Electronic device with function of replying to message based on receiver environment and method thereof

• US 8,824,647 B2
• Filed: 12/30/2011
• Issued: 09/02/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Futaihua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Futaihua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Lin, Xi
• Primary Examiner(s): Ramakrishnaiah, Melur
• Application Number:
  US13/340,700
• Publication Number:
  US 20130156172A1
• Time in Patent Office: 977 Days
• Field of Search: 379/93.01, 379/90.01, 379/80, 379/88.1, 455/415, 455/412, 455/413, 455/418, 455/455, 455/466, 455/558, 715/735
• US Class Current: 379/93.01
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/00 Telephonic communication systems specially adapted for combination with other electrical systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]

Abstract

An electronic device with a function of replying to a message based on the environment of the receiver is provided. The electronic device includes a storage unit, a receiving module, a determining module, a detecting module, an acquiring module, and a sending module. The storage unit stores an environment table which records relationships between receiver-environments and suitable replies. The receiving module receives a short message from a sending phone number. The determining module collects information to determine a current receiver-environment of the user of the electronic device. The detecting module detects an existing reply matching the current receiver-environment in the environment table. The acquiring module acquires the reply matching the current environment and the sending module sends a message which includes the acquired reply to the sending phone number.

Claims

1. An electronic device with a function of replying to a message based on receiver-environment comprising:

a storage unit storing an environment table which records relationships between receiver-environments and replies;

a processing unit; and

a plurality of modules to be executed by the processing unit, wherein the plurality of modules comprises;

a receiving module configured to receive a short message from a sending phone number;

a determining module configured to collect environment information to determine a current receiver-environment of the electronic device;

a detecting module configured to detect whether there is a reply corresponding to the current receiver-environment of the electronic device in the environment table;

an acquiring module configured to acquire the reply corresponding to the current receiver-environment of the electronic device when there is a reply matching the current receiver-environment of the electronic device in the environment table; and

a sending module configured to send a message which comprises the acquired reply to the sending phone number.

2. The electronic device as described in claim 1, the plurality of modules to be executed by the processing unit further comprising:

a replying time detecting module configured to detect whether the received short message is replied to manually by a user within a predetermined period of replying time stored in the storage unit; and

wherein the determining module collects the environment information to determine the current environment of the electronic device when the received short message is not replied to manually by a user within the predetermined period of replying time.

3. The electronic device as described in claim 2, the plurality of modules to be executed by the processing unit further comprising:

a turning-on time detecting module configured to detect whether a moment of receiving the short message is within a predetermined period of turning-on time stored in the storage unit; and

wherein the replying time detecting module detects whether the received short message is replied to manually by a user within the predetermined period of replying time stored in the storage unit when the moment of receiving the short message is within the predetermined period of turning-on time.

4. The electronic device as described in claim 2, the plurality of modules to be executed by the processing unit further comprising:

a number detecting module configured to detect whether the phone number which sends the short message to the receiving module is one of a plurality of predetermined phone numbers stored in the storage unit when the received short message is not replied to manually by a user within the predetermined period of replying time; and

wherein the determining module collects environment information to determine the current receiver-environment of the electronic device when the phone number which sends the short message to the receiving module is not one of the predetermined phone numbers.

5. The electronic device as described in claim 1, the plurality of modules to be executed by the processing unit further comprising:

a second prompting module configured to prompt the user to set a reply matching the current receiver-environment of the electronic device in the environment table when there is not a reply matching the current environment of the electronic device in the environment table; and

a setting module configured to set a reply matching the current receiver-environment of the electronic device in the environment table according to a user input.

6. The electronic device as described in claim 3, the plurality of modules to be executed by the processing unit further comprising:

a resetting module configured to reset the predetermined period of turning-on time, the predetermined period of replying time, and the environment table.

7. The electronic device as described in claim 4, the plurality of modules to be executed by the processing unit further comprising:

a first prompting module configured to repeatedly prompt the user until the user replies to manually the received short message when the phone number which sends the short message to the receiving module is one of the predetermined phone numbers.

8. An electronic device with a function of replying to a message based on receiver-environment comprising:

a storage unit storing a predetermined period of replying time, a plurality of predetermined phone numbers, and an environment table, the environment table records relationships between receiver-environments and replies;

a processing unit; and

a plurality of modules to be executed by the processing unit, wherein the plurality of modules comprises;

a receiving module configured to receive a short message from a sending phone number;

a replying time detecting module configured to detect whether the received short message is replied to manually by a user within the predetermined period of replying time;

a number detecting module configured to detect whether the phone number which sends the short message to the receiving module is one of the plurality of predetermined phone numbers when the received short message is not replied to manually by a user within the predetermined period of replying time;

a determining module configured to collect environment information to determine a current receiver-environment of the electronic device when the phone number which sends the short message to the receiving module is one of the plurality of predetermined phone numbers;

a detecting module configured to detect whether there is a reply corresponding to the current receiver-environment of the electronic device in the environment table;

an acquiring module configured to acquire the reply corresponding to the current receiver-environment when there is a reply matching the current receiver-environment of the electronic device in the environment table; and

a sending module configured to send a message which comprises the acquired reply to the sending phone number.

9. The electronic device as described in claim 8, the plurality of modules to be executed by the processing unit further comprising:

a first prompting module configured to repeatedly prompt the user until the user replies manually the received short message when the phone number which sends the short message to the receiving module is not one of the predetermined phone numbers.

10. A method for replying to a message based on receiver-environment implemented by an electronic device, wherein the electronic device comprises a storage unit storing an environment table which records relationships between receiver-environments and replies;

the method comprising;

receiving a short message from a sending phone number;

collecting environment information to determine a current receiver-environment of the electronic device;

detecting whether there is a reply corresponding to the current receiver-environment of the electronic device in the environment table;

acquiring the reply corresponding to the current receiver-environment when there is a reply matching the current receiver-environment of the electronic device in the environment table; and

sending a message which comprises the acquired reply to the sending phone number.

11. The method as described in claim 10, further comprising:

detecting whether the received short message is replied to manually by a user within a predetermined period of replying time stored in the storage unit; and

collecting the environment information to determine a current receiver-environment of the electronic device when the received short message is not replied to manually by a user within the predetermined period of replying time.

12. The method as described in claim 11, further comprising:

detecting whether a moment of receiving the short message is within a predetermined period of turning-on time stored in the storage unit; and

detecting whether the received short message is replied to manually by a user in the predetermined period of replying time stored in the storage unit when the moment of receiving the short message is within the predetermined period of turning-on time.

13. The method as described in claim 11, further comprising:

detecting whether the phone number which sends the short message to the receiving module is one of a plurality of predetermined phone numbers stored in the storage unit when the received short message is not replied to manually by a user within the predetermined period of replying time; and

collecting environment information to determine the current receiver-environment of the electronic device when the phone number which sends the short message to the receiving module is not one of the predetermined phone numbers.

14. The method as described in claim 10, further comprising:

prompting the user to set a reply matching the current receiver-environment of the electronic device in the environment table when there is not a reply matching the current receiver-environment of the electronic device in the environment table; and

setting a reply matching the current receiver-environment of the electronic device in the environment table according to a user input.

15. The method as described in claim 12, further comprising:

resetting the predetermined period of turning-on time, the predetermined period of replying time, and the environment table.

16. The method as described in claim 13, further comprising:

repeatedly prompting the user until the user replies to manually the received short message when the phone number which generates the short message to the receiving module is one of the predetermined phone numbers.

17. A method for replying to a message based on receiver-environment implemented by an electronic device, wherein the electronic device comprises a storage unit storing a predetermined period of replying time, a plurality of predetermined phone numbers, and an environment table which records relationships between environments and replies;

the method comprising;

receiving a short message from a sending phone number;

detecting whether the received short message is replied to manually by a user within the predetermined period of replying time;

detecting whether the phone number which sends the short message to the receiving module is one of the plurality of predetermined phone numbers stored in the storage unit when the received short message is not replied to manually by a user within the predetermined period of replying time;

collecting environment information to determine a current receiver-environment of the electronic device when the phone number which sends the short message to the receiving module is one of the plurality of predetermined phone numbers;

detecting whether there is a reply corresponding to the current receiver-environment of the electronic device in the environment table;

acquiring the reply corresponding to the current receiver-environment when there is a reply matching the current receiver-environment of the electronic device in the environment table; and

sending a message which comprises the acquired reply to the sending phone number.

18. The method as described in claim 17, further comprising:

repeatedly prompting the user until the user replies manually the received short message when the phone number which sends short message to the receiving module is not one of the predetermined phone numbers.