WO2017000453A1 - Method and device for managing contact number - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided in the embodiments of the present invention are method and device for managing contact numbers. The method comprises: acquiring capacity state information of at least two contact numbers; according to the capacity state information of at least two numbers, selecting one number from the at least two contact numbers as a target number.

Description

Method and apparatus for managing a contact's number Technical field

This document relates to, but is not limited to, the field of communications, and more particularly to a method, apparatus, and computer readable storage medium for managing a contact's number.

Background technique

Rich Communication Suite (RCS) is a kind of converged communication service that integrates various communication methods and functions such as voice, message, video and content sharing based on enhanced local address book of mobile phone. With the rapid development of the Internet, operators rely on RCS to change their original operating models and integrate user resources. Since 2014, China Mobile has taken the lead in promoting RCS. RCS will integrate existing calls, contacts, short multimedia messages and other basic module functions to provide users with new services and experiences.

According to the existing RCS technical specification for converged communication: Converged communication will have the capability to discover functions. The so-called capability discovery is the detection of the target number communication capability and status. The status includes at least 1. The called party is online (the called party is registered with RCS, and online ), 2. The called party is not online (the called party is registered with RCS, is not currently online), 3. The called party is not a converged communication user. The business process is that the terminal sends a SIP OPTIONS message to the called contact to detect whether the contact is a converged communication user and which fusion capabilities are available, and determines the ability of the called contact according to the response returned by the called contact.

Currently, the capability of the UE to the UE is triggered in the following scenarios: 1. The converged communication user opens a specific contact to view the details in the new contact interface of the converged communication terminal; 2. The use of the converged communication user on the converged communication terminal is closely related to the peer capability The function is, for example, sent after reading the message before burning.

For an existing carrier customer, the existing contact module cannot obtain the capability status of other numbers by itself because of the limitation of the network side. The existence of the converged communication RCS capability discovery function makes it possible to obtain other contacts' status based on the RCS capability, and to provide users with better interaction and experience.

Therefore, how to make full use of the contact's number for a better and better interaction and experience is an urgent problem to be solved.

Summary of the invention

The following is a summary of the subject matter described in detail herein, and is not intended to limit the scope of the claims.

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and apparatus for managing a contact's number to solve how to fully utilize the contact's number for a sufficiently better interaction and experience.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for managing a contact number, including:

Obtaining capability status information of at least two numbers of the contact;

And selecting, according to the capability status information of the at least two numbers, one of the at least two numbers of the contact as the target number.

The obtaining capability status information of the at least two numbers of the contact includes:

Sending a converged communication RCS capability discovery request for each of the at least two numbers of the contact;

Receiving the return result of the RCS capability discovery request, obtaining current capability status information of each of the at least two numbers.

The obtaining capability status information of the at least two numbers of the contact includes:

When the request to communicate with the contact is detected, or periodically, the capability status information of at least two numbers of the contact is obtained.

After the obtaining the capability status information of the at least two numbers of the contact, the method further includes:

When the capability status information of the acquired number is different from the capability status information of the locally stored number, the capability status information of the locally stored number is updated according to the acquired number capability status information.

The selecting, according to the capability status information of the at least two numbers, one of the at least two numbers of the contact as the target number, includes:

Obtaining a number with the strongest capability status among the at least two numbers;

Select the number with the strongest capability status as the target number.

The number of the at least two numbers with the strongest capability status is determined according to whether the contact's number is online and whether the contact's number supports the RCS capability.

A device for managing a contact's number, comprising:

Obtaining a module, configured to obtain capability status information of at least two numbers of the contact;

The selection module is configured to select one of the at least two numbers of the contacts as the target number according to the capability status information of the at least two numbers.

The obtaining module includes:

a requesting unit, configured to send a converged communication RCS capability discovery request for each of the at least two numbers of the contact;

The receiving unit is configured to receive a return result of the RCS capability discovery request, and obtain current capability state information of each of the at least two numbers of the contact.

The acquiring module is configured to acquire capability status information of at least two numbers of the contact when the request for communication with the contact is detected, or periodically.

Wherein, the device further comprises:

The update module is configured to update the capability status information of the locally stored number according to the acquired number capability status information when the capability status information of the acquired number is different from the capability status information of the locally stored number.

The selection module includes:

An obtaining unit, configured to obtain a number with the strongest capability status among the at least two numbers;

The selection unit is set to select the number with the strongest capability status as the target number.

The number of the most powerful state among the at least two numbers selected by the selecting unit is determined according to whether the number of the contact is online and whether the number of the contact supports the RCS capability.

The embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer readable storage medium, which stores program instructions, and when the program instructions are executed by the processor, a method for managing a contact number provided by an embodiment of the present invention may be implemented.

In the solution of the embodiment of the present invention, for a contact having multiple numbers, the corresponding capability status is obtained for multiple numbers, and the target number is selected according to the capability status of the plurality of numbers, and the automatic To provide users with better service quality, greatly providing the user experience.

Other aspects will be apparent upon reading and understanding the drawings and detailed description.

BRIEF abstract

1 is a flowchart of a method for managing a contact number according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention;

2 is a flowchart of an application example of a method for managing a contact number according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a structural diagram of an apparatus for managing a number of a contact according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention.

Preferred embodiment of the invention

The technical solutions of the present invention will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments. It should be noted that, in the case of no conflict, the features in the embodiments and the embodiments in the present application may be arbitrarily combined with each other.

Embodiment 1

1 is a flow chart of a method of managing a contact's number. The method shown in Figure 1 includes:

Step 101: Obtain capability status information of at least two numbers of the contact.

Step 102: Select one of the at least two numbers of the contact as the target number according to the capability status information of the at least two numbers.

The solution of the embodiment of the present invention, for a contact with multiple numbers, obtains the corresponding capability status for multiple numbers, selects the target number according to the capability status of the multiple numbers, and automatically provides the user with better service quality. , greatly providing the user experience.

The obtaining capability status information of the at least two numbers of the contact includes:

Sending an RCS capability discovery request for each of the at least two numbers of the contact;

Receiving a return result of the RCS capability discovery request, and obtaining current capability status information of each number.

The capability discovery, that is, the detection of the communication capability and state of the target number, includes at least the following three types: 1. The called party is online (the called party is registered with the RCS, and is online); The called party is not online (the called party is registered with RCS, currently not online); 3. The called party is not a converged communication user. Alternatively, in the actual embodiment, it is not limited to the state as described above.

The service flow of the capability discovery is: the terminal sends a SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) OPTIONS (option) message to the called contact to detect whether the contact is a converged communication user and which fusion capabilities are available, according to The response returned by the called contact determines the ability of the called contact. Alternatively, in a practical embodiment, but not limited to the manner as described above.

Optionally, when the request for communication with the contact is detected, or periodically, the capability status information of at least two numbers of the contact is obtained.

The capability status information of the at least two numbers of the contact may be obtained when the communication needs to be performed with the contact, so that the processing resources of the terminal are fully utilized, and of course, when the terminal resource is idle, or periodically, Get the capability information of at least two numbers of the contact.

When the communication request to the contact is detected, the capability status information of the at least two numbers of the contact is acquired, and on the other hand, the capability information of each number of the contact is obtained in time and accurately. You can make full use of the processing resources of the terminal.

The selecting, according to the capability status information of the at least two numbers, one of the at least two numbers of the contact as the target number, includes: acquiring the most powerful number of the at least two numbers Select the number with the strongest capability status as the target number.

The number of the most powerful state among the at least two numbers is determined according to whether the number of the contact is online and whether the number of the contact supports the RCS capability.

Alternatively, the number of the number online and supporting the RCS capability may be selected as the target number.

Optionally, in a practical embodiment, the target number may be further defined by using other parameters.

Optionally, when the capability status information of the acquired number is different from the capability status information of the locally stored number, the capability status information of the locally stored number is updated according to the acquired number capability status information.

The accuracy of the locally stored capability status information can be ensured by updating the locally stored capability status information.

The method further includes: after selecting the one of the at least two numbers of the contact as the target number according to the capability status information of the at least two numbers, the method further includes:

Communicating with the contact using the target number.

The communication includes, but is not limited to, audio and video calls, sending information, transmitting media resources or other files, sharing content, and the like. In order to improve the quality of service communication with contacts, communication with the selected target number can greatly enhance the user experience.

In the method provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the capability status information corresponding to all the numbers of the contact is obtained for the contact that is to initiate the communication, and the RCS capability discovery is initiated for each number corresponding to each contact, according to the RCS. The result of the capability discovery is obtained, and the current capability status of the number is obtained. For each number corresponding to the contact, if the current capability status of the number obtained by the contact is different from the capability status information saved locally by the number, the contact corresponding to the update is updated. The capability status information saved locally by the number, and the number with the strongest capability status is selected from the plurality of numbers corresponding to the contact as the default target number of the contact. A destination number based communication is initiated based on the default target number automatically selected by the contact.

Embodiment 2

2 is a flow chart of an application example of a method of managing a contact's number. The method shown in Figure 2 includes:

Step 201: Set a target number selection mode.

The setting target number selection mode is to set whether the contact uses the target number selection scheme. When the target number selection scheme is used, when the communication request is initiated, the contact information is automatically determined by using the solution provided by the embodiment of the present invention, and a communication request is initiated to the target number; when the target number selection scheme is not used, , indicating that for the contact, the user initiates a communication request by selecting a phone number from a plurality of phone numbers of the contact.

The target number selection mode setting function may be placed in a setting menu of the contact module, or may be in other menus or applications of the terminal, and the manner description is not limited to the above. The user can select whether to use the method for determining the target number provided by the embodiment of the present invention.

Step 202: When the user selects to use the target number selection scheme, for the communication to be initiated, please Ask the contact to obtain the existing target number based on the capability status as the default number;

The existing capability status based target number refers to the target number of the contact recently acquired based on the RCS capability status.

The existing capability status based target number may be used as part of the cached data of the contact record, or may also be part of the contact database entry, in a manner not limited to the above description.

Step 203: Acquire an existing capability status of each number for at least two numbers corresponding to the contact, initiate a converged communication RCS capability discovery for each number, and determine the number according to the return result of the capability of the converged communication RCS. Current capability status, updating the existing capability status of the number;

The capability status is the result of the fusion communication RCS capability discovery.

The capability discovery is a detection of the communication capability and status of the target number, and the status includes at least 1. The called party is online (the called party is registered with the RCS, and is online), 2. The called party is not online (the called party is registered with the RCS, currently not Online), 3. The called party is not a converged communication user. However, it is not limited to the state as described above.

The service flow of the capability discovery is: the terminal sends a SIP OPTIONS message to the called contact, detects whether the contact is a converged communication user, and has the fusion capability, and determines the called contact according to the response returned by the called contact. ability. However, it is not limited to the manner described above.

Step 204: For the existing capability status of the at least two numbers corresponding to the contact, if there is an update, obtain the number with the strongest capability status as the target number, and update the existing capability status-based target of the contact. Number, which updates the default destination number of the contact;

Step 205: For the telecommunication service initiated by the contact, the existing default target number of the contact is automatically selected, and the service is directly initiated.

An application example provided by the present invention, based on RCS capability discovery, for a contact with multiple numbers, obtains a corresponding capability status for at least two numbers, and when communication is initiated by a contact (including but not limited to audio and video) Calling, sending information, sending media resources or other files, sharing content, etc., automatically selecting a number with a high capability status as the target number according to the capability status of at least two of the numbers, thereby automatically providing better quality of service to the user. , greatly improving the user experience. An embodiment of the present invention provides an automatic contact target number selection method. Simplifies user operations. The selection of the target number based on the capability status of at least two numbers of the contact ensures that the higher network state is automatically used to provide the communication service, thereby providing a better communication experience for the user. At the same time, through the setting of the target number selection mode, the user or the terminal system can select or adopt the automatic selection method of the target number based on the RCS capability state, and conveniently realize compatibility with the existing mode.

Embodiment 3

FIG. 3 is a structural diagram of an apparatus for managing a number of a contact according to an embodiment of the present invention. The device shown in Figure 3 includes:

The obtaining module 301 is configured to acquire capability status information of at least two numbers of the contact;

The selecting module 302 is configured to select one of the at least two numbers of the contacts as the target number according to the capability status information of the at least two numbers.

The obtaining module 301 includes:

a requesting unit, configured to send a converged communication RCS capability discovery request for each number of the contact;

The receiving unit is configured to receive a return result of the RCS capability discovery request, and obtain current capability status information of each number of the contact.

The obtaining module 301 is configured to: when the request for communication with the contact is detected, or periodically, acquire capability status information of at least two numbers of the contact.

Wherein, the device further comprises:

The update module is configured to update the capability status information of the locally stored number according to the acquired number capability status information when the capability status information of the acquired number is different from the capability status information of the locally stored number.

The selection module 302 includes:

An obtaining unit, configured to obtain a number with the strongest capability status among the at least two numbers;

The selection unit is set to select the number with the strongest capability status as the target number.

The number of the most powerful state among the at least two numbers selected by the selecting unit is determined according to whether the number of the contact is online and whether the number of the contact supports the RCS capability.

Optionally, the device further includes:

The communication module is configured to communicate with the contact by using the target number after selecting the target number.

The communication module is configured to automatically select a number to initiate a telecommunication service based on a default number of the contact obtained according to the number capability status when initiating a communication service for the contact.

The solution of the embodiment of the present invention obtains the capability status corresponding to the at least two numbers for the contact with the multiple numbers, selects the target number according to the capability status of the obtained number, and automatically provides the user with better service quality. Greatly provides the user experience.

Embodiment 4

The embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer readable storage medium, which stores a program instruction, and when the program instruction is executed, a method for managing a contact number provided by an embodiment of the present invention can be implemented.

One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that all or a portion of the steps of the above-described embodiments can be implemented using a computer program flow, which can be stored in a computer readable storage medium, such as on a corresponding hardware platform (eg, The system, device, device, device, etc. are executed, and when executed, include one or a combination of the steps of the method embodiments.

Alternatively, all or part of the steps of the above embodiments may also be implemented by using an integrated circuit. These steps may be separately fabricated into individual integrated circuit modules, or multiple modules or steps may be fabricated into a single integrated circuit module. achieve. Thus, the invention is not limited to any specific combination of hardware and software.

The devices/function modules/functional units in the above embodiments may be implemented by a general-purpose computing device, which may be centralized on a single computing device or distributed over a network of multiple computing devices.

When each device/function module/functional unit in the above embodiment is implemented in the form of a software function module and sold or used as a stand-alone product, it can be stored in a computer readable storage medium. The above mentioned computer readable storage medium may be a read only memory, a magnetic disk or an optical disk or the like.

Industrial applicability

The solution of the embodiment of the present invention obtains the capability status corresponding to the at least two numbers for the contact with the multiple numbers, selects the target number according to the capability status of the obtained number, and automatically provides the user with better service quality. Greatly provides the user experience.

Claims (13)

A method of managing a contact's number, including: Obtaining capability status information of at least two numbers of the contact; And selecting, according to the capability status information of the at least two numbers, one of the at least two numbers of the contact as the target number. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining capability status information of at least two numbers of the contacts comprises: Sending a converged communication RCS capability discovery request for each of at least two numbers of the contact; Receiving a return result of the RCS capability discovery request, and obtaining current capability status information of each of the at least two numbers of the contact. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the acquiring capability status information of at least two numbers of the contacts comprises: When the request to communicate with the contact is detected, or periodically, the capability status information of at least two numbers of the contact is obtained. The method according to claim 1 or 2, after the acquiring the capability status information of the at least two numbers of the contacts, the method further comprises: When the capability status information of the acquired number is different from the capability status information of the locally stored number, the capability status information of the locally stored number is updated according to the acquired number capability status information. The method according to claim 1, wherein the selecting one of the at least two numbers of the contacts as the target number according to the capability status information of the at least two numbers comprises: Obtaining a number with the strongest capability status among the at least two numbers; Select the number with the strongest capability status as the target number. The method according to claim 5, wherein the number of the most powerful state among the at least two numbers is determined according to whether the number of the contact is online and whether the number of the contact supports the RCS capability. A device for managing a contact's number, comprising: Obtaining a module, configured to obtain capability status information of at least two numbers of the contact; The selection module is configured to select one of the at least two numbers of the contacts as the target number according to the capability status information of the at least two numbers. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the obtaining module comprises: a requesting unit, configured to send a converged communication RCS capability discovery request to each of the at least two numbers of the contact; The receiving unit is configured to receive a return result of the RCS capability discovery request, and obtain current capability state information of each of the at least two numbers of the contact. The apparatus according to claim 7 or 8, wherein the obtaining module is configured to: when detecting a request to communicate with the contact, or periodically, acquire at least two numbers of the contact Ability status information. The apparatus according to claim 7 or 8, further comprising: The update module is configured to update the capability status information of the locally stored number according to the acquired number capability status information when the capability status information of the acquired number is different from the capability status information of the locally stored number. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the selection module comprises: An obtaining unit, configured to obtain a number with the strongest capability status among the at least two numbers; The selection unit is set to select the number with the strongest capability status as the target number. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the number of the most powerful state among the at least two numbers selected by the selection unit is determined according to whether the number of the contact is online and whether the number of the contact supports the RCS capability. A computer readable storage medium storing program instructions that, when executed by a processor, implement the method of any of claims 1-6.

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