CN101990027B - Method for displaying contact list and electronic device thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

A method of displaying a contact list, a computer program product and an electronic device thereof are disclosed. The method for displaying the contact list of the electronic device comprises the following steps: sorting a contact list according to quantity information to generate a sorting result; and when a specific input is received, displaying personal data of the contacts in the contact list on a radar map according to the sorting result. Wherein the quantity information is related to a predetermined event of the contacts in the contact list, and the predetermined event comprises at least one of an incoming call, an outgoing call, a message, an email and a community site; wherein the step of sorting the contact list according to the quantity information to generate the sorting result comprises: the contact list is sorted according to the quantity information and a response time information to generate the sorting result, wherein the response time information is related to a time interval from receiving an unprocessed event to processing the unprocessed event.

Description

Method for displaying contact list and electronic device thereof

technical field

The present invention relates to a method for displaying a contact list, a computer program product and an electronic device thereof, especially a method for sorting the contact list by the number of a predetermined event (such as incoming calls, messages or emails) , computer program products and electronic devices thereof. the

Background technique

For mobile phone users, web services such as blogs, web photo albums, e-mails, and messages have become more and more popular. At present, there are many applications that provide mobile phone users to use these network services (such as accessing blogs) quickly and easily. However, when users search the contact list in the mobile phone, they cannot know these contacts Intimacy with the user himself. If the mobile phone can provide a mechanism for automatically sorting the contact list, the user can easily know which contacts are closer to him, which can further bring more convenience to the user. the

Contents of the invention

Therefore, one of the objectives of the present invention is to provide a method for displaying a contact list, a computer program product and an electronic device thereof, so as to solve the above-mentioned problems. the

The invention discloses a method for displaying a contact list, which is suitable for an electronic device. The method comprises the steps of: sorting a contact list according to a quantity information related to a predetermined event of contacts in the contact list to generate a sorted result; and when a specific input is received, Displaying a personal data of the contacts in the contact list on a radar chart according to the sorting result. Wherein, the predetermined event includes at least one of an incoming call, an outgoing call, a message, an email, and a social networking site; wherein the step of sorting the contact list according to the quantity information to generate the sorting result includes: The sorting result is generated by sorting the contact list according to the quantity information and response time information, wherein the response time information is related to a time interval from receiving an unprocessed event to processing the unprocessed event. the

The invention further discloses an electronic device. The electronic device includes a display screen, a storage unit, a sorting unit and a processing unit. The storage unit is used for storing a contact list and quantity information, wherein the quantity information is related to a predetermined event related to the contacts in the contact list. The sorting unit is coupled to the storage unit, and is used for sorting the contact list according to the quantity information stored in the storage unit to generate a sorting result, wherein the sorting unit sorts the contacts according to the quantity information and a response time information Person list to generate the ranking result, wherein the response time information is related to a time interval from receiving an unprocessed event to processing the unprocessed event. The processing unit is coupled to the sorting unit and the display screen. When the electronic device receives a specific input, it is used to control the display screen to display a personal data of the contacts in the contact list on a radar according to the sorting result. on the graph. the

The present invention further discloses a computer program product. After the program is loaded into an electronic device, the following steps are executed: sorting a contact list according to a quantity information to generate a sorting result, wherein the quantity information is related to the contact list A predetermined event of the contacts in the list; and when a specific input is received, displaying a personal data of the contacts in the contact list on a radar chart according to the sorting result. the

The invention further discloses an electronic device. The electronic device includes a sorting means and a processing means. The sorting means is used to sort a contact list according to a quantity information related to a predetermined event of the contacts in the contact list to generate a sorted result. The processing means is used for displaying a personal data of the contacts in the contact list on a radar chart according to the sorting result when the electronic device receives a specific input. the

Description of drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a first embodiment of an electronic device for displaying a contact list of the present invention. the

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of an exemplary embodiment of displaying an unsorted contact list on a display screen of an electronic device. the

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of an example of a contact list and corresponding quantity information stored in the storage unit in FIG. 1 . the

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of an example of a vibration input in a predetermined direction of the electronic device of the present invention. the

FIG. 5 (including FIG. 5A and FIG. 5B ) is a sorting result generated by sorting a contact list according to a quantity information in FIG. 3 and displaying the contacts of the contact list on a radar chart according to the sorting result A schematic diagram of a first exemplary embodiment of . the

Fig. 6 (including Fig. 6A and Fig. 6B) is the sorting result generated by sorting a contact list according to a quantity information in Fig. 3 and displaying the contacts of the contact list on a radar chart according to the sorting result A schematic diagram of a second exemplary embodiment of . the

FIG. 7 (including FIG. 7A and FIG. 7B ) is a sorting result generated by sorting a contact list according to a quantity information in FIG. 3 and displaying the contacts of the contact list on a radar chart according to the sorting result A schematic diagram of a third exemplary embodiment of . the

FIG. 8 (including FIG. 8A and FIG. 8B ) is a sorting result generated by sorting a contact list according to a quantity information and a response time information in FIG. 3 and displaying the contacts of the contact list according to the sorting result A schematic diagram of an example embodiment on a radar chart. the

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a second embodiment of the electronic device for displaying a contact list of the present invention. the

FIG. 10 is a flow chart of an example operation of the method for displaying a contact list of the present invention. the

FIG. 11 is a flowchart of another operation example of the method for displaying a contact list of the present invention. the

【Description of main component symbols】

100, 900 Electronic devices

110 storage unit

120 sorting unit

130 processing unit

140 Display screen

CL1 Contact List

CL2 sorting results

INF Quantity Information

INF1 First Quantity Information

INF2 Second Quantity Information

INF3 Third Quantity Information

INF4 Response Time Information

INF5 Product result

DIN specific input

A～H Contact name

910 Selection unit

KW1 Keyword

GU1 Group Specific Contact List

1002～1008, 1110, 1120 steps

Detailed ways

Please refer to FIG. 1 , which is a schematic diagram of a first embodiment of an electronic device 100 for displaying a contact list according to the present invention. The electronic device 100 can be a mobile electronic device, such as a mobile phone (mobilephone), a personal digital assistant (personal digital assistant, PDA) or a personal digital assistant mobile phone (PDA phone), but the present invention is not limited thereto, the present invention The invention can be applied to any electronic device (for example: personal computer, car computer, etc.) that stores a contact list. As shown in FIG. 1 , the electronic device 100 includes (but is not limited to) a storage unit 110 , a sorting unit 120 , a processing unit 130 and a display screen 140 . the

Wherein, the storage unit 110 can be realized by any element that can store data, for example: a built-in memory of a mobile phone or an external SIM card or a hard disk of a computer. The storage unit 110 is used for storing a contact list CL1 and a quantity information INF, wherein the quantity information INF is related to a predetermined event of the contacts of the CL1 in the contact list. Please note that the contact list CL1 and the quantity information INF can be directly stored in the electronic device 100, or can be stored in a server (server) or a personal computer outside the electronic device 100. In this way, the electronic device 100 can be accessed through the Internet or The contact list CL1 (for example, the contact list of Outlook) and the quantity information INF are downloaded to the storage unit 110 of the electronic device 100 through the transmission line. It is worth noting that the quantity information INF is related to the number of predetermined events received from the contact (such as incoming calls, receiving messages, receiving emails, or browsing user social networking sites), and the predetermined events (such as outgoing calls) transmitted to the contacts. , the number of messages sent, e-mails sent, or contact social networking site visits), or the total number of scheduled events received from and transmitted to contacts. In addition, several constraints can be added to obtain valid quantity information INF. For example, the predetermined event may be limited to an event occurring within a predetermined period of time (eg, within a week or a month). the

As shown in FIG. 1 , the sorting unit 120 is coupled to the storage unit 110 for sorting the contact list CL1 according to the quantity information INF stored in the storage unit 110 to generate a sorting result CL2 . The processing unit 130 is coupled to the sorting unit 120 and the display screen 140. When the electronic device 100 receives a specific input DIN, the processing unit 130 will control the display screen 140 to display one of the contacts in the contact list CL1 according to the sorting result CL2. Data (such as name and/or photo) on a radar chart. In one embodiment, an acceleration sensor (not shown) can be used to detect whether the electronic device 100 receives a specific input DIN. The specific input DIN is generated when the acceleration sensor detects that the electronic device 100 is vibrated by the user. , when the electronic device 100 receives a specific input DIN, the processing unit 130 will control the display screen 140 to display a personal data of a contact in the contact list CL1 on a radar chart according to the sorting result CL2. the

Please note that the above specific input DIN is a vibration input in a predetermined direction relative to the electronic device 100, and the predetermined direction can be one of forward, backward, left or right, but this is not the According to the limitation of the invention, the predetermined direction can also be defined as other directions. the

Please note that the present invention does not limit the use of the acceleration sensor to trigger the sorting function. In other embodiments, the sorting function can also be triggered by using a button configured on the electronic device 100 or a specific button on the touch screen, and These all belong to the category covered by the present invention. the

Please refer to FIG. 2 , which is a schematic diagram of an exemplary embodiment of displaying an unsorted contact list on a display screen of an electronic device. As shown in FIG. 2 , the display screen 140 of the electronic device 100 displays an unsorted contact list CL1 . At this time, the user can vibrate the electronic device 100 (as shown in FIG. 4 ) according to a predetermined direction (for example, forward) to generate a specific input DIN. When the acceleration sensor 160 detects the specific input DIN, the electronic device 100 The sorting unit 120 will sort the contact list CL1 according to at least the quantity information INF (as shown in the subsequent FIG. 5A, FIG. 6A, FIG. 7A and FIG. 8A), and then the processing unit 130 will control the display screen 140 to display the contact list according to the sorting result CL2. A person's data (such as name and/or photo) of the contact person in the person list CL1 is displayed on a radar chart (as shown in subsequent FIG. 5B , FIG. 6B , FIG. 7B and FIG. 8B ). the

Next, a few examples are given to illustrate how the electronic device 100 sorts a contact list according to a quantity information to generate a sorting result, and how to display the correlation of the contacts in the contact list on a radar chart according to the sorting result. operate. the

Please refer to Figure 3 and Figure 5 together. 3 is a schematic diagram of an example of the contact list CL1 stored in the storage unit 110 in FIG. 1 and the corresponding quantity information INF; and FIG. 5 (including FIG. 5A and FIG. 5B ) is a quantity according to FIG. information to sort a sorting result CL2 generated by a contact list CL1 (as shown in FIG. 5A ), and display the contacts of the contact list CL1 on a radar chart (as shown in FIG. 5B ) according to the sorting result CL2 A schematic diagram of an exemplary embodiment. As shown in FIG. 3 , the contact list CL1 includes a plurality of contact names A～H, wherein the first quantity information INF1 is related to predetermined events received from each contact A～H (such as incoming calls, receiving messages, receiving e-mails). or browse the number of user social networking sites), the second quantity information INF2 is related to the number of scheduled events (such as outgoing calls, sending messages, sending emails or browsing contact social networking sites) sent to each contact person A～H , and the third quantity information INF3 is the sum of the quantity of scheduled events received from each contact person A～H and the quantity of scheduled events transmitted to each contact person A～H. For example, the number of scheduled events received from contact A is 7, the number of scheduled events transmitted to contact A is 3, the sum of the two is 10, and so on. the

In FIG. 5, FIG. 5A is the sorting result CL2 generated by sorting the contact list CL1 according to the third quantity information INF3 (that is, the total event quantity) in FIG. 3, and FIG. 5B is obtained according to FIG. 5A Sort the result CL2 to display the contacts of the contact list CL1 on a radar chart. Wherein, the distance between the contact person and the center of the radar map is used to indicate the degree of intimacy between the contact person and the user itself. For example, the closer the contact person is to the center of the radar map, the closer the friend is to the user. In this way, Users can clearly know which contacts are closer to them through the radar chart. From FIG. 5B , it can be seen that the degree of intimacy between each contact and the user is C, B, D, F, E in descending order. the

Please note that when there are too many contacts in the contact list and the electronic device 100 can display a limited number of personal data of the contacts on the radar chart, the processing unit 130 will provide a filtering function and only sort The personal data of the last specific part of the contacts (for example, the first 5 contacts) is displayed on the radar chart. The number of contacts in this specific part is not limited, and can be adjusted according to actual design requirements. the

Please refer to FIG. 3 and FIG. 6 together. FIG. 6 (including FIG. 6A and FIG. 6B ) is a sorting result CL2 generated by sorting a contact list CL1 according to a quantity information in FIG. 3 (as shown in FIG. 6A ) , and a schematic diagram of a second exemplary embodiment of displaying the contacts of the contact list CL1 on a radar chart (as shown in FIG. 6B ) according to the sorting result CL2 . In FIG. 6, FIG. 6A is the sorting result CL2 generated by sorting the contact list CL1 according to the first quantity information INF1 in FIG. 3 (that is, the number of events received from the contacts), and FIG. The obtained sorting result CL2 is used to display the contacts of the contact list CL1 on a radar chart. Wherein, the distance between the contact person and the center of the radar map represents the closeness between the contact person and the user. For example, the closer the contact person is to the center of the radar map, the closer the friend is to the user. From FIG. 6B , it can be known that the degree of intimacy between each contact and the user is C, E, D, A, B in descending order. It should be noted that the sorted contact list obtained by using the first quantity information INF1 (that is, the number of events received from the contacts) can indicate the degree to which the contacts care about the user. the

Please refer to FIG. 3 and FIG. 7 together. FIG. 7 (including FIG. 7A and FIG. 7B ) is a sorting result CL2 generated by sorting a contact list CL1 according to a quantity information in FIG. 3 (as shown in FIG. 7A ) , and a schematic diagram of a third exemplary embodiment of displaying the contacts of the contact list CL1 on a radar chart (as shown in FIG. 7B ) according to the sorting result CL2 . In FIG. 7, FIG. 7A is the sorting result CL2 generated by sorting the contact list CL1 according to the second quantity information INF2 (that is, the number of events sent to the contact person) in FIG. 3, and FIG. The obtained sorting result CL2 is used to display the contacts of the contact list CL1 on a radar chart. Wherein, the distance between the contact person and the center of the radar map represents the closeness between the contact person and the user. For example, the closer the contact person is to the center of the radar map, the closer the friend is to the user. From FIG. 7B , it can be seen that the degree of intimacy between each contact and the user is B, F, C, D, H in descending order. It should be noted that the sorted contact list obtained by using the second quantity information INF2 (that is, the number of events transmitted to the contacts) can indicate the degree to which the user cares about the contacts. the

Please refer to FIG. 3 and FIG. 8 together. FIG. 8 (including FIG. 8A and FIG. 8B ) is a sorting result CL2 generated by sorting a contact list CL1 according to a quantity information and a response time information in FIG. 3 (such as 8A ), and a schematic diagram of an exemplary embodiment of displaying the contact CL1 of the contact list on a radar chart (as shown in FIG. 8B ) according to the sorting result CL2 . The embodiment shown in FIG. 8 is similar to the embodiment shown in FIG. 7, and it is a variant embodiment of the embodiment shown in FIG. 7. The difference between the two is that the second quantity information INF2( That is, the number of events sent to the contacts), the sorting unit 120 also sorts the contact list CL1 according to a response time information INF4 to generate a sorted result CL2, wherein the response time information INF4 is related to receiving an unprocessed event from each contact (for example: a missed call (miss call), an unread message (unread message) or an unread email (unread email)) to process (for example: view or reply) the time interval T of this unprocessed event. For example, when the time interval T (that is: response time) from receiving an unprocessed event to processing the unprocessed event is less than two hours, the response time information INF4 is set to 1; when the time interval T is greater than two hours and less than six hours, the response time information INF4 is set to 0.75; when the time interval T is greater than six hours and less than twelve hours, the response time information INF4 is set to 0.5; when the time interval T is greater than twelve hours and less than three days , the response time information INF4 is set to 0.25; and when the time interval T is greater than three days, the response time information INF4 is set to 0.1. Wherein, the response time information INF4 corresponding to a specific contact in the contact list CL1 may be related to the response time of a latest unprocessed event received from the specific contact, or the response time received from the specific contact and has been The average of the response times for all outstanding events processed. It can be seen from FIG. 8B that the intimacy of each contact person and the user is B, D, C, F, G in order from high to low, which is based on the second quantity information INF2 and response time information INF4 in FIG. 8A The obtained product result INF5 is used as the basis for sorting. It is worth noting that the sorted contact list obtained by using the product INF5 of the second quantity information INF2 (that is, the number of events sent to the contacts) and the response time information INF4 can indicate the degree to which the user cares about the contacts. , wherein the response time information INF4 is used as the weight of the second quantity information INF2. the

Please note that the radar chart in the present invention is not limited to those shown in Figures 5B, 6B, 7B, and 8B. Any illustration that uses distance to represent the intimacy between the user and the contact person belongs to the radar chart of the present invention. category. the

Please refer to FIG. 9 , which is a schematic diagram of a second embodiment of an electronic device 900 for displaying a contact list according to the present invention. In FIG. 9 , the structure of the electronic device 900 is similar to that of the electronic device 100 shown in FIG. 1 , except that the electronic device 900 further includes a selection unit 910 coupled between the storage unit 110 and the sorting unit 120 . The selection unit 910 selects a specific group contact list GU1 from the contact list CL1 according to a keyword KW1 (such as classmate, family member, etc.), and the sorting unit 120 sorts the specific group according to the quantity information INF The contact list GU1 generates a sorting result CL2, and the processing unit 130 controls the display screen 140 to display the personal data of the contacts in the specific group contact list GU1 on the radar chart according to the sorting result CL2. In this way, the number and range of the contact list CL1 can be limited by the keyword KW1 to shorten the sorting time of the sorting unit 120 . the

The above examples are only used to illustrate the application of the present invention, and are not limitations of the present invention. Those skilled in the art should understand that various changes of the electronic devices 100, 900 are feasible without departing from the spirit of the present invention. . the

Please refer to FIG. 10 . FIG. 10 is a flow chart of an example of the operation of the method for displaying a contact list in the present invention, which includes the following steps (please note that if roughly the same result can be obtained, the following steps are not limited to those shown in FIG. 10 to execute in the order shown):

Step 1002: start. the

Step 1004: Detect whether the electronic device receives a specific input. When the electronic device receives the specific input, execute step 1006; otherwise, return to step 1004. the

Step 1006: Sort a contact list according to a quantity information related to a predetermined event of the contacts in the contact list to generate a sorted result. the

Step 1008: Display a personal data of the contacts in the contact list on a radar chart according to the sorting result. the

For the steps shown in Figure 10, please match the components shown in Figure 1 to understand how the components work. For example, step 1004 is executed by the acceleration sensor or a key configured on the electronic device or a specific key on the touch screen, step 1006 is executed by the sorting unit 120, and step 1008 is executed by the processing unit 130 and the display Screen 140 is executed. And for the sake of brevity of description, so the operation of each step in Fig. 10 is just no longer repeated. the

Please refer to Fig. 11, Fig. 11 is a flowchart of an operation example of the method for displaying a contact list in the present invention, which includes (but is not limited to) the following steps:

Step 1002: start. the

Step 1110: Use a keyword to select a specific group contact list from the contact list. the

Step 1004: Detect whether the electronic device receives a specific input. When the electronic device receives the specific input, execute step 11200; otherwise, return to step 1004. the

Step 1120 : Sort the contact list of the specific group contact list according to a quantity information related to a predetermined event of the contacts in the specific group contact list to generate a sorting result. the

Step 1008: Display a personal data of the contacts in the contact list on a radar chart according to the sorting result. the

The steps in FIG. 11 are similar to the steps in FIG. 10 . The difference between the two is that in FIG. 11 a keyword selection function is added to the process (that is, step 1110 ), and step 1120 is used to replace step 1006 in FIG. 10 . For the steps shown in FIG. 11 , please match the components shown in FIG. 9 to understand how the components operate. For the sake of brevity in the description, the operations of the steps in FIG. 11 will not be repeated. the

Please note that the above example is only used to illustrate the application of the present invention, and is not a limitation of the present invention. Those who are familiar with this art should be able to understand that without violating the spirit of the present invention, the steps of the flow charts in Fig. 10 and Fig. 11 Additional intermediate steps may be added or several steps may be combined into a single step. the

The embodiment of the invention further discloses a computer program product. When the computer program product is loaded into the electronic device with buffer memory, the electronic device executes a plurality of program instructions, and the program instructions are used to execute the method for displaying the contact list of the present invention. the

The above-mentioned embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical features of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. As can be seen from the above, the present invention provides a method for displaying a contact list, a computer program product and related electronic devices. The sorting mechanism of the contact list disclosed in the present invention utilizes the quantity of a predetermined event (for example: incoming call, message, email or social networking site) to sort the contact list, and can be combined with an acceleration sensor to detect the electronic device 100 , 900 whether a specific vibration input is received, so as to automatically execute the above-mentioned sorting mechanism. When the electronic device 100, 900 receives the specific vibration input, it sorts the contact list according to the quantity information INF to generate a sorting result. Finally, the sorting result is displayed on the display screen of the electronic device 100, 900 in a radar chart manner. In this way, the user can clearly know which contacts are closer to him (including the degree to which the contacts care about the user and the degree to which the user cares about the contacts) through the radar chart. In addition, several restrictive conditions (for example: restricting the predetermined event to occur within a predetermined period of time) can be added to obtain valid quantity information INF. Alternatively, the number and range of the contact list CL1 can be limited by using the keyword KW1 to shorten the sorting time, which all belong to the scope of the present invention. the

The above descriptions are only preferred embodiments of the present invention, and all equivalent changes and modifications made according to the claims of the present invention shall fall within the scope of the present invention. the

Claims (10)

1. A method for displaying a contact list, suitable for an electronic device, comprising: sorting a contact list according to a quantity information related to a scheduled event of contacts in the contact list to generate a sorted result; and When a specific input is received, displaying a personal data of the contacts in the contact list on a radar chart according to the sorting result; The step of sorting the contact list according to the quantity information to generate the sorting result includes: The sorting result is generated by sorting the contact list according to the quantity information and response time information, wherein the response time information is related to a time interval from receiving an unprocessed event to processing the unprocessed event. 2. The method for displaying a contact list as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of displaying the contact list on the radar chart according to the sorting result comprises: displaying the personal data of a specific part of the contacts in the contact list on the radar chart according to the sorting result. 3. The method for displaying a contact list as claimed in claim 1, further comprising: selecting a specific group contact list from the contact list using a keyword; The step of sorting the contact list according to the quantity information to generate the sorting result includes: The group-specific contact list is sorted according to the quantity information related to the predetermined event of the contacts in the group-specific contact list to generate the sorted result. 4. The method for displaying a contact list as claimed in claim 1, wherein the predetermined event comprises at least one of an incoming call, an outgoing call, a message, an email, and a social networking site. 5. The method for displaying a contact list as claimed in claim 1, wherein the predetermined event is a predetermined event occurring within a predetermined period of time. 6. The method for displaying a contact list as claimed in claim 1, wherein the electronic device is a mobile electronic device, and the specific input is a specific vibration input. 7. The method for displaying a contact list as claimed in claim 1, wherein the personal data includes at least one of a name and a photo of the contact. 8. An electronic device comprising: a display screen; a storage unit for storing a contact list and quantity information, wherein the quantity information is related to a predetermined event of the contacts in the contact list; a sorting unit, coupled to the storage unit, for sorting the contact list according to the quantity information stored in the storage unit to generate a sorting result, wherein the sorting unit sorts according to the quantity information and a response time information the contact list to generate the ranking result, wherein the response time information is related to a time interval from receiving an unprocessed event to processing the unprocessed event; and A processing unit, coupled to the sorting unit and the display screen, is used to control the display screen to display a personal data of the contacts in the contact list according to the sorting result when the electronic device receives a specific input. on a radar chart. 9. The electronic device as claimed in claim 8, further comprising: a selection unit, coupled between the storage unit and the sorting unit, for selecting a specific group contact list from the contact list according to a keyword; Wherein, the sorting unit sorts the specific group contact list according to the quantity information to generate the sorting result, and the quantity information is related to the predetermined event of the contacts in the specific group contact list. 10. The electronic device as claimed in claim 8, further comprising: An acceleration sensor is used to detect whether the electronic device receives a vibration input.

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