Contact record processing method and apparatus

• US 10,324,910 B2
• Filed: 08/29/2016
• Issued: 06/18/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Xiaomi Inc. (Xiaomi Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Xiaomi Inc. (Xiaomi Corp.)
• Inventors: Liu, Guilin, Wu, Changliang, Zhang, Peng
• Primary Examiner(s): Hoang, Son T
• Application Number:
  US15/250,464
• Publication Number:
  US 20170060916A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,023 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/215 Improving data quality; Data cleansing, e.g. de-duplication, removing invalid entries or correcting typographical errors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2455 Query execution
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27453 Directories allowing storage of additional subscriber data, e.g. metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27457 Management thereof, e.g. manual editing of data
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2746 Sorting, e.g. according to history or frequency of use
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2757 by data transmission, e.g. downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/575 Means for retrieving and displaying personal data about calling party
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/60 Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/205 Transfer to or from user equipment or user record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/26 Network addressing or numbering for mobility support

Abstract

A contact record processing method includes: detecting whether a use time of a phone number stored in a contact record is greater than a use term of the phone number; and deleting the phone number from the contact record when the use time is greater than the use term.

Claims

1. A contact record processing method, comprising:

upon receipt of a call connection request from a calling end by a terminal, acquiring, by the terminal, an incoming phone number of the calling end according to the call connection request;

determining, by the terminal, whether the incoming phone number is stored in a contact database in the terminal;

in response to determining that the incoming phone number is not stored in the contact database, forwarding, by the terminal, the incoming phone number to a server end;

receiving, by the terminal from the server end, calling user information of the calling end and a use term of the incoming phone number from the server end;

storing, by the terminal, the incoming phone number, the calling user information and the use term in a contact record in the contact database;

periodically acquiring, by the terminal from the server end, an updated use term of the incoming phone number stored in the contact record in the terminal;

detecting, by the terminal, whether a use time of the incoming phone number stored in the contact record in the terminal is greater than the use term or the updated use term of the incoming phone number, wherein the use time indicates a time period when the incoming phone number is allowed to be used by the terminal; and

deleting, by the terminal, the incoming phone number from the contact record when the use time is greater than the use term or the updated use term.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

searching the contact record to determine whether a target contact corresponding to the calling user information is recorded in the contact record; and

adding the incoming phone number to user information corresponding to the target contact when the target contact is recorded in the contact record.

3. A terminal, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory for storing instructions executable by the processor;

wherein the processor is configured to;

upon receipt of a call connection request from a calling end by a terminal, acquire, by the terminal, an incoming phone number of the calling end according to the call connection request;

determine whether the incoming phone number is stored in a contact database in the terminal;

in response to determining that the incoming phone number is not stored in the contact database, forward the incoming phone number to a server end;

receive calling user information of the calling end and a use term of the incoming phone number from the server end;

store the incoming phone number, the calling user information and the use term in a contact record in the contact database;

periodically acquire, from the server end, an updated use term of the incoming phone number stored in the contact record in the terminal;

detect whether a use time of the incoming phone number stored in the contact record in the terminal is greater than the use term or the updated use term of the incoming phone number, wherein the use time indicates a time period when the incoming phone number is allowed to be used by the terminal; and

delete the incoming phone number from the contact record when the use time is greater than the use term or the updated use term.

4. The terminal according to claim 3, wherein the processor is further configured to:

search the contact record to determine whether a target contact corresponding to the calling user information is recorded in the contact record; and

add the incoming phone number to user information corresponding to the target contact when the target contact is recorded in the contact record.

5. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a terminal, cause the terminal to perform:

upon receipt of a call connection request from a calling end by a terminal, acquiring, by the terminal, an incoming phone number of the calling end according to the call connection request;

determining, by the terminal, whether the incoming phone number is stored in a contact database in the terminal;

in response to determining that the incoming phone number is not stored in the contact database, forwarding, by the terminal, the incoming phone number to a server end;

receiving, by the terminal from the server end, calling user information of the calling end and a use term of the incoming phone number from the server end;

storing, by the terminal, the incoming phone number, the calling user information and the use term in a contact record in the contact database;

periodically acquiring, by the terminal from the server end, an updated use term of the incoming phone number stored in the contact record in the terminal;

detecting, by the terminal, whether a use time of the incoming phone number stored in the contact record in the terminal is greater than the use term or the updated use term of the incoming phone number, wherein the use time indicates a time period when the incoming phone number is allowed to be used by the terminal; and

deleting, by the terminal, the incoming phone number from the contact record when the use time is greater than the use term or the updated use term.