Method for displaying related information and mobile communication terminal

• US 8,718,689 B2
• Filed: 06/07/2012
• Issued: 05/06/2014
• 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
• Primary Examiner(s): Arevalo, Joseph
• Application Number:
  US13/491,262
• Publication Number:
  US 20120244894A1
• Time in Patent Office: 698 Days
• Field of Search: 455/466, 455/412, 455/415, 455/414.3, 455/414.1, 455/569.1, 455/41.2, 455/418, 455/412.1, 455/566, 455/411, 455/410, 455/419, 396/310, 396/429, 715/764, 715/769, 715/835, 709/206, 709/204
• 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, the mobile communication terminal having a media file database including media information comprising media files and a plurality of fields associated with the media information, the method comprising:

storing information of one or more corresponding contacts in a field of respective corresponding media information when storing the media information;

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;

displaying information of a contact associated with the media information, which is acquired through the media information, and

sending a short message or initiating a call to the associated contact through the media information;

wherein the information of the one or more contacts comprises at least one of a name, a nick name and a telephone number of the contact;

wherein the telephone number of the associated contact is acquired through the media information; and

the call is initiated or the short message is sent to the associated contact through the acquired telephone number of the associated contact; and

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

2. The method according to claim 1, 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.

3. 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.

4. 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;

a storage unit configured to store, in a media file database, media information comprising media files and a plurality of fields associated with the media information and storage unit configured to store information of one or more contacts in a field of respective corresponding media information when storing the media information;

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

a communication unit configured to send a short message or initiate a call to a contact associated with the media information through the media information;

wherein the display unit displays information of the associated contact, which is acquired through the media information;

wherein the information of the contact comprises at least one of a name, a nick name and a telephone number of the contact;

wherein the telephone number of the associated contact is acquired through the media information; and

the communication unit initiates a call or sends the short message to the associated contact through the acquired telephone number of the associated contact; and

;

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.