Intelligent shortcut multi-channel reminding method and means for portable device

• US 20090005114A1
• Filed: 06/30/2008
• Published: 01/01/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Lenovo (Beijing) Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo (Beijing) Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Wang, Wen, Wang, Qianying, Du, Xiaoli, Li, Yan
• Application Number:
  US12/215,779
• Publication Number:
  US 20090005114A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/556.200
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72451 according to schedules, e.g. using calendar applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/60 logging of communication history, e.g. outgoing or incoming calls, missed calls, messages or URLs logging of telephone numbers H04M1/56, H04M1/57

Abstract

The present invention discloses an intelligent shortcut multi-channel reminding method for a portable device, which provides a to-be-processed field for a communication record to be processed when attaching a to-be-processed tag to the communication record, and stores the to-be-processed field together with the communication record. The present invention further discloses an intelligent shortcut multi-channel reminding means for a portable device based on the method, which comprises a to-be-processed module including more than one to-be-processed sub-modules which share a storage space with communication functional modules and serve to view, add, modify and delete to-be-processed fields; at least one shortcut channel which enables information delivery between each to-be-processed sub-module and the corresponding communication functional module; a reminding module which connects to each of the to-be-processed sub-modules and pops up a reminding interface according to the setting of to-be-processed tags. The present invention has advantages of simple operation, no limitation in terms of use environment for various communication function reminding, no reliance on any operator and no additional fee.

Claims

1. An intelligent shortcut multi-channel reminding method for a portable device characterized by providing a to-be-processed field for a communication record to be processed when a to-be-processed tag is attached to the communication record, and storing the to-be-processed field together with the communication record.

2. The intelligent shortcut multi-channel reminding method for a portable device of claim 1, characterized in that providing the to-be-processed field for the communication record to be processed comprises:

providing the to-be-processed field for the communication record, and at the time of attaching the to-be-processed tag, setting the to-be-processed field for the communication record which is to be attached with the to-be-processed tag in a to-be-processed status;

or

providing the to-be-processed field for the communication record which is to be attached with the to-be-processed tag only at the time of attaching the to-be-processed tag.

3. The intelligent shortcut multi-channel reminding method for a portable device of claim 2, further comprising storing all communication records attached with to-be-processed tags as a separate list.

4. The intelligent shortcut multi-channel reminding method for a portable device of claim 3, further comprising querying, modifying, replying or deleting any of the communication records to be processed in said list.

5. The intelligent shortcut multi-channel reminding method for a portable device of claim 2, characterized in that one or more subfields for setting to-be-processed information are provided for the to-be-processed field;

and the method further comprises further setting the value of each subfield in the to-be-processed field by clicking the to-be-processed tag.

6. The intelligent shortcut multi-channel reminding method for a portable device of claim 5, characterized in that information corresponding to said subfield includes at least one of reply manner, reminding manner, reminding time, reminding delay time and remarks.

7. The intelligent shortcut multi-channel reminding method for a portable device of claim 5, further comprising setting a periodic reminding manner and a reminding time so that, every time the reminding time is reached, a user is reminded to process a corresponding communication record to be processed.

8. The intelligent shortcut multi-channel reminding method for a portable device of claim 6, further comprising resetting the information corresponding to the one or more subfields.

9. The intelligent shortcut multi-channel reminding method for a portable device of claim 1, characterized in that said communication record includes at least one of a short message record, a call record and an E-mail record.

10. An intelligent shortcut multi-channel reminding device for a portable device by comprising:

a plurality of to-be-processed sub-modules which share a storage space with communication functional modules and are used to view, add, modify and delete to-be-processed fields; and

at least one shortcut channel which enables information delivery between each to-be-processed sub-module and a corresponding communication functional module.

11. The intelligent shortcut multi-channel reminding device for a portable device of claim 10, characterized in that said communication functional modules are at least one of a short message module, an E-mail module and a call module;

and said to-be-processed sub-modules are at least one of a to-be-processed short message module, a to-be-processed E-mail module and a to-be-processed call module.

12. The intelligent shortcut multi-channel reminding device for a portable device of claim 10, characterized in that:

each of said to-be-processed sub-modules is embedded in the corresponding communication functional module in terms of function;

or

all of said to-be-processed sub-modules constitute a to-be-processed module.

13. The intelligent shortcut multi-channel reminding device for a portable device of claim 10, characterized in that each of said device further comprises a reminding module which connects to each of the to-be-processed sub-modules and pops up a reminding interface according to settings of to-be-processed tags.