CONTROL METHOD FOR INCOMING MESSAGE AND MOBILE TERMINAL USING THE SAME

• US 20140323111A1
• Filed: 04/22/2014
• Published: 10/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: NING, JING
• Application Number:
  US14/259,138
• Publication Number:
  US 20140323111A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/418
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/212 using filtering or selective blocking
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/663 Preventing unauthorised calls to a telephone set
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72463 to restrict the functionality of the device
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/48 for in-vehicle communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring

Abstract

A control method for incoming messages includes steps of: controlling a mobile terminal to enter into a safe driving mode in response to a receiving of a command for controlling the mobile terminal to enter into the safe driving mode; obtaining a predetermined block condition and determining whether there is a need to automatically block an incoming message or not according to the obtained predetermined block condition when the incoming message is received by the mobile terminal; and rejecting and responding the incoming message with a predetermined message when it is determined that there is a need to automatically block the incoming message. A mobile terminal is also provided.

Claims

1. A control method for incoming messages, comprising steps of:

controlling a mobile terminal to enter into a safe driving mode in response to a receiving of a command for controlling the mobile terminal to enter into the safe driving mode;

obtaining a predetermined block condition and determining whether there is a need to automatically block an incoming message or not according to the obtained predetermined block condition when the incoming message is received by the mobile terminal; and

rejecting or responding the incoming message with a predetermined message when it is determined that there is a need to automatically block the incoming message.

2. The control method according to claim 1, wherein before the step of controlling a mobile terminal to enter into a safe driving mode in response to a receiving of a command for controlling the mobile terminal to enter into the safe driving mode, the control method comprises steps of:

determining that whether the mobile terminal has activated a safe driving mode prompt or not;

determining that whether the mobile terminal is connected to a power supply of a vehicle or not when the safe driving mode prompt is activated; and

determining that the vehicle is being driven by a user of the mobile terminal when it is determined that the motive terminal is connected to the power supply of the vehicle.

3. The control method according to claim 1, wherein before the step of controlling a mobile terminal to enter into a safe driving mode in response to a receiving of a command for controlling the mobile terminal to enter into the safe driving mode, the control method comprises steps of:

regularly obtaining a speed of a vehicle connected with the mobile terminal, calculating an average speed of the vehicle within a predetermined period according to the obtained speed, and determining whether the average speed is higher than a predetermined speed or not; and

giving forth an alarm sound to prompt the driver to selectively enter the mobile terminal into the safe driving mode when the average speed is higher than the predetermined speed.

4. The control method according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined block condition comprises:

a vehicle connected with the mobile terminal is having a speed higher than a predetermined speed or not, the incoming message is a junk message or not, a caller or a sender of the incoming message is not in a contact list of the mobile terminal or not, or the caller or the sender of the incoming message is in a predetermined black list or not, wherein it is determined that the incoming message is needed to be automatically blocked when the predetermined block condition is yes.

5. The control method according to claim 1, further comprising a step of:

controlling a media player not to give forth a ringtone or a vibration sound corresponding to the incoming message when it is determined that the incoming message is needed to be automatically blocked.

6. The control method according to claim 1, further comprising a step of:

recording and saving the incoming message and displaying a specific information corresponding to the incoming message on a display panel of the mobile terminal when it is determined that the incoming message is needed to be automatically blocked.

7. The control method according to claim 1, wherein after the step of obtaining a predetermined block condition and determining whether there is a need to automatically block an incoming message or not according to the obtained predetermined block condition when the incoming message is received by the mobile terminal, the control method comprises steps of:

controlling the mobile terminal to communicate with a driver of a vehicle connected with the mobile terminal in a voice manner through a media player, identifying a reply from the driver, and determining whether the reply from the driver intends to answer or check the incoming message or not when the incoming message is received by the mobile terminal and it is determined that the incoming message is not needed to be automatically blocked;

controlling the mobile terminal to automatically answer the incoming message and turn a volume of the incoming message up through a speaker, or controlling the mobile terminal to automatically display a content of the incoming message when the reply from the driver intends to answer or check the incoming message; and

automatically responding the incoming message with a predetermined message when the reply from the driver intends not to answer or not to check the incoming message.

8. The control method according to claim 1, wherein after the step of obtaining a predetermined block condition and determining whether there is a need to automatically block an incoming message or not according to the obtained predetermined block condition when the incoming message is received by the mobile terminal, the control method further comprises steps of:

calculating an average speed of a vehicle connected with the mobile terminal within a predetermined period by regularly obtaining a speed of the vehicle;

determining whether the average speed is lower than a predetermined speed or not and whether the mobile terminal is disconnected from a power supply of the vehicle; and

controlling the mobile terminal to exit from the safe driving mode when the average speed is lower than the predetermined speed and the mobile terminal is disconnected from the power supply of the vehicle.

9. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a safe driving mode control module configured to control the mobile terminal to enter into a safe driving mode in response to a receiving of a command for controlling the mobile terminal to enter into the safe driving mode;

a block determination module configured to obtain a predetermined block condition and determine whether there is a need to automatically block an incoming message or not according to the obtained predetermined block condition when the incoming message is received by the mobile terminal; and

an incoming message control module configured to reject or respond the incoming message with a predetermined message when it is determined that there is a need to automatically block the incoming message.

10. The mobile terminal according to claim 9, further comprising:

a safe driving mode prompt activation module configured to determine that whether the mobile terminal has activated a safe driving mode prompt or not; and

a vehicle driver determination module configured to determine that whether the mobile terminal is connected to a power supply of a vehicle or not when the safe driving mode prompt is activated, wherein it is determined that the vehicle is being driven by a user of the mobile terminal when it is determined that the motive terminal is connected to the power supply of the vehicle.

11. The mobile terminal according to claim 9, further comprising:

an alarm module configured to regularly obtain a speed of a vehicle connected with the mobile terminal, calculate an average speed of the vehicle within a predetermined period according to the obtained speed, determine whether the average speed is higher than a predetermined speed or not, and give forth an alarm sound to prompt the driver to selectively enter the mobile terminal into the safe driving mode when the average speed is higher than the predetermined speed.

12. The mobile terminal according to claim 9, wherein the predetermined block condition comprises:

a vehicle connected with the mobile terminal is having a speed higher than a predetermined speed or not, the incoming message is a junk text message or not, a caller or a sender of the incoming message is not in a contact list of the mobile terminal or not, or the caller or the sender of the incoming message is in a predetermined black list or not, wherein it is determined that the incoming message is needed to be automatically blocked when the predetermined block condition is yes.

13. The mobile terminal according to claim 9, wherein the incoming message control module is further configured to control a media player not to give forth a ringtone or a vibration sound corresponding to the incoming message when it is determined that the incoming message is needed to be automatically blocked.

14. The mobile terminal according to claim 9, wherein the incoming message control module is further configured to record and save the incoming message and display a specific information corresponding to the incoming message on a display panel of the mobile terminal when it is determined that the incoming message is needed to be automatically blocked.

15. The mobile terminal according to claim 9, wherein the incoming message control module is further configured to control the mobile terminal to communicate with a driver of a vehicle connected with the mobile terminal in a voice manner through a media player, identify a reply from the driver, and determine whether the reply from the driver intends to answer or check the incoming message or not when the incoming message is received by the mobile terminal and it is determined that the incoming messages is not needed to be automatically blocked, wherein the incoming message control module is further configured to control the mobile terminal to automatically answer the incoming message and turn a volume of the incoming phone call up through a speaker, or control the mobile terminal to automatically display a content of the incoming message when the reply from the driver intends to answer or check the incoming message, wherein the incoming message control module is further configured to automatically respond the incoming message with a predetermined message when the reply from the driver intends not to answer or not to check the incoming message.

16. The mobile terminal according to claim 9, further comprising:

a safe driving mode exit module configured to calculate an average speed of a vehicle connected with the mobile terminal within a predetermined period by regularly obtaining a speed of the vehicle, determine whether the average speed is lower than a predetermined speed or not and whether the mobile terminal is disconnected from a power supply of the vehicle, and control the mobile terminal to exit from the safe driving mode when the average speed is lower than the predetermined speed and the mobile terminal is disconnected from the power supply of the vehicle.

17. A computer readable storage medium storing a program causing a mobile terminal to execute a control method, the control method comprising steps of:

controlling the mobile terminal to enter into a safe driving mode in response to a receiving of a command for controlling the mobile terminal to enter into the safe driving mode;

obtaining a predetermined block condition and determining whether there is a need to automatically block an incoming message or not according to the obtained predetermined block condition when the incoming message is received by the mobile terminal; and

rejecting or responding the incoming message with a predetermined message when it is determined that there is a need to automatically block the incoming message.