Method for managing contacts in electronic device and electronic device thereof

• US 10,291,601 B2
• Filed: 07/26/2016
• Issued: 05/14/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/18/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kang, Ik-Seon, Yoon, Young-Sik
• Primary Examiner(s): Shin, Kyung H
• Application Number:
  US15/219,435
• Publication Number:
  US 20170054678A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,022 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/42 Mailbox-related aspects, e.g. synchronisation of mailboxes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4594 Address books, i.e. directories containing contact information about correspondents telephone directories in user terminals H04M1/27453
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/20 for managing network security; network security policies in general filtering policies H04L63/0227

Abstract

An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure may include a communication module configured to receive a message associated with a plurality of recipients, a memory configured to store one or more contacts; and a processor coupled to the communication module and the memory, the processor configured to identify at least one contact among the one or more contacts that corresponds to at least one recipient among the plurality of recipients, and store the identified at least one contact in a particular group. Other embodiments are possible and several of which are disclosed.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a communication interface;

a display,

a memory; and

a processor, coupled to the communication interface, the display and the memory, configured to;

in response to receiving a message sent to a plurality of recipients, identify the plurality of recipients based on recipient information of the message,

obtain contact information corresponding to at least one recipient among the plurality of recipient from contact information stored in the memory,

control the display to display the obtained contact information corresponding to the at least one recipient and an icon for a user input on a screen of the display displaying the message,

in response to receiving the user input by using the icon, generate a group including the obtained contact information of the at least one recipient, and

control the memory to store information on the generated group.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the message includes an electronic mail, an instant message, a short message or a multi-media message.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising a display

wherein the processor is configured to control the display to display, on the screen of the display, information related to the group.

4. A method for managing contacts in an electronic device, the method comprising:

in response to receiving a message sent to a plurality of recipient, identifying the plurality of recipient based on recipient information of the message;

obtaining contact information corresponding to at least one recipient among the plurality of recipients from contact information stored in a memory of the electronic device;

controlling a display of the electronic device to display the obtained contact information corresponding to the at least one recipient and an icon for a user input on a screen of the display displaying the message;

in response to receiving the user input by using the icon, generating a group including the obtained contact information of the at least one recipient; and

controlling the memory to store information on the generated group.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the message includes an electronic mail, an instant message, a short message or a multi-media message.

6. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

controlling the display to display, on the screen of the display, information related to the group.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause at least one processor to perform a method for operating an electronic device, the method comprising:

in response to receiving a message sent to a plurality of recipients, identifying the plurality of recipients based on recipient information of the message;

obtaining contact information corresponding to at least one recipient among the plurality of recipients from contact information stored in a memory of the electronic device;

controlling a display of the electronic device to display the obtained contact information corresponding to the at least one recipient and an icon for a user input on a screen of the display displaying the message;

in response to receiving the user input by using the icon, generating a group including the obtained contact information of the at least one recipient; and

controlling the memory to store information on the generated group.