WO2017063451A1

WO2017063451A1 - Contact display method and terminal

Info

Publication number: WO2017063451A1
Application number: PCT/CN2016/096365
Authority: WO
Inventors: 靖君臣; 罗化; 史文修
Original assignee: 深圳市金立通信设备有限公司
Priority date: 2015-10-14
Filing date: 2016-08-23
Publication date: 2017-04-20
Also published as: CN105227773A

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a contact display method and a terminal. The contact display method comprises: receiving a contact browsing instruction; in a contact browsing interface, classifying contacts having a same family name into a same group for display, and if M contacts comprise N different family names, classifying the M contacts into N groups for display, an i^th group comprising Ni contacts; a family name corresponding to the i^th group is Xi; the family name Xi being only displayed once in the group, names of the Ni contacts being sequentially arranged and displayed in at least one row, names of two contacts capable of be at least displayed in each row, and the i^th group being any group in the N groups. In the embodiments of the present invention, contacts are grouped according to different family names so as to perform centralized display, the number of rows occupied by the contacts is reduced; and the number of times of sliding operations can be reduced when a user searches for a contact, thereby facilitating the improvement of the search efficiency.

Description

Method and terminal for displaying contact

This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201510660782.6, entitled "Display Method and Terminal of a Contact" on October 14, 2015, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. In the application.

Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a method and a terminal for displaying a contact.

Background technique

With the development of electronic technology, users can contact the contacts in the address book through the terminal. Before contacting, the user looks up the contact by browsing the address book. In the prior art, contacts in the address book are displayed line by line, and one contact corresponds to one line.

The inventors have found that the prior art has the following problems: in order to find a certain contact, the user usually needs to scan the contact list displayed on the screen multiple times to find a contact, which is cumbersome and inefficient.

Summary of the invention

The embodiment of the invention provides a display method and a terminal for a contact, which can simplify the operation of the user to find a contact and improve the search efficiency.

A first aspect of the embodiments of the present invention provides a method for displaying a contact, where the method includes:

Receiving a contact browsing instruction;

In the contact browsing interface, the contacts of the same last name are displayed in the same group, and the M contacts include N different last names, and the M contacts are displayed in groups of N, wherein the i-th group includes Ni Contacts, the first name corresponding to the i-th group is Xi, and the last name Xi is displayed only once in the group. The names of the Ni contacts are sequentially displayed in at least one row, and each row can display at least two contact names, and the i-th group is any one of the N groups.

A second aspect of the embodiment of the present invention provides a terminal, where the terminal includes:

a receiving unit, configured to receive a contact browsing instruction;

a display unit, in the contact browsing interface, the contacts of the same last name are displayed in the same group, and the M contacts include N different last names, and the M contacts are displayed in groups of N, wherein The i-th group includes Ni contacts, the i-th name corresponding to the i-th group is Xi, the last name Xi is displayed only once in the group, and the names of the Ni contacts are sequentially displayed in at least one row, and each row can display at least two contacts. The name of the person, the ith group is any one of the N groups.

The display method of the contact provided by the embodiment of the present invention is grouped according to the last name, the contacts of the same last name are collectively displayed in the same group, and the M contacts are divided into N groups according to different surnames, wherein the i-th group includes Ni contacts. The first surname corresponding to the i-th group is Xi, the last name Xi is displayed only once in the group, and the names of the Ni contacts are sequentially displayed in at least one row, and each row can display at least two contact names, the i-th The group is any one of the N groups. Therefore, when the technical solution provided by the present invention is adopted, the number of rows occupied by the contact is reduced, and when the user searches for a contact, the number of sliding operations can be reduced, which is advantageous for improving the search efficiency.

DRAWINGS

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly described below. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are Some embodiments of the present invention may also be used to obtain other drawings based on these drawings without departing from the art.

1 is a schematic flowchart of a method for displaying a contact according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart diagram of another method for displaying a contact according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic flowchart diagram of another method for displaying a contact according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of another terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

detailed description

The embodiment of the invention provides a display method and a terminal for a contact, which can simplify the operation of the user to find a contact, and is beneficial to improving the search efficiency.

In order to make the object, the features and the advantages of the present invention more obvious and easy to understand, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. The described embodiments are a part of the embodiments of the invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention without creative efforts are within the scope of the present invention.

The terms "first", "second", "third" and "fourth" and the like in the specification and claims of the present invention and the above drawings are used to distinguish different objects, and are not intended to describe a specific order. Moreover, the terms "comprises" and "comprising" and "comprising" are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion. For example, a process, method, system, product, or device that comprises a series of steps or units is not limited to the listed steps or units, but optionally includes steps or units not listed, or, optionally, Other steps or units inherent to these processes, methods, products or equipment.

An embodiment of a method for displaying a contact of the present invention includes: receiving a contact browsing instruction; in the contact browsing interface, contacts of the same last name are displayed in the same group, and M contacts include N different The last name, the M contacts are divided into N groups for centralized display, wherein the i-th group includes Ni contacts, the i-th group corresponding to the last name is Xi, and the last name Xi is displayed only once in the group, Ni contacts The names are sequentially displayed in at least one row, each row is capable of displaying at least two contact names, and the i-th group is any one of the N groups.

Referring first to FIG. 1, FIG. 1 is a schematic flowchart diagram of a method for displaying a contact according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1 , a method for displaying a contact provided by an embodiment of the present invention may include:

101. Receive a contact browsing instruction.

It can be understood that the receiving contact browsing instruction can be triggered by monitoring the method of selecting a contact option in a page for making a call or sending or receiving a short message.

102. In the contact browsing interface, the contacts of the same last name are displayed in the same group, and the M contacts include N different last names, and the M contacts are displayed in groups of N, wherein the i-th group Including Ni contacts, the first name corresponding to the i-th group is Xi, the last name Xi is displayed only once in the group, and the names of the Ni contacts are sequentially displayed in at least one row, and each row can display at least two The name of the contact, the ith group is any one of the N groups, wherein M, N, i, and Ni are positive integers.

Optionally, in some possible implementation manners of the present invention, the names of the Ni contacts in the i-th group are sequentially arranged, and the Ni contacts are sequentially in the order of the pinyin letters corresponding to the contact name. The names are arranged in order.

Optionally, in some possible implementation manners of the present invention, the sequentially arranging the names of the Ni contacts in the i-th group includes: contacting the Ni in descending order of the frequency at which the contacts are selected The names of people are arranged in order.

Optionally, in some possible implementation manners of the present invention, the names of the Ni contacts in the i-th group are sequentially displayed in at least one row, and the names of the Ni contacts are sequentially displayed in the H row. Where H=mod((Ni+H ₀ -1)/H ₀ ), H ₀ is the maximum number of contacts that can be displayed in a row, and H ₀ is an integer greater than or equal to 2.

Optionally, in some possible implementation manners of the present disclosure, the M contacts are grouped into N groups for centralized display, including: the N groups according to a total number of times the contacts in each group are selected from high to low. Arrange the displays one after the other.

Optionally, in some possible implementation manners of the present disclosure, the M contacts are displayed in a group of N, including:

The M contacts are grouped into N groups and displayed in the same screen collectively; or

The M contacts are divided into N groups, and the last names of the N groups of contacts are displayed in the same screen.

Optionally, in some possible implementation manners of the present invention, when the M contacts are divided into N groups for display, they may be displayed in the same screen of the terminal for convenience of searching. If the display area of the terminal is used to display the height of the contact area is G and the width is W, each set of contacts only occupies one line. Each set of contacts, that is, the contact with the same last name, is assigned a line height of G/N. In each row, the display width of each surname may be the same as w ₁ , and the display width occupied by each name may be fixed as (Ww ₁ )/N _j , where N _j is the contact data of the N groups at most The number of names corresponding to the last name. Of course, the display width of different group names can also be adaptively adjusted according to the number of contacts in the group. For example, if the number of contacts in the i-th group is N _i , the name of each contact in the group of contacts is displayed. The width may be (Ww ₁ )/N _i , and the ith group is any one of the N groups.

It can be understood that, in some possible implementation manners of the present invention, the display width of the last name in each line may also be set to be the same as the display width of the name, for example, the display width of the first name and the last name in each line may be W/(N _j +1), where N _j is the number of names corresponding to the last name of the contact data in the N group. It can be understood that the display widths of different group names and surnames can also be adaptively adjusted according to the number of contacts of the group. For example, the number of contacts in the i-th group is N _i , and the last name of the group of contacts is The display width of the name may be W/(N _i +1), wherein the i-th group is any one of the N groups.

It can be understood that, in some possible implementation manners of the present invention, when M contacts are divided into N groups for display, they can be displayed in the same screen of the terminal for convenience of searching. Depending on the number of contacts, the number of lines corresponding to each last name can also be different. If the maximum number of names that can be displayed per line is H ₀ , the number of lines occupied by the i-th contact is H _i = mod(( Ni+H ₀ -1)/H ₀ ), the row height of each line is:

It can be understood that, in some possible implementation manners of the present invention, in order to facilitate the searching, the M contacts are divided into N groups according to the last name, and the display height corresponding to each group of the N groups of contacts is G/N, if the last name corresponds to The display width is w ₂ , and each row in the display area of the terminal can display up to M ₁ names. If the number of contacts of the i-th group is N _i >M ₁ , the first M ₁ names in the i-th group are displayed on the display. In the area, after M ₁ names, N _i -M ₁ name is hidden in the same line after the M ₁ name, and the hidden name can be displayed by sliding operation or by setting a direction button set in the name display area to Easy to find. Specifically, when the sliding operation or the operation direction button is executed, the hidden names may be displayed one by one with the operation, or may be displayed one screen at a time. It should be noted that the leftmost last name in the display area is fixedly displayed. It is not hidden with the sliding operation or the operation of the button. When a screen is displayed, the left side of each screen is the last name, and the right side is the hidden name displayed.

Referring to FIG. 2, FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart diagram of a method for displaying a contact according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 1 , a method for displaying a contact provided by an embodiment of the present invention may include:

201. Receive a contact browsing instruction.

202. In the contact browsing interface, the contacts of the same last name are displayed in the same group, and the M contacts include N different last names, and the M contacts are displayed in groups of N, wherein the i-th group Including Ni contacts, the i-group corresponding to the last name is Xi, the last name Xi is displayed only once in the group, and the names of the Ni contacts are sequentially displayed in at least one row according to the order of the pinyin letters corresponding to the contact name. Each row can display at least two contact names, and the i-th group is any one of the N groups.

For example, if there are 13 contacts, the names of the contacts are: Abu, Ami, Ayu, Cabbage, Daytime, Baiyun, Li Dan, Li Jia, Li Min, Li Ming, Li San, Zhang Li and Zhang. jade. It should be noted that the name includes two parts: the last name and the first name. The above 13 people correspond to 4 different surnames: A, Bai, Li and Zhang. For example, a contact with the last name is A, and the contact whose last name is ‘A’ is displayed as a group, for example, it can be displayed in a table. The last name 'A' is displayed on the left side of the form and is displayed only once. The right side of the list shows the names of all contacts whose last name is 'A'. For example, cloth, beauty and woo are displayed in the same line, and the names are the pinyin letters corresponding to the names. The order of the order is displayed in order.

Optionally, in some possible implementation manners of the present invention, if the number of people in a group corresponding to a certain last name exceeds the number H ₀ of the maximum number of contacts that can be displayed in a row, multiple lines may be used to display the contact of the group. people. For example, H ₀ = 4, then in some alternative embodiments, such as 5 people with a surname of Li, then 5 contacts are displayed in the H line, where H=mod((Ni+H ₀ -1) ) /H ₀ )=mod((5+4-1)/4)=2, as shown in Table 1, when the group of contacts whose last name is Li is displayed, the last name is displayed at the far left of the form, and the names are in turn It is placed on the right side of the last name and takes up two lines. And in this embodiment, the names in each group are sequentially arranged in the order of the pinyin letters corresponding to the names.

Table I

The display method of the contact provided by the embodiment of the present invention is grouped according to the last name, the contacts of the same last name are collectively displayed in the same group, and the M contacts are divided into N groups according to different surnames, wherein the i-th group includes Ni contacts. The first surname corresponding to the i-th group is Xi, and the last name Xi is displayed only once in the group, and the names of the Ni contacts are sequentially displayed in at least one row, each row can display at least two contact names, and Ni contacts The person's name is displayed in at least one row according to the order of the pinyin letters corresponding to the contact's name. Therefore, when the technical solution provided by the present invention is adopted, the number of rows occupied by the contact is small, which reduces the number of sliding operations when the user searches for a contact, and the order of the contacts is arranged according to the order of the pinyin letters corresponding to the contact name. Arrangement helps improve search efficiency.

Referring to FIG. 3, FIG. 3 is a schematic flowchart diagram of a method for displaying a contact according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 3, a display method of a contact provided by an embodiment of the present invention may include:

301. Receive a contact browsing instruction.

302. In the contact browsing interface, the contacts of the same last name are displayed in the same group, and the M contacts include N different last names, and the M contacts are collectively displayed in N groups, wherein the i-th group Including Ni contacts, the i-group corresponding to the last name is Xi, the last name Xi is displayed only once in the group, and the names of the Ni contacts are Ni to the contacts according to the number of times the contacts are selected from high to low. The names are displayed in sequence on at least one line, and each line can display at least two contact names. Word, the ith group is any one of the N groups.

For example, in this embodiment, if there are 13 contacts, the names of the contacts are: Abu, Ami, Ayu, Cabbage, Daytime, Baiyun, Li Dan, Li Jia, Li Min, Li Ming, Li Third, Zhang Li and Zhang Yu. It should be noted that the name includes two parts: the last name and the first name. The above 13 people correspond to 4 different surnames: A, Bai, Li and Zhang. For example, a contact with the last name is A, and the contact whose last name is ‘A’ is displayed as a group, for example, it can be displayed in a table. The last name 'A' is displayed on the left side of the form and is displayed only once. The right side of the list shows the names of all contacts whose last name is 'A'. For example, cloth, beauty and woo are displayed in the same line, where the names in the same group are The number of times the name is selected in the preset time period is in descending order. The preset time may be 3 months, half a year, 1 year, or a period from the purchase machine to the present. If Abu, Ami, and Ayu, whose names of surnames are 'A' in the preset time period, are selected 5 times, 8 times, and 3 times respectively, the names of Abu, Ami, and Ayu are 'Bei, Mei. , Yu's order of high and low according to the number of times selected is '美, 布,宇'.

Similarly, in this embodiment, the contacts whose names are white include: cabbage, daytime, and white clouds, and the number of times selected in the preset time period is: 11 times, 3 times, 5 times. Then, the names of cabbage, daytime, and white clouds, 'vegetables, days, and clouds', are arranged in descending order of the number of times selected from the list of vegetables, clouds, and days.

Similarly, the surnames are Li's contacts: Li Dan, Li Jia, Li Min, Li Ming, and Li San. If the number of times selected in the preset time period is: 11 times, 9 times, 7 times, 8 times, 3 times. Then the names of Li Dan, Li Jia, Li Min, Li Ming and Li San 'Dan, Jia, Min, Ming, and San' are arranged in descending order of the number of times selected from high to low: Dan, Jia, Ming, Min, three'.

It should be noted that if different names in the same group are selected the same number of times, the names with the same number of times of selection may be randomly sorted, or may be further sorted according to the order of the pinyin letters corresponding to the names; of course, other sorts may also be used. The way to sort the names with the same number of times.

If the number of people in a group corresponding to a last name exceeds the maximum number of contacts H ₀ that can be displayed in a row, multiple lines can be used to display the contacts of the group. For example, H ₀ = 4, then in some alternative embodiments, such as 5 people with a surname of Li, then 5 contacts are displayed in the H line, where H=mod((Ni+H ₀ -1) ) /H ₀ )=mod((5+4-1)/4)=2, as shown in Table 1, when the group of contacts whose last name is Li is displayed, the last name is displayed at the far left of the form, and the names are in turn It is placed on the right side of the last name and takes up two lines.

Similarly, the surname is Zhang's contact: Zhang Li and Zhang Yu, if the number of times selected in the preset time period is: 7 times, 8 times. Then Zhang Li and Zhang Yu's name ‘Li, Jade’ are arranged in order of high to low according to the number of times selected, “Jade, Li”.

It should be noted that when the contact includes multiple last names, there are multiple groups corresponding to the plurality of last names, and the N groups may be sequentially arranged according to the order of the pinyin letters corresponding to the last names of the groups. The display manner of the contacts in the embodiment may be as shown in Table 2.

Table II

Optionally, in some possible implementation manners of the present invention, when the contact includes N last names, there are N sets of contacts corresponding to the N last names, and may be determined according to the total number of times the contacts in each group are selected. The order of high to low is sequentially displayed for the N groups of contacts.

For example, if there are 13 contacts, the names of the contacts are: Abu, Ami, Ayu, Cabbage, Daytime, Baiyun, Li Dan, Li Jia, Li Min, Li Ming, Li San, Zhang Li and Zhang. jade. It should be noted that the name includes two parts: the last name and the first name. The above 13 people correspond to 4 different surnames: A, Bai, Li and Zhang. For example, a contact with the last name is A, and the contact whose last name is ‘A’ is displayed as a group, for example, it can be displayed in a table. Where the last name ‘A’ is displayed on the left side of the form and only one is displayed On the right side of the second, the names of all the contacts whose last name is 'A' are displayed, for example, cloth, beauty and woo are displayed in the same line, wherein the names in the same group are selected by the name within the preset time period from high to The low order is arranged in order. The preset time may be 3 months, half a year, 1 year, or a period from the purchase machine to the present. If Abu, Ami, and Ayu, whose names of surnames are 'A' in the preset time period, are selected 5 times, 8 times, and 3 times respectively, the names of Abu, Ami, and Ayu are 'Bei, Mei. The order in which the number of selected times is from high to low is 'Mei, Bu, Yu', and the total number of contacts whose last name is 'A' is 5+8+3=16 times.

Similarly, in this embodiment, the contacts whose names are white include: cabbage, daytime, and white clouds, and the number of times selected in the preset time period is: 11 times, 3 times, 5 times. The total number of times the names of cabbage, daytime and white clouds, 'vegetables, days, clouds' are arranged in descending order of the number of times selected from the order of 'dish, cloud, and sky', and the names whose names are 'white' are selected. It is 11+3+5=19 times.

Similarly, the surnames are Li's contacts: Li Dan, Li Jia, Li Min, Li Ming, and Li San. If the number of times selected in the preset time period is: 11 times, 9 times, 7 times, 8 times, 3 times. Then the names of Li Dan, Li Jia, Li Min, Li Ming and Li San 'Dan, Jia, Min, Ming, and San' are arranged in descending order of the number of times selected from high to low: Dan, Jia, Ming, Min, The total number of contacts for the three ', whose last name is 'Li' is 11+9+7+8+3=38 times.

Similarly, the surname is Zhang's contact: Zhang Li and Zhang Yu, if the number of times selected in the preset time period is: 7 times, 8 times. The names of Zhang Li and Zhang Yu's 'Li, Jade' are ranked according to the number of times they are selected from high to low: 'Jade, Li'; the total number of contacts whose last name is 'Zhang' is 7+8. =15 times.

For the contact name of “A, Bai, Li, Zhang”, the total number of times selected is “16, 19, 38, 15”, and the 4 groups are contacted in descending order of the total number of times selected. The order in which people are arranged in order is "Li, Bai, A, Zhang." Therefore, the display manner of the contact in this embodiment may be as shown in Table 3.

Table 3

Referring to FIG. 4, FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, a terminal 400 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include:

The receiving unit 401 is configured to receive a contact browsing instruction.

The display unit 402 is configured to display, in the contact browsing interface, contacts of the same last name in the same group set, and M contacts include N different last names, and the M contacts are divided into N groups for display, wherein The i-th group includes Ni contacts, the i-th name corresponding to the i-th group is Xi, the last name Xi is displayed only once in the group, and the names of the Ni contacts are sequentially displayed in at least one row, and each row can display at least two The name of the contact, the ith group is any one of the N groups.

Optionally, in some possible implementation manners of the present disclosure, the display unit may be specifically configured to: name the Ni contacts in the i-th group in the order of the pinyin letters corresponding to the contact name Arrange in order.

Optionally, in some possible implementation manners of the present disclosure, the display unit is specifically configured to: name the Ni contacts in the i-th group in descending order of the frequency at which the contacts are selected Arrange in order.

Optionally, in some possible implementation manners of the present disclosure, the display unit is specifically configured to display the names of the Ni contacts in the i-th group in a row in a row, including: Ni contacts. The names are arranged in order in H rows, where H=mod((Ni+H ₀ -1)/H ₀ ), H ₀ is the maximum number of contacts that can be displayed in a row, and H ₀ is greater than or equal to 2 The integer.

Optionally, in some possible implementation manners of the present disclosure, the display unit is specifically configured to The N groups are sequentially arranged according to the order in which the total number of contacts selected in each group is selected from high to low.

In the terminal provided by the embodiment of the present invention, when the contact is displayed, the receiving unit receives the contact browsing instruction, and the display unit groups according to the last name, the contacts of the same last name are collectively displayed in the same group, and the M contacts are divided into N according to different surnames. a group, wherein the i-th group includes Ni contacts, the i-th group corresponding to the last name is Xi, the last name Xi is displayed only once in the group, and the Ni contacts are sequentially arranged in at least one row, and each row can at least The names of the two contacts are displayed, and the i-th group is any one of the N groups. Therefore, when the technical solution provided by the present invention is adopted, the number of rows occupied by the contact is reduced, and when the user searches for a contact, the number of sliding operations can be reduced, which is advantageous for improving the search efficiency.

Optionally, in some possible implementation manners of the present invention, when the display unit 402 displays the M contacts into N groups, it may be displayed in the same screen of the terminal for convenient searching. If the display area of the terminal for displaying the contact is G and the width is W, each group of contacts only occupies one line, and each group of contacts, that is, the contact with the same last name, is assigned a line height of G/N. In each row, the display width of each surname may be the same as w ₁ , and the display width occupied by each name may be fixed as (Ww ₁ )/N _j , where N _j is the contact data of the N groups at most The number of names corresponding to the last name. Of course, the display width of different group names can also be adaptively adjusted according to the number of contacts in the group. For example, if the number of contacts in the i-th group is N _i , the name of each contact in the group of contacts is displayed. The width may be: (Ww ₁ )/N _i , and the ith group is any one of the N groups.

It can be understood that, in some possible implementation manners of the present invention, the display width of the last name in each line may also be set to be the same as the display width of the name, for example, the display width of the first name and the last name in each line may be W/(N _j +1), where N _j is the number of names corresponding to the last name of the contact data in the N group. It can be understood that the display widths of different group names and surnames can also be adaptively adjusted according to the number of contacts of the group. For example, the number of contacts in the i-th group is N _i , and the last name of the group of contacts is The display width of the name may be: W/(N _i +1), where the i-th group is any one of the N groups.

It can be understood that, in some possible implementation manners of the present invention, in order to facilitate the searching, the M contacts are divided into N groups according to the last name, and the display height corresponding to each group of the N groups of contacts is G/N, if the last name corresponds to The display width is w ₂ , and each row in the display area of the terminal can display up to M ₁ names. If the number of contacts of the i-th group is N _i >M ₁ , the first M ₁ names in the i-th group are displayed on the display. In the area, after M ₁ names, N _i -M ₁ name is hidden in the same line after the M ₁ name, and the hidden name can be displayed by sliding operation or by setting a direction button set in the name display area to Easy to find. Specifically, when the sliding operation or the operation direction button is executed, the hidden names may be displayed one by one with the operation, or may be displayed one screen at a time. It should be noted that the leftmost last name in the display area is fixedly displayed. It is not hidden with the sliding operation or the operation of the button. When one screen is displayed on one screen, the left side of each screen is the last name, and the right side is the hidden name displayed.

Referring to FIG. 5, FIG. 5 is a structural block diagram of a terminal 500 according to another embodiment of the present invention. The terminal 500 may include: at least one processor 501, a memory 502, a user interface 503, and at least one communication bus 504. Among them, the communication bus 504 is used to implement connection communication between these components.

The user interface 503 can include a device such as a touch screen and can be used to receive a contact browsing instruction issued by the user. For example, the method for monitoring the user to select a contact option by dialing a call or sending a text message on the touch screen may trigger the receiving of the contact browsing instruction.

The memory 502 can include a read only memory and a random access memory that can be used to store contact information and the number of times the contact is selected and to store program code and provide instructions and data to the processor 501. A portion of memory 502 may also include a non-volatile random access memory.

In the embodiment of the present invention, by calling the program code or instruction stored in the memory 502, the processor 501 is configured to display the contacts of the same last name in the same group for display, and the M contacts include N different last names. The M contacts are divided into N groups for centralized display, wherein the i-th group includes Ni Contacts, the i-group corresponding to the last name is Xi, the last name Xi is displayed only once in the group, the names of the Ni contacts are displayed in at least one row, and each row can display at least two contact names. The i-th group is any one of the N groups.

Optionally, in some possible implementation manners of the present invention, the processor is specifically configured to sequentially arrange the names of the Ni contacts in the i-th group in the order of the pinyin letters corresponding to the contact name.

Optionally, in some possible implementation manners of the present invention, the processor may be specifically configured to: name the Ni contacts in the i-th group in descending order of the frequency at which the contacts are selected They are arranged in order and displayed through the screen in the user interface 503.

Optionally, in some possible implementation manners of the present disclosure, the processor may be further configured to display, in sequence, the names of the Ni contacts in the i-th group in at least one row, including: Ni contacts. The names of people are displayed in order in H rows, where H=mod((Ni+H ₀ -1)/H ₀ ), H ₀ is the maximum number of contacts that can be displayed in a row, and H ₀ is greater than or equal to An integer of 2.

Optionally, in some possible implementation manners of the present invention, the N groups may be sequentially displayed according to a total number of times the contacts in each group are selected.

It can be seen that, in the technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present invention, when the user sets the password, the pressing information corresponding to the pressing operation is set as the preset password by simultaneously performing the pressing operation on the N positions of the touch screen of the terminal. Wherein, the pressing information is at least one of a pressing force and a pressing duration, and the pressing force and the pressing duration obtained by simultaneously pressing the plurality of positions are not easily known by the observer, so that the user stands near the time when the password is set. There are other people, and others are not easy to know the password set by the user. Therefore, the technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present invention improves the privacy and security of the terminal password setting. Meanwhile, in the technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present invention, when the password is verified, the user performs the pressing operation at the N positions of the touch screen of the terminal, and sets the pressing information corresponding to the pressing operation as the input password. Wherein, the pressing information is at least one of a pressing force and a pressing duration, and the strength of the pressing and the pressing time obtained by simultaneously pressing the plurality of positions are not easily known by the observer, so that the user stands nearby even when the password is input. Others, other people are not easy to know the password input by the user, so the technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present invention also improves the privacy and security of the terminal password input.

In the above embodiments, the descriptions of the various embodiments are different, and the details that are not detailed in a certain embodiment can be referred to the related descriptions of other embodiments.

In the several embodiments provided herein, it should be understood that the disclosed apparatus may be implemented in other ways. For example, the device embodiments described above are merely illustrative. For example, the division of the unit is only a logical function division. In actual implementation, there may be another division manner, for example, multiple units or components may be combined or may be Integrate into another system, or some features can be ignored or not executed. In addition, the mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed may be an indirect coupling or communication connection through some interface, device or unit, and may be electrical or otherwise.

The units described as separate components may or may not be physically separated, and the components displayed as units may or may not be physical units, that is, may be located in one place, or may be distributed to multiple network units. Some or all of the units may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the embodiment.

In addition, each functional unit in each embodiment of the present invention may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist physically separately, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit. The above integrated unit can be implemented in the form of hardware or in the form of a software functional unit.

The integrated unit, if implemented in the form of a software functional unit and sold or used as a standalone product, may be stored in a computer readable storage medium. Based on such understanding, the present invention Technical Solution In essence or in part that contributes to the prior art, or all or part of the technical solution may be embodied in the form of a software product, the computer software product is stored in a storage medium, including a plurality of instructions for making A computer device (which may be a personal computer, server or network device, etc.) performs all or part of the steps of the methods described in various embodiments of the present invention. The foregoing storage medium includes: a U disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a removable hard disk, a magnetic disk, or an optical disk, and the like. .

Claims

A method for displaying a contact, characterized in that the method comprises:

Receiving a contact browsing instruction;

In the contact browsing interface, the contacts of the same last name are displayed in the same group, and the M contacts include N different last names, and the M contacts are displayed in groups of N, wherein the i-th group includes Ni Contacts, the i-group corresponding to the last name is Xi, the last name Xi is displayed only once in the group, the names of the Ni contacts are displayed in at least one row, and each row can display at least two contact names. The i-th group is any one of the N groups.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the M contacts are divided into N groups for centralized display, including:

The M contacts are grouped into N groups and displayed in the same screen collectively; or

The M contacts are divided into N groups, and the last names of the N groups of contacts are displayed in the same screen.
The method of claim 1 wherein

The names of the Ni contacts in the i-th group are sequentially arranged to include:

The names of the Ni contacts are sequentially arranged in the order of the pinyin letters corresponding to the contact name; or

The names of the Ni contacts are sequentially arranged in descending order of the frequency at which the contacts are selected.
The method of claim 1 wherein

The names of the Ni contacts in the i-th group are sequentially displayed in at least one line including:

The names of the Ni contacts are sequentially displayed in the H line, where H=mod((Ni+H 0 -1)/H 0 ), and H 0 is the maximum number of contacts that can be displayed in one line, H 0 is An integer greater than or equal to 2.
The method of claim 1 wherein

The M contacts are divided into N groups for centralized display, including:

The N groups are sequentially displayed according to the order in which the total number of contacts selected in each group is selected from high to low.
A terminal, wherein the terminal comprises:

a receiving unit, configured to receive a contact browsing instruction;

a display unit, in the contact browsing interface, the contacts of the same last name are displayed in the same group, and the M contacts include N different last names, and the M contacts are displayed in groups of N, wherein The i-th group includes Ni contacts, the i-th name corresponding to the i-th group is Xi, the last name Xi is displayed only once in the group, and the names of the Ni contacts are sequentially displayed in at least one row, and each row can display at least two contacts. The name of the person, the ith group is any one of the N groups.
The terminal of claim 6 wherein:

The display unit is specifically configured to display, in the N group, the N contacts are displayed in the same screen in a centralized manner, or the M contacts are divided into N groups. The last name of the N group of contacts is displayed in the same screen.
The terminal of claim 6 wherein:

In the aspect of displaying the Ni contacts included in the i-th group, the display unit is specifically configured to sequentially name the Ni contacts in the i-th group in the order of the pinyin letters corresponding to the contact name. Or arranged; or, sequentially, the names of the Ni contacts in the i-th group are sequentially arranged in descending order of the frequency at which the contacts are selected.
The terminal of claim 6 wherein:

The names of the Ni contacts in the ith group are sequentially displayed in at least one row, and the display unit is specifically configured to display the names of the Ni contacts in the H row, wherein H=mod ((Ni+H 0 -1)/H 0 ), H 0 is the maximum number of contacts that can be displayed in a row, and H 0 is an integer greater than or equal to 2.
The method of claim 6 wherein:

The display unit is specifically configured to display the N groups in order according to the total number of times the contacts in each group are selected from high to low.