CN103209249B - The method and system of communications records are provided in mobile communication terminals - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides a method and a system for providing communication records in a mobile communication terminal. The method for providing communication records in a mobile communication terminal includes the following steps: storing the communication records of the mobile communication terminal; Compare the phone numbers to determine whether there is a phone number related to the communication record stored in the address book; if there is a phone number related to the communication record stored in the address book, send communication statistics to the contacts related to the phone number The number of times of communication and the number of times of receiving communication, and display the counted number of sending communication and the number of receiving communication together; if there is no phone number related to the communication record stored in the address book, count the number of sending communication for the phone number and the number of received communications, together with the counted number of sent communications and received communications.

Description

Method and system for providing communication record in mobile communication terminal

technical field

The present invention relates to a method and system for providing communication records in a mobile communication terminal, in particular, to a mobile communication terminal for incoming and outgoing calls (or sending and receiving short messages) of a specific contact A method and system for unified display.

Background technique

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating display of a call log according to the related art.

Referring to FIG. 1 , in the mobile phone of the Android system, the display of the phone records is displayed one by one for incoming calls and outgoing calls respectively. For example, as shown in Figure 1, there are three outgoing call records for the number 10010, and two outgoing call records for "China Merchants Bank Card". Although this display method is simple and clear, it is inconvenient to check the phone number and takes up a lot of space. In addition, it is not convenient to check the number of calls for a certain contact and the number of calls for incoming calls and outgoing calls respectively.

In addition, in the Chinese patent application document with application number 20061016997.1, a device and method for providing incoming and outgoing information in a mobile communication terminal is provided, wherein the incoming/outgoing information for a specific phone number is displayed. In the Chinese patent application document with application number 20071007634.4, a method and system for displaying call records are provided, wherein all call records for a specific phone number are displayed through collective statistics. That is to say, the above two patent applications are all statistically displayed for incoming calls and outgoing calls respectively, that is, the incoming calls and outgoing calls for a specific phone number must be displayed using two entries, which is useful for users who want to know a specific phone number (or a specific phone number). Contacts) are inconvenient for all call situations.

Contents of the invention

Aiming at the problem in the prior art that it is inconvenient for users to know all the calls of a specific contact (or a specific phone number), the present invention provides a method for providing communication records in a mobile communication terminal. The method may include the following steps: storing the communication record of the mobile communication terminal; for each communication record, comparing the telephone number related to the communication record with the telephone number of each contact person stored in the address book to determine the communication record. Whether there is a phone number related to the communication record stored in the address book; if the phone number related to the communication record is stored in the address book, count the number of times of sending communication and the number of times of receiving communication for the contacts related to the phone number , and display the counted number of times of sent communications and times of received communications together on the display item for the contact; if there is no phone number related to the communication record stored in the address book, count the number of times sent and received for the phone number The number of times of communication and the number of times of receiving communication, and the counted number of times of sending communication and the number of receiving communication are displayed together on the display item for the telephone number.

The method may further include: under the condition that the phone number related to the communication record is stored in the address book, counting the total communication times related to the contact person for the contact person related to the phone number, and The total communication times are displayed together with the number of times of sending communication and the number of times of receiving communication on the person's display item; if there is no phone number related to the communication record stored in the address book, the phone number associated with the phone number will be counted. and display the total number of communications along with the number of sent communications and the number of received communications on the display entry for the phone number.

Sending communication can mean outgoing call or sending short message, receiving communication can mean incoming call or receiving short message, incoming call can include received call or missed call, and receiving short message can include read short message or unread short message.

The method may further include highlighting a displayed item associated with a contact or phone number corresponding to the received communication if the received communication includes a missed call or an unread text message.

The step of highlighting the display item associated with the contact or phone number corresponding to the received communication includes: may be performed by putting the display item on top, changing the font or color of the display item, highlighting or shading the display item highlight.

The method may further include: if the received communication includes missed calls or unread short messages, additionally displaying a specific number representing the number of missed calls or the number of unread short messages after the number of received communications.

An icon or text may be used to distinguish sending and receiving communications, where the icon may be an arrow, and an arrow pointing right may indicate sending a communication, and an arrow pointing left may indicate receiving a communication.

The method may further include: further displaying a detailed record of each of the sent communication and the received communication included in the displayed item by selecting the displayed item.

The step of separately counting the number of times of sending communications and the number of times of receiving communications for contacts related to the phone number may include: by determining the communication records of the same or different phone numbers for the same contact in the communication records as belonging to the same contact communication records to count the number of times of sending communications and the number of times of receiving communications for the contact.

The method may further include: if a new communication event occurs, if a phone number related to the new communication event is stored in the address book, displaying a contact with the phone number on the top of the display interface The display item corresponding to the person, or if the phone number related to the new communication event is not stored in the address book, the display item corresponding to the phone number is displayed on the top of the display interface.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a system for providing communication records in a mobile communication terminal is provided, and the system may include: a storage device for storing the communication records of the mobile communication terminal; a comparison device for each communication record, The phone number related to the communication record is compared with the phone number of each contact person stored in the address book to determine whether the phone number related to the communication record is stored in the address book; In the case of the phone number related to the communication record, count the number of times of sending communication and the number of times of receiving communication for the contacts related to the phone number. If the phone number related to the communication record is not stored in the address book, the The telephone number counts the number of times of sending communications and the number of times of receiving communications respectively; the display device, when the phone number related to the communication record is stored in the address book, displays the counted sending communications together on the display item for the contact If there is no telephone number related to the communication record stored in the address book, the counted number of sent communications and received communications will be displayed together on the display item for the telephone number.

In the case that the phone number related to the communication record is stored in the address book, the statistical device can count the total communication times associated with the contact person for the contact person related to the phone number, and the display device can be used for the contact person. The total number of times of communication is displayed on the display item together with the number of times of sending communication and the number of times of receiving communication; if there is no phone number related to the communication record stored in the address book, the statistical device can count the phone number associated with the phone number The display means may display the total number of communications together with the number of times of sent communications and the number of times of received communications on the display item for the telephone number.

Sending communication can mean outgoing call or sending short message, receiving communication can mean incoming call or receiving short message, incoming call can include received call or missed call, and receiving short message can include read short message or unread short message.

If the received communication includes a missed call or an unread text message, the display device may highlight the displayed item associated with the contact or phone number corresponding to the received communication.

The display device may perform highlighting by putting the display item on top, changing the font or color of the display item, highlighting or shading the display item.

If the received communication includes missed calls or unread short messages, the display device additionally displays a specific number for representing the number of missed calls or the number of unread short messages after the number of times of received communications.

An icon or text may be used to distinguish sending and receiving communications, where the icon may be an arrow, and an arrow pointing right may indicate sending a communication, and an arrow pointing left may indicate receiving a communication.

If the user selects a display item, the display device may further display a detailed record of each of the sent communication and received communication included in the displayed item.

The comparing means can count the times of sent communications and the times of received communications for the contact by determining the communication records for the same or different phone numbers of the same contact in the communication records as the communication records belonging to the same contact.

If a new communication event occurs, if the phone number related to the new communication event is stored in the address book, the display device can display the display corresponding to the contact person about the phone number on the top of the display interface. entry, or if the phone number related to the new communication event is not stored in the address book, the display device may display the display item corresponding to the phone number at the top of the display interface.

The method and system for providing communication records in a mobile communication terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention can display a plurality of information together on one display item, for example, all communication situations for the same contact, the number of incoming and outgoing calls, and the number of missed calls. The number of incoming calls, or the number of text messages sent and received, and the number of unread text messages, etc., so that users can easily understand all communications with each contact, because users can know the specific contact through a display item Therefore, it facilitates user operations and enhances user experience.

Description of drawings

The above-mentioned and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more clear through the following detailed description in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein:

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating display of a call log according to the prior art;

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a communication record in a mobile communication terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 3 shows a traditional display interface with a phone number for the same contact person and a display item according to the application, taking a call as an example;

Fig. 4 shows the traditional display interface and the display items according to the application of the display interface with multiple phone numbers for the same contact person by taking the call as an example;

Fig. 5 is a traditional display interface with multiple phone numbers for the same contact and a display item according to the application, taking a call as an example in the case of a missed call;

FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating a system for providing communication records in a mobile communication terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed ways

Exemplary embodiments according to the present invention will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a communication record in a mobile communication terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

A method for providing a communication record in a mobile communication terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to FIG. 2 . In step S201, the communication record of the mobile communication terminal is stored.

In step S202, for each communication record, compare the phone number related to the communication record with the phone number of each contact stored in the address book to determine whether the phone number related to the communication record is stored in the address book.

If it is determined in step S202 that the phone number related to the communication record is stored in the address book, then in step S203, count the number of times of sending communication and the number of times of receiving communication for the contacts related to the phone number, and in step S204, The counted number of sent communications and the number of received communications are displayed together on the display item for the contact.

If it is determined in step S202 that there is no phone number (i.e. a strange phone number) related to the communication record stored in the address book, then in step S205, the number of times of sending communication and the number of times of receiving communication are counted respectively for this phone number, and in step S206 in step S206 The counted number of sent communications and the counted number of received communications are displayed together on the display item for the telephone number.

In addition, according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, in the case that the phone number related to the communication record is stored in the address book, in step S203, statistics related to the contact person related to the phone number can also be made. The total number of times of communication, and in step S204, the total number of times of communication can be displayed together with the number of times of sent communication and the number of times of received communication on the display item for the contact.

In addition, for the situation that the same contact has different phone numbers (for example, mobile phone number, landline number, home number, office phone number, etc.), as an example, in step S203, the same contact in the communication record can be The communication records of the same or different phone numbers are determined as communication records belonging to the same contact, and the number of times of sending communications and the number of times of receiving communications are counted respectively for the contact.

In addition, according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, if there is no phone number related to the communication record stored in the address book, the total communication times associated with the phone number can also be counted in step 205 , and in step S206, the total number of communication times can be displayed on the display item for the phone number together with the number of times of sent communication and the number of times of received communication.

In addition, according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the method for providing communication records in a mobile communication terminal may further display details of each communication in the sending communication and receiving communication included in the display item by selecting the display item. Condition.

Fig. 3 and Fig. 4 are to show the display interface that has a phone number and a plurality of phone numbers for the same contact person respectively by talking as an example, wherein, (a) of Fig. 3 is to show that for the same contact person (China Merchants Bank uses the card as an example ) has a traditional display interface with a phone number (for example, 4008205555), and (b) of FIG. 3 is a method for providing communication records in a mobile communication terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention for the same contact (China Merchants Bank uses a card for Example) There is a diagram of a display entry with a phone number (for example, 4008205555), and (a) of Figure 4 shows that there are multiple phone numbers (for example, 4008205555, 10010, 4008205555, 10010, 15920306065), (b) of Fig. 4 is a method for providing communication records in a mobile communication terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, with multiple phone numbers ( For example, 4008205555, 10010, 15920306065).

In addition, according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the method for providing communication records in a mobile communication terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may further include: if a new communication event occurs, storing In the case of the phone number related to the new communication event, the display item corresponding to the contact person about the phone number is displayed on the top of the display interface, or the phone number related to the new communication event is not stored in the address book. In the case of a phone number, the display item corresponding to the phone number is displayed at the top of the display interface. In addition, one of an icon and text can be used to distinguish sending communication from receiving communication, the icon can be an arrow, a right arrow indicates sending communication, and a left arrow indicates receiving communication.

In this application, sending a communication means sending a call or sending a text message, and receiving a communication means calling or receiving a text message, and an incoming call may include a received call or a missed call, and receiving a text message may include a read text message or an unread text message.

According to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, if the received communication includes a missed call or an unread text message, then the display item related to the contact or phone number corresponding to the received communication may be highlighted, wherein, the The display item is placed on top, the font or color of the display item is changed, the display item is highlighted or shaded to be highlighted.

In addition, according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, if the received communication includes missed calls or unread short messages, an additional display indicating the number of missed calls or the number of unread short messages may be displayed after the number of received communications specific numbers.

In the following, the case where contacts corresponding to missed calls are stored in the address book will be described in detail by taking call records (incoming calls and outgoing calls) as an example. If the incoming call includes a missed call, under the condition that the contact person corresponding to the missed call is stored in the address book, the display item corresponding to the missed call is highlighted, and the display item can be changed by setting the display item to the top and changing the display. The entry's font, color, shading, or highlighting the displayed entry for highlighting. In addition, a specific number indicating the number of missed calls may be additionally displayed behind the number indicating the number of incoming calls, wherein the specific number may be additionally displayed by adding "-" or "()".

FIG. 5 takes a call as an example to display items in the case of a missed call. In FIG. 5, a specific number representing the number of missed calls is additionally displayed by taking the "()" method as an example. The situation regarding the unread text messages in the text message records is similar to this, and the description will not be repeated here.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating a system for providing communication records in a mobile communication terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. A system for providing communication records in a mobile communication terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG. 6 .

Referring to FIG. 6 , the system for providing communication records in a mobile communication terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a storage device 601 , a comparison device 602 , a statistics device 603 , and a display device 604 .

The storage device 601 can store the communication record of the mobile communication terminal, and the comparison device 602 can compare the telephone number related to the communication record with the telephone number of each contact person stored in the address book for each communication record, so as to determine the communication record in the address book. Whether there is a phone number related to the communication record stored in . In the case where a telephone number related to a communication record is stored in the address book, the statistical means 603 can respectively count the number of times of sending communications and the number of times of receiving communications for contacts related to the phone number. In the case of recording the relevant telephone number, the counting means 603 may separately count the number of times of sent communications and the number of times of received communications for the telephone number. In the case that the phone number related to the communication record is stored in the address book, the display device 604 can display the counted number of times of sending communications and the number of times of receiving communications together on the display item for the contact. In the case of storing a telephone number related to the communication record, the display device 604 may display the counted number of times of sending communications and the number of times of receiving communications together on the display item for the phone number.

According to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, if the phone number related to the communication record is stored in the address book, the statistical means 603 can also count the total number associated with the contact with respect to the contact related to the phone number. and the display device 604 can also display the total communication times together with the times of sending communications and the times of receiving communications on the display item for the contact. In the case that there is no phone number related to the communication record stored in the address book, the statistical means 603 can also count the total communication times associated with the phone number for the phone number, and the display means 604 can display items for the phone number The total number of communication times is displayed together with the number of times of sending communication and the number of times of receiving communication.

In addition, according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, if the user selects a display item, the display device 604 may further display detailed records of each communication in the sending communication and receiving communication included in the display item.

According to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, if a new communication event occurs, if the phone number related to the new communication event is stored in the address book, the display device 604 can be displayed at the top of the display interface Display the display item corresponding to the contact person about the phone number, or if the phone number related to the new communication event is not stored in the address book, the display device 604 can display the phone number related to the phone number at the top of the display interface. The corresponding display item. In this application, one of icon and text can be used to distinguish sending communication and receiving communication. The icon can be an arrow, and the right arrow indicates sending communication, and the left arrow indicates receiving communication. Sending communication means outgoing call or sending short message, receiving communication means incoming call or receiving short message, incoming call may include at least one of received call and missed call, and receiving short message may include at least one of read text message and unread text message.

According to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, if the received communication includes a missed call or an unread short message, the display device 604 may highlight a display item related to a contact or a phone number corresponding to the received communication, wherein the displayed Means 604 may perform highlighting by bringing the display item to the top, changing the font or color of the display item, highlighting or shading the display item. In addition, according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, if the received communication includes missed calls or unread text messages, the display device 604 may additionally display the number of missed calls or unread text messages after the number of received communications A specific number of numbers.

In addition, according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, for the situation that the same contact has different phone numbers (for example, mobile phone numbers, landline numbers, family home numbers, office phone numbers, etc.), the comparing means 602 can pass the communication The communication records for the different phone numbers of the same contact in the records are regarded as the communication records of the same contact to obtain the communication records associated with the contact.

The method and system for providing communication records in a mobile communication terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention can display a plurality of information together on one display item, for example, all communication situations for the same contact, the number of incoming and outgoing calls, and the number of missed calls. The number of incoming calls, or the number of text messages sent and received, and the number of unread text messages, etc., so that users can easily understand all communications with each contact, because users can know the specific contact through a display item Therefore, it facilitates user operations and enhances user experience.

While the invention has been shown and described with reference to certain exemplary embodiments of the invention, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that other modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the claims and their equivalents. Various changes have been made in form and detail.

Claims (18)

1. A system providing communication records in a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that the system comprises: a storage device for storing communication records of the mobile communication terminal; Comparing means, for each communication record, comparing the telephone number related to the communication record with the telephone number of each contact person stored in the address book, to determine whether the phone number related to the communication record is stored in the address book; The statistical device, when the phone number related to the communication record is stored in the address book, counts the number of times of sending communication and the number of times of receiving communication respectively for the contacts related to the phone number, and there is no communication record stored in the address book In the case of the relevant telephone number, the number of times of communication sent and the number of times of communication received are counted separately for the phone number; The display device, when the phone number related to the communication record is stored in the address book, displays the counted number of times of sending communication and the number of times of receiving communication together on the display item of the contact in the communication record, in the address book If there is no phone number related to the communication record stored in the communication record, the counted number of sent communications and the number of received communications will be displayed together on the display item for the phone number in the communication record, It is characterized in that the comparing means counts the number of times of sending communications and the number of times of receiving communications respectively for the contact by determining the communication records for different phone numbers of the same contact in the communication records as the communication records belonging to the same contact. 2. The system of claim 1, wherein: Under the situation that the phone number related to the communication record is stored in the address book, the statistical device counts the total communication times associated with the contact person for the contact person related to the phone number, and the display device displays the item for the contact person The total number of communications is displayed together with the number of times of sending communications and the number of times of receiving communications; Under the situation that the phone number related to the communication record is not stored in the address book, the statistical device counts the total number of times of communication associated with the phone number for the phone number, and the display device communicates with the person who sent the communication on the display item for the phone number. The total number of times of communication is displayed together with the number of times of received communication. 3. The system according to claim 1, wherein sending a communication means at least one of outgoing calls, sending short messages, sending emails and sending instant messaging messages, and receiving communication means calling, receiving short messages, receiving emails and receiving instant messaging At least one of the messages, incoming calls include at least one of received calls and missed calls, received text messages include at least one of read text messages and unread text messages, and received emails include at least one of read emails and unread emails, Received IM messages include read IM messages and unread IM messages. 4. The system according to claim 3, wherein if the received communication includes at least one of a missed call, an unread text message, an unread email, and an unread instant message, then the display means highlights and corresponds to the received communication. Display entries related to the contact or phone number of the communication. 5. The system according to claim 4, wherein the display device performs highlighting by setting the display item to the top, changing the font or color of the display item, highlighting or shading the display item. 6. The system according to claim 4, wherein if the received communication includes at least one of missed calls, unread short messages, unread emails and unread instant messages, the display means appends Displays a specific number for the number of missed calls or the number of unread text messages, emails, or instant messages. 7. The system according to claim 1, wherein icons or words are used to distinguish sending communication and receiving communication, wherein the icon is an arrow, and the right arrow indicates sending communication, and the left arrow indicates receiving communication. 8. The system according to claim 1, wherein if the user selects a display item, the display unit further displays a detailed record of each communication in the sending communication and the receiving communication included in the display item. 9. The system according to claim 1, if a new communication event has occurred, if the phone number related to the new communication event is stored in the address book, the display device will display the same number on the top of the display interface. Regarding the display item corresponding to the contact person of the phone number, or when the phone number related to the new communication event is not stored in the address book, the display device displays the display item corresponding to the phone number on the top of the display interface . 10. A method for providing communication records in a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that the method comprises the following steps: storing the communication record of the mobile communication terminal; For each communication record, compare the phone number related to the communication record with the phone number of each contact stored in the address book to determine whether the phone number related to the communication record is stored in the address book; When the phone number related to the communication record is stored in the address book, count the number of times of sending communication and the number of times of receiving communication for the contact person related to the phone number, and display the entry for the contact person in the communication record Display the counted number of sending communications and the number of receiving communications together; If the phone number related to the communication record is not stored in the address book, count the number of times of sending communications and the number of times of receiving communications for the phone number, and display the statistics together on the display item of the phone number in the communication record the number of times communications were sent and the number of times communications were received, It is characterized in that the step of separately counting the number of times of sending communications and the number of times of receiving communications for contacts related to the phone number includes: determining the communication records for different phone numbers of the same contact in the communication records as belonging to the same contact The person's communication records are used to count the number of times of sending communications and the number of times of receiving communications for the contact. 11. The method of claim 10, further comprising: In the case that the phone number related to the communication record is stored in the address book, the total number of communications related to the contact person is counted for the contact person related to the phone number, and the display item for the contact person is related to the sending The number of communications and the number of received communications together display the total number of communications; If there is no phone number related to the communication record stored in the address book, the total communication times associated with the phone number will be counted for the phone number, and the number of times of sending and receiving communications will be displayed on the display item for the phone number. The total number of communications is displayed together with the number of communications. 12. The method according to claim 10, characterized in that, sending communication means outgoing call or sending short message, receiving communication means incoming call or receiving short message, incoming call includes received call or missed call, receiving short message includes read text message or unanswered Read text messages. 13. The method of claim 12, further comprising highlighting a display item associated with a contact or phone number corresponding to the received communication if the received communication includes a missed call or an unread text message. 14. The method of claim 13, wherein the step of highlighting the display item associated with the contact or phone number corresponding to the received communication comprises: changing the font of the display item by placing the display item on top or color, highlight, or shade the display item for highlighting. 15. The method according to claim 13, further comprising: if the received communication includes missed calls or unread text messages, additionally displaying the number of times of missed calls or the number of unread text messages after the number of received communications specific numbers. 16. The method according to claim 10, characterized in that icons or words are used to distinguish sending communication and receiving communication, wherein the icon is an arrow, and a rightward arrow indicates sending communication, and a leftward arrow indicates receiving communication. 17. The method of claim 10, further comprising: further displaying a detailed record of each of the sent communications and received communications included in the displayed item by selecting the displayed item. 18. The method according to claim 10, further comprising: if a new communication event occurs, if the phone number related to the new communication event is stored in the address book, displaying on the top of the display interface The display item corresponding to the contact person related to the phone number, or if the phone number related to the new communication event is not stored in the address book, the display item corresponding to the phone number is displayed on the top of the display interface.