QUICK COMMUNICATION METHOD AND DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

• US 20140364107A1
• Filed: 08/26/2014
• Published: 12/11/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/27/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: Ye, Liwei, Lei, Yu, Li, Bin
• Granted Patent: US 10,116,780 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/418
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/67 by electronic means
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72466 with selection means, e.g. keys, having functions defined by the mode or the status of the device
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72472 wherein the items are sorted according to specific criteria, e.g. frequency of use

Abstract

A quick communication method and device, and a storage medium are disclosed in the in present disclosure which belongs to the field of mobile communication. The method includes: displaying a quick communication key on the lock screen interface of a terminal; invoking a shortcut panel according to an operation triggered by a user on the quick communication key, and the shortcut panel includes contact information of a part or all of the contact objects from the contact list in the terminal; receiving a contact object selected by the user, and communicating with the contact object; and the device includes: a display module, an invoking module, and a communicating module. Quick communication with a contact object can be implemented by the present invention through the quick communication key on the lock screen interface of the terminal to improve the efficiency of terminal communication.

Claims

1. A quick communication method, comprising:

displaying a quick communication key on a lock screen interface of a terminal;

invoking a shortcut panel according to an operation triggered by a user on the quick communication key, wherein the shortcut panel includes contact information of a part or all of contact objects from a contact list in the terminal; and

receiving a contact object selected by the user and communicating with the contact object.

2. The quick communication method according to claim 1, wherein, the invoking a shortcut panel comprises:

selecting contact objects each with a contact frequency larger than a first preset threshold or a first preset number of contact objects with the top contact frequencies from the contact list in the terminal according to the contact frequencies of the contact objects in the contact list of the terminal, wherein the contact frequency of the contact object refers to the frequency of communication between the user and the contact; and

loading the contact information of the contact object selected from the contact list to the shortcut panel in the terminal.

3. The quick communication method according to claim 2, wherein:

the contact list further includes portraits of the selected contact objects; and

the loading the contact information of the contact object selected from the contact list to the shortcut panel in the terminal comprises;

obtaining the portrait of the selected contact object from the contact list in the terminal;

binding the portrait of the selected contact object with the contact information of the selected contact object; and

loading the bound portrait of the contact object selected from the contact list to the shortcut panel.

4. The quick communication method according to claim 1, wherein:

a shortcut list is further included in the terminal, and the shortcut list is used to store identifiers and contact information corresponding to portraits of the contact objects, and contact objects in the shortcut list are composed by a part or all of the contact objects in the contact list; and

the invoking a shortcut panel comprises;

loading the shortcut list in the terminal to the shortcut panel;

obtaining an identifier and contact information corresponding to a portrait of the contact object from the shortcut panel of the terminal;

obtaining the portrait of the contact object corresponding to the identifier from the contact list in the terminal according to the identifier corresponding to the portrait of the contact object; and

binding the portrait of the contact object with the contact information of the contact object, and loading the portrait of the contact object to the shortcut panel.

5. The quick communication method according to claim 3, wherein the receiving a contact object selected by the user and communicating with the contact object comprises:

receiving the portrait of the contact object selected by the user;

obtaining the contact information bound with the portrait of the contact object selected by the user; and

communicating with the contact object selected by the user according to the obtained contact information.

6. The quick communication method according to claim 4, wherein, before the shortcut panel is invoked, the method comprises:

selecting contact objects each with a contact frequency larger than a second preset threshold or a second preset number of contact objects with the top contact frequencies from the contact list in the terminal according to the contact frequencies of the contact objects in the contact list of the terminal, and adding the contact information of the contact objects selected from the contact list to the shortcut list, wherein the contact frequency of the contact object refers to the frequency of communication between the user and the contact object.

7. The quick communication method according to claim 1, wherein:

the method comprises;

obtaining a contact object which has not been contacted by the user for a preset period from the contact list in the terminal, and reducing the contact frequency of the obtained contact object;

or

after communicating with the contact object selected by the user, increasing the contact frequency of the contact object selected by the user according to the type of the communication between the user and the contact object selected by the user.

8. The quick communication method according to claim 1, further comprising:

if the contact information of a contact object included in the contact list in the terminal is changed, wherein the contact object is further included in the shortcut panel of the terminal, obtaining the changed contact information of the contact object from the contact list in the terminal and updating the contact information of the corresponding contact object in the shortcut panel of the terminal as the changed contact information of the contact object.

9. The quick communication method according to claim 1, wherein a contact object adding key is included in the shortcut panel of the terminal;

and wherein;

after the shortcut panel of the terminal is invoked, the method further comprises;

invoking the contact list of the terminal according to an instruction for adding a contact object that is triggered by the user through the contact object adding key to obtain the contact information of a contact object selected by the user; and

adding the contact information of the contact object selected by the user to the shortcut list;

or

after the shortcut panel is invoked, the method further comprises;

deleting a contact object selected by the user from the shortcut panel according to an instruction for deleting the contact object that is triggered by the user through the contact object deleting key.

10. A quick communication device, comprising:

a display module, which is configured to display a quick communication key on a lock screen interface of a terminal;

an invoking module, which is configured to invoke a shortcut panel according to an operation triggered by a user on the quick communication key, wherein the shortcut panel includes contact information of a part or all of contact objects from a contact list in the terminal; and

a communicating module, which is configured to receive a contact object selected by the user, and communicating with the contact object.

11. The quick communication device according to claim 10, wherein the device comprises:

a selecting module, which is configured to select contact objects each with a contact frequency larger than a first preset threshold or a first preset number of contact objects with the top contact frequencies from the contact list in the terminal according to the contact frequencies of the contact objects in the contact list of the terminal, wherein the contact frequency of the contact object refers to the frequency of communication between the user and the contact; and

a loading module, which is configured to load the contact information of the contact object selected from the contact list to the shortcut panel in the terminal.

12. The quick communication device according to claim 11, wherein:

a portrait of the contact object is further included in the contact list; and

the loading module further comprises;

a first obtaining unit, which is configured to obtain the portrait of the selected contact object from the contact list in the terminal;

a first binding unit, which is configured to bind the portrait of the selected contact object with the contact information of the selected contact object; and

a first loading unit, which is configured to load the bound portrait of the contact object selected from the contact list to the shortcut panel.

13. The quick communication device according to claim 10, wherein:

a shortcut list is further included in the terminal, and the shortcut list is used to store identifiers and contact information corresponding to the portraits of the contact objects, and contact objects in the shortcut list are composed by a part or all of the contact objects in the contact list; and

the invoking module comprises;

a second loading unit, which is configured to load the shortcut list in the terminal to the shortcut panel;

a second obtaining unit, which is configured to obtain an identifier and contact information corresponding to the portrait of the contact object;

a third obtaining unit, which is configured to obtain the portrait of the contact object corresponding to identifier from the contact list in the terminal according to the identifier corresponding to the portrait of the contact object; and

a second binding unit, which is configured to bind the portrait of the contact object with the contact information, and loading the portrait of the contact object to the shortcut panel.

14. The quick communication device according to claim 12, wherein the communicating module comprises:

a receiving unit, which is configured to receive the portrait of the contact object selected by the user;

a fourth obtaining unit, which is configured to obtain the contact information bound with the portrait of the contact object selected by the user; and

a communicating unit, which is configured to communicate with the contact object selected by the user according to the obtained contact information.

15. The quick communication device according to claim 13, further comprising:

a first adding module, which is configured to select a contact object with a contact frequencies larger than a second preset threshold or a second preset number of contact objects with the top contact frequencies from the contact list in the terminal according to the contact frequencies of the contact objects in the contact list of the terminal, and add the contact information of the contact object selected from the contact list to the shortcut list, wherein the contact frequency of the contact object refers to the frequency of communication between the user and the contact object.

16. The quick communication device according to claim 10, further comprising:

an increasing module, which is configured to increase the contact frequency of the contact object selected by the user according to the type of the communication between the user and the contact object selected by the user;

or

a reducing module, which is configured to obtain a contact object which has not been contacted by the user for a preset period from the contact list in the terminal, and reduce the contact frequency of the obtained contact object.

17. The quick communication device according to claim 10, further comprising:

an updating module, which is configured to, if the contact information of a contact object included in the contact list in the terminal is changed, wherein the contact object is further included in the shortcut panel of the terminal, obtain the changed contact information of the contact object from the contact list in the terminal and update the contact information of the corresponding contact object in the shortcut panel of the terminal as the changed contact information.

18. The quick communication device according to claim 10, wherein:

a contact object adding key is included in the shortcut panel of the terminal; and

the device accordingly further comprises;

a second adding module, which is configured to invoke the contact list of the terminal according to an instruction for adding a contact object that is triggered by the user through the contact object adding key to obtain the contact information of a contact object selected by the user, and add the contact information of the contact object selected by the user to the shortcut list.

19. The quick communication device according to claim 10, wherein:

a contact object deleting key is included in the shortcut panel of the terminal; and

the device accordingly further comprises;

a deleting module, which is configured to delete a contact object selected by the user from the shortcut panel according to an instruction for deleting the contact object that is triggered by the user through the contact object deleting key.

20. A storage medium comprising computer-executable instructions configured to perform a quick communication method, and the method comprises:

displaying a quick communication key on a lock screen interface of a terminal;

invoking a shortcut panel according to an operation triggered by a user on the quick communication key, the shortcut panel including contact information of a part or all of contact objects from a contact list in the terminal; and

receiving a contact object selected by the user, and communicating with the contact object.