METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTACTING CONTACT PERSON

• US 20140181680A1
• Filed: 12/09/2013
• Published: 06/26/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Xu, Hongmin, Zhang, Tingting, Chen, Wanling
• Application Number:
  US14/100,812
• Publication Number:
  US 20140181680A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/739
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2757 by data transmission, e.g. downloading

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention relate to the network communications field and disclose a method and a device for contacting a contact person, so as to increase probability of contacting the contact person successfully at a single attempt and save user time and the operator'"'"'s operation resources. The method for contacting the contact person includes: obtaining a current state of the contact person on a communications platform, where the current state indicates a state of the contact person on the communications platform at current time, and the state is determined according to an operation performed by the contact person on the communications platform or a terminal bound to the communications platform; determining a contact manner of the contact person, where the contact manner corresponds to the obtained current state; and setting the determined contact manner as a preferred contact manner of the contact person.

Claims

1. A method for contacting a contact person, the method comprising:

obtaining a current state of the contact person on a communications platform, wherein the current state indicates a state of the contact person on the communications platform at current time, and the state is determined according to an operation performed by the contact person on the communications platform or a terminal bound to the communications platform;

determining a contact manner of the contact person, wherein the contact manner corresponds to the obtained current state; and

setting the determined contact manner as a preferred contact manner of the contact person.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein after setting the determined contact manner as a preferred contact manner of the contact person, the method further comprises:

receiving a contact instruction, wherein the contact instruction is used as an instruction of contacting the contact person; and

presenting a contact manner list that comprises multiple contact manners of the contact person, wherein the multiple contact manners comprise the set preferred contact manner, and the set preferred contact manner is presented first in the contact manner list.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein presenting a contact manner list that comprises multiple contact manners of the contact person comprises:

presenting the set preferred contact manner in a first place in the contact manner list;

or

presenting the set preferred contact manner in first brightness in the contact manner list, and presenting other contact manners in the contact manner list except the set preferred contact manner in second brightness in the contact manner list, wherein the first brightness is greater than the second brightness;

or

presenting the set preferred contact manner in first chrominance in the contact manner list, and presenting other contact manners in the contact manner list except the set preferred contact manner in second chrominance in the contact manner list, wherein the first chrominance and the second chrominance are preset.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein after presenting the set preferred contact manner of the contact person to a user, the method further comprises:

receiving a contact manner selection instruction, wherein the contact manner selection instruction is used as an instruction of selecting a contact manner from the contact manner list; and

using the selected contact manner to contact the contact person.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein after setting the determined contact manner as a preferred contact manner of the contact person, the method further comprises:

receiving a contact instruction, wherein the contact instruction is used as an instruction of contacting the contact person; and

using the set preferred contact manner to automatically contact the contact person according to the contact instruction.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein determining a contact manner of the contact person, wherein the contact manner corresponds to the obtained current state, comprises:

searching an address book to obtain the contact manner of the contact person, wherein the contact manner corresponds to the obtained current state, and

the address book is used to store names of contact persons, multiple states of a contact person, and a contact manner corresponding to each state of the contact person.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the communications platform is an application used by the contact person for implementing communication, the application comprising:

an instant messaging tool, an email, a microblog, a social network, or a text communications tool.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the contact manners comprise a fixed telephone number or a mobile telephone number.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the contact manners comprise a telephone contact manner or a network communications contact manner.

10. A device for contacting a contact person, the device comprising:

an obtaining module, configured to obtain a current state of the contact person on a communications platform, wherein the current state indicates a state of the contact person on the communications platform at current time, and the state is determined according to an operation performed by the contact person on the communications platform or a terminal bound to the communications platform;

a determining module, configured to determine a contact manner of the contact person, wherein the contact manner corresponds to the obtained current state; and

a setting module, configured to set the determined contact manner as a preferred contact manner of the contact person.

11. The device according to claim 10, further comprising:

a receiving module, configured to receive a contact instruction, wherein the contact instruction is used as an instruction of contacting the contact person; and

a presenting module, configured to present a contact manner list that comprises multiple contact manners of the contact person, wherein the multiple contact manners comprise the set preferred contact manner, and the set preferred contact manner is presented first in the contact manner list.

12. The device according to claim 11, wherein the presenting module is configured to:

present the set preferred contact manner in a first place in the contact manner list;

or

present the set preferred contact manner in first brightness in the contact manner list, and present other contact manners in the contact manner list except the set preferred contact manner in second brightness in the contact manner list, wherein the first brightness is greater than the second brightness;

or

present the set preferred contact manner in first chrominance in the contact manner list, and present other contact manners in the contact manner list except the set preferred contact manner in second chrominance in the contact manner list, wherein the first chrominance and the second chrominance are preset.

13. The device according to claim 11, wherein the device further comprises a contacting module, and the receiving module is further configured to receive a contact manner selection instruction, wherein the contact manner selection instruction is used as an instruction of selecting a contact manner from the contact manner list;

and the contacting module is configured to use the selected contact manner to contact the contact person.

14. The device according to claim 10, wherein the device comprises a contacting module, and the receiving module is further configured to receive a contact instruction, wherein the contact instruction is used as an instruction of contacting the contact person;

and the contacting module is configured to automatically use the set preferred contact manner to contact the contact person according to the contact instruction.

15. The device according to claim 10, wherein the determining module is configured to:

search an address book to obtain the contact manner of the contact person, wherein the contact manner corresponds to the obtained current state, and

the address book is used to store names of contact persons, multiple states of a contact person, and a contact manner corresponding to each state of the contact person.

16. The device according to claim 10, wherein the communications platform is an application used by the contact person for implementing communication, the application comprising:

an instant messaging tool, an email, a microblog, a social network, or a text communications tool.

17. The device according to claim 10, wherein the contact manners comprise a fixed telephone number or a mobile telephone number.

18. The device according to claim 10, wherein the contact manners comprise a telephone contact manner or a network communications contact manner.