METHOD FOR MANAGING CONTACT INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE IMPLEMENTING THE SAME

• US 20150288649A1
• Filed: 04/07/2015
• Published: 10/08/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/07/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Kim, Geonsoo, Yeom, Donghyun, Hwang, Minkyung, Huh, Sangmin
• Application Number:
  US14/680,895
• Publication Number:
  US 20150288649A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/27 Replication, distribution or synchronisation of data between databases or within a distributed database system; Distributed database system architectures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4594 Address books, i.e. directories containing contact information about correspondents telephone directories in user terminals H04M1/27453
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27453 Directories allowing storage of additional subscriber data, e.g. metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2757 by data transmission, e.g. downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold

Abstract

A method for managing contact information in an electronic device according to certain embodiments of the present disclosure includes: receiving update information of contact information from one of electronic devices connected to the electronic device, updating the contact information based on the received update information, identifying an electronic device set the updated contact information as a shared object, and transmitting at least one portion of the update information to the electronic device set the contact information as a shared object.

Claims

1. A method for managing contact information in an electronic device, the method comprising:

receiving update information of contact information from one of a plurality of electronic devices connected to the electronic device;

updating the contact information based on the received update information;

identifying an electronic device that set the updated contact information as a shared object; and

transmitting at least one portion of the update info nation to the electronic device that set the contact information as a shared object.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the update information comprises at least one of an account, name, image, phone number, email address, or other information.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying an electronic device that set the updated contact information as a shared object comprises:

identifying common contact information between the electronic devices; and

identifying an electronic device that set the common contact information as a shared object for the electronic devices.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein identifying common contact information comprises:

receiving contact information from electronic devices connected to the electronic device; and

deciding that the contact information is common contact information when identical contact information is received from more than one electronic device among the electronic devices.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying an electronic device that set the updated contact information as a shared object is performed by identifying an electronic device to which the update information is transmitted based on a contact information mapping table between the electronic device and connected electronic devices.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the connected electronic devices are prepared to share at least one portion of identical data with the electronic device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein updating the contact information comprises:

identifying whether the contact information is set in a quiescent list; and

updating the contact information with the quiescent list when the contact information is set in the quiescent list.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein identifying whether the contact information is set in a quiescent list is performed according to a quiescent list set by a user.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein identifying whether the contact information is set in a quiescent list is performed according to a quiescent list automatically set by comparing data between the electronic devices at the time of connecting the contact information between the electronic devices.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein identifying whether the contact information is set in a quiescent list comprises:

identifying with contact information of the quiescent list or with a specific sentence in a text base.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving update information related to the contact information from the electronic device;

identifying whether the contact information is a shared object; and

outputting a update notice window of the contact information in a display when the contact information is a shared object.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving update information comprises:

receiving the update information by identifying whether an electronic device connectible to the electronic device came into a connection environment of the electronic device.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

detecting a user input in the notice window; and

updating the contact information based on the user input.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

identifying whether an automatic update is set when the contact information is a shared object; and

updating the contact information with the update information when the automatic update is set.

15. An electronic device for managing contact information, the electronic device comprising:

a communication module configured to transmit update information of contact information to connected electronic devices;

a memory configured to store the contact information; and

at least one processor configured to;

receive update information of contact information from one of a plurality of electronic devices connected to the electronic device;

update the contact information based on the received update information;

to identify an electronic device that set the updated contact information as a shared object; and

transmit the update information to the electronic device that set the contact information as a shared object.

16. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein the processor is further configured to:

identify common contact information between the electronic devices; and

identify an electronic device that set the common contact information as a shared objet for the electronic devices.

17. The electronic device of claim 16, wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive contact information from a connected electronic devices; and

decide that the contact information is common contact information between the electronic devices when identical contact information is received from more than one electronic device among the electronic devices.

18. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive the contact information from one of the connected electronic devices;

identify whether the contact information is set in a quiescent list set by a user; and

update the quiescent list when the contact information is set in the quiescent list.

19. The electronic device of claim 18, wherein the processor is further configured to set the contact information in the quiescent list at a predetermined time or at the time of connecting the electronic devices.

20. A recording media readable by a computer including a program for executing a method for managing contact information in an electronic device, wherein the method comprises:

receiving update information of contact information from one of electronic devices connected to the electronic device;

updating the contact information based on the received update information;

identifying an electronic device that set the updated contact information as a shared object; and

transmitting the update information to the electronic device that set the contact information as a shared object.