preferred embodiment, the receiving module 510 is further adapted to:

a selection event that receives status information from the user at the status setting interface; or

The status setting interface selects events from the status information of the background notification.

In a preferred embodiment, the receiving module 510 is further adapted to:

A selection event is received at the status setting interface to receive status information input by the user through a click operation.

In a preferred embodiment, the receiving module 510 is further adapted to receive a notification in the background by the following steps:

The background analyzes the usage status of the mobile terminal to determine the current state of the mobile terminal;

The determined status is notified to the status setting interface in the form of a notification.

In a preferred embodiment, the usage status includes:

At least one of location change information, dwell time, surrounding traffic, and historical state information of the mobile terminal.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing another structure of a contact state setting device in an address book according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to Figure 6, the apparatus further includes:

The synchronization module 540, coupled to the receiving module 510, and/or coupled to the presentation module 530, is adapted to synchronously update status information to an entry of the user stored in an address book application of another user for reference by other users. communication. The coupling mode here depends on the source of the synchronization information of the synchronization module 540, so there are different possibilities, which are marked in the form of a dotted line in the drawing. In practical applications, the synchronization module 540 selects at least any prior module coupling. can.

Referring to FIG. 6, the contact status setting device in the address book further includes:

The screening module 550 is coupled to the presentation module 530, and is adapted to filter, according to the selected state information, an operation that can be performed by the mobile terminal in the state information.

The execution module 560 is coupled to the screening module 550 and is adapted to perform the post-screening operation.

The following beneficial effects can be achieved by using the method and apparatus provided by the embodiments of the present invention:

In the embodiment of the present invention, after the address book enablement is enabled, a status setting interface is added to the entry of the user of the address book application for selecting a plurality of status information. If a selection event of the status information is received at the status setting interface, the status information corresponding to the selection event is presented at the user's entry. In the embodiment of the present invention, a new state setting function is added for the address book application, and the user can select different state information according to actual needs, such as busy, meeting, and the like. The addition of new functions solves the problem of single function of the address book in the prior art, and can select corresponding status information display according to user needs or actual conditions, thereby improving the sense of the user. Experienced.

In the description provided herein, numerous specific details are set forth. However, it is understood that the embodiments of the invention may be practiced without these specific details. In some instances, well-known methods, structures, and techniques are not shown in detail so as not to obscure the understanding of the description.

Similarly, the various features of the invention are sometimes grouped together into a single embodiment, in the above description of the exemplary embodiments of the invention, Figure, or a description of it. However, the method disclosed is not to be interpreted as reflecting the intention that the claimed invention requires more features than those recited in the claims. Rather, as the following claims reflect, inventive aspects reside in less than all features of the single embodiments disclosed herein. Therefore, the claims following the specific embodiments are hereby explicitly incorporated into the embodiments, and each of the claims as a separate embodiment of the invention.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the modules in the devices of the embodiments can be adaptively changed and placed in one or more devices different from the embodiment. The modules or units or components of the embodiments may be combined into one module or unit or component, and further they may be divided into a plurality of sub-modules or sub-units or sub-components. In addition to such features and/or at least some of the processes or units being mutually exclusive, any combination of the features disclosed in the specification, including the accompanying claims, the abstract and the drawings, and any methods so disclosed, or All processes or units of the device are combined. Each feature disclosed in this specification (including the accompanying claims, the abstract and the drawings) may be replaced by alternative features that provide the same, equivalent or similar purpose.

In addition, those skilled in the art will appreciate that, although some embodiments described herein include certain features that are included in other embodiments and not in other features, combinations of features of different embodiments are intended to be within the scope of the present invention. Different embodiments are formed and formed. For example, in the following claims, any one of the claimed embodiments can be used in any combination.

The various component embodiments of the present invention may be implemented in hardware, or in a software module running on one or more processors, or in a combination thereof. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that a microprocessor or digital signal processor (DSP) may be used in practice to implement some or all of some or all of the components of the contact state setting device in the address book in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. All features. The invention may also be implemented as a part for performing the methods described herein A device or device program (eg, a computer program and a computer program product). Such a program implementing the invention may be stored on a computer readable medium or may be in the form of one or more signals. Such signals may be downloaded from an Internet website, provided on a carrier signal, or provided in any other form.

For example, Figure 7 illustrates a computing device that can implement a contact status setting method in an address book in accordance with the present invention. The computing device conventionally includes a processor 710 and a computer program product or computer readable medium in the form of a memory 720. Memory 720 can be an electronic memory such as a flash memory, EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory), EPROM, hard disk, or ROM. Memory 720 has a memory space 730 for program code 731 for performing any of the method steps described above. For example, storage space 730 for program code may include various program code 731 for implementing various steps in the above methods, respectively. The program code can be read from or written to one or more computer program products. These computer program products include program code carriers such as hard disks, compact disks (CDs), memory cards or floppy disks. Such a computer program product is typically a portable or fixed storage unit as described with reference to FIG. The storage unit may have storage segments, storage spaces, and the like that are similarly arranged to memory 720 in the computing device of FIG. The program code can be compressed, for example, in an appropriate form. Typically, the storage unit includes computer readable code 731', ie, code readable by a processor, such as 710, that when executed by a computing device causes the computing device to perform each of the methods described above step.

"an embodiment," or "an embodiment," or "an embodiment," In addition, it is noted that the phrase "in one embodiment" is not necessarily referring to the same embodiment.

It is to be noted that the above-described embodiments are illustrative of the invention and are not intended to be limiting, and that the invention may be devised without departing from the scope of the appended claims. In the claims, any reference signs placed between parentheses shall not be construed as a limitation. The word "comprising" does not exclude the presence of the elements or steps that are not recited in the claims. The word "a" or "an" The invention can be implemented by means of hardware comprising several distinct elements and by means of a suitably programmed computer. In the unit claims enumerating several means, several of these means can be embodied by the same hardware item. The use of the words first, second, and third does not indicate any order. These words can be interpreted as names.

In addition, it should be noted that the language used in the specification has been selected for the purpose of readability and teaching, and is not intended to be construed or limited. Therefore, many modifications and changes will be apparent to those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the invention. The disclosure of the present invention is intended to be illustrative, and not restrictive, and the scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims.

Claims

A contact status setting method in an address book, including:

Receiving a startup event of an address book application installed on the mobile terminal, and starting the address book application;

Adding a state setting interface that can select a plurality of state information for an entry of one or more users of the address book application;

The selection event of the status setting interface receiving the status information is presented, and the status information corresponding to the selection event is presented in the entry of the user.
The method of claim 1, wherein the selection event of the status setting interface receiving the status information comprises at least one of the following:

Selecting an event at the state setting interface to receive status information from the user;

In the state, the selection event of the interface is set from the status information of the background notification.
The method of claim 2, wherein the selecting the interface to receive the selection event of the status information from the user comprises: receiving, at the status setting interface, a selection event of the status information input by the user by the click operation.
The method of claim 2 wherein said background is notified by the following steps:

The background is used to analyze the usage status of the mobile terminal, and determine the status that the mobile terminal should be currently in;

The determined status is notified to the status setting interface in the form of a notification.
The method according to claim 4, wherein the background state is used to analyze the usage status of the mobile terminal, and the status of the mobile terminal should be determined, including:

And analyzing, by the background, at least one of the location change information, the dwell time, the surrounding service, and the historical state information of the mobile terminal, the usage state of the mobile terminal, and determining a state that the mobile terminal should be currently in.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising:

The status information is synchronously updated to an entry of the user stored in an address book application of another user for the other user to refer to whether to initiate communication.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising: after the item of the user presents the status information corresponding to the selection event, further comprising:

Performing on the mobile terminal in the status information according to the selected status information Operation for screening;

Perform the filtered operation.
A contact status setting device in an address book, comprising:

The receiving module is adapted to receive a startup event of the address book application installed on the mobile terminal, and activate the address book application;

An interface adding module, configured to add a state setting interface that can select a plurality of state information for an entry of one or more users of the address book application;

The receiving module is further adapted to receive, at the state setting interface, a selection event of the status information;

A presentation module adapted to present state information corresponding to the selection event at an entry of the user.
The apparatus of claim 8 wherein said receiving module is further adapted to:

Selecting an event at the state setting interface to receive status information from the user; or

In the state, the selection event of the interface is set from the status information of the background notification.
The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the receiving module is further adapted to: receive, at the state setting interface, a selection event of status information input by the user by a click operation.
The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the receiving module is further adapted to receive the notification by the background by the following steps:

The background is used to analyze the usage status of the mobile terminal, and determine the status that the mobile terminal should be currently in;

The determined status is notified to the status setting interface in the form of a notification.
The apparatus of claim 11 wherein said usage status comprises:

At least one of location change information, dwell time, surrounding service, and historical state information of the mobile terminal.
The apparatus according to any one of claims 8 to 12, further comprising:

The synchronization module is adapted to synchronously update the status information to an entry of the user stored in an address book application of another user for the other user to refer to whether to initiate communication.
The apparatus according to any one of claims 8 to 13, further comprising:

a screening module, configured to filter, according to the selected state information, an operation that can be performed by the mobile terminal in the state information;

An execution module adapted to perform the post-screening operation.
A computer program comprising computer readable code causing the computing device to perform a contact in an address book according to any one of claims 1-7 when the computer readable code is run on a computing device State setting method.
A computer readable medium storing the computer program of claim 15.