METHOD FOR DISPLAYING RELATED INFORMATION AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL

• US 20120244894A1
• Filed: 06/07/2012
• Published: 09/27/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Device Company Limited (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Device Company Limited (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: GAO, Wei, YANG, Qinghua, CAO, Huitao, GENG, Xiaodong, ZHANG, Mingwang, DONG, Wencai, LUO, Weiwei
• Granted Patent: US 8,718,689 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27453 Directories allowing storage of additional subscriber data, e.g. metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27475 using interactive graphical means or pictorial representations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/183 Processing at user equipment or user record carrier

Abstract

A method for displaying related information in a mobile communication terminal includes: acquiring information of the contact stored in the mobile communication terminal, searching for media information in the mobile communication terminal according to the information of the contact and acquiring media information matched with the information of the contact, and displaying the media information matched with the information of the contact. The method and terminal involved in the present invention enable a mobile communication terminal user to search for media information related to a contact through the contact and meanwhile can further view the information of the contact related to the media information through the media information, by associating media files with contacts.

Claims

1. A method for displaying related information in a mobile communication terminal, comprising:

acquiring information of a contact stored in the mobile communication terminal;

searching for media information in the mobile communication terminal according to the information of the contact;

acquiring media information matched with the information of the contact; and

displaying the media information matched with the information of the contact.

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

storing the information of corresponding contacts in the media information when storing the media information, wherein the corresponding contacts can be one or more contacts.

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

editing the information of the corresponding contacts in the media information.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein editing of the information of the corresponding contacts in the media information comprises at least one of:

adding information of one or more other contacts;

deleting information of one or more contacts which have been stored in the media information; and

modifying information of one or more contacts which have been stored in the media information.

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

initiating a call or sending a short message to the corresponding contacts in the media information through the media information.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the media information comprises at least one of:

a photo, an audio file, a video file, and a media file database.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the information of the contact comprises any combination of:

a name, a nick name and a telephone number of the contact or a related person.

8. A mobile communication terminal, comprising:

a first acquiring unit configured to acquire information of a contact stored in the mobile communication terminal;

a second acquiring unit configured to search for media information in the mobile communication terminal according to the information of the contact, and to acquire media information matched with the information of the contact; and

a display unit configured to display the media information matched with the information of the contact.

9. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 8, wherein the mobile communication terminal further comprises a storage unit configured to store information of corresponding contacts in the media information when storing the media information, wherein the corresponding contacts can be one or more contacts.

10. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 9, wherein the storage unit comprises a receiving unit configured to receive an edition made on the information of the corresponding contacts in the media information.

11. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 9, wherein the mobile communication terminal further comprises a communication unit configured to initiate a call or send a short message to the corresponding contacts in the media information through the media information.