Wireless terminal and method for processing contact information

• US 8,892,167 B2
• Filed: 08/13/2010
• Issued: 11/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/19/2009
• 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: Deng, Junjie
• Primary Examiner(s): Gelin, Jean
• Application Number:
  US12/856,150
• Publication Number:
  US 20110045850A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,558 Days
• Field of Search: 455/414.1, 455/414.2, 455/415, 455/440, 455/456.1, 455/466, 455/566, 455/418, 455/445, 455/414.4, 345/173, 345/177, 715/769, 715/835, 370/310, 370/352, 709/217, 709/218, 709/219
• US Class Current: 455/566
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/48 Message addressing, e.g. address format or anonymous messages, aliases
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27475 using interactive graphical means or pictorial representations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2757 by data transmission, e.g. downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/575 Means for retrieving and displaying personal data about calling party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/576 associated with a pictorial or graphical representation
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/60 logging of communication history, e.g. outgoing or incoming calls, missed calls, messages or URLs logging of telephone numbers H04M1/56, H04M1/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A method for processing contact information includes setting a contact information list on a display; selecting a piece of contact information from the contact information list; binding the selected contact information to a specific area of the display; obtaining service information corresponding to the contact information, and displaying the service information on the specific area of the display.

Claims

1. A method for processing contact information performed by a wireless terminal, the method comprising:

selecting a contact from a contact list displayed on a display of the wireless terminal;

binding the selected contact to a specific area of the display when selecting the contact from the contact list;

obtaining service information corresponding to the selected contact from a network service; and

displaying the service information corresponding to the selected contact on the specific area of the display, wherein a size and arrangement of the specific area is determined according to a size of the service information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the service information comprises short message service (SMS) information or multimedia message service (MMS) information.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of obtaining the service information corresponding to the selected contact and displaying the service information on the specific area of the display comprises:

receiving short message service (SMS) information or multimedia message service (MMS) information;

matching a wireless terminal identifier of a sender carried in the SMS information or the MMS information with the mobile communication number; and

displaying the SMS information or the MMS information on the specific area of the display if the matching succeeds.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of obtaining the service information corresponding to the selected contact and displaying the service information on the specific area of the display comprises:

receiving Email information, matching an Email identifier of a sender carried in the Email information with the Email address information, and

displaying the Email information on the specific area of the display if the matching succeeds.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of obtaining the service information corresponding to the selected contact and displaying the service information on the specific area of the display comprises:

obtaining dynamically updated information corresponding to the instant communication number, the web log address, and the online shop address; and

displaying the dynamically updated information on the specific area of the display.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the step of obtaining the dynamically updated information corresponding to the instant communication number, the web log address, and the online shop address comprises:

logging in to a website corresponding to the instant communication number, the web log address, and the online shop address periodically, and obtaining the dynamically updated information corresponding to the instant communication number, the web log address, and the online shop address.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the contact comprises a mobile communication number.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the contact comprises an instant communication number.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the contact comprises a web log address.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the contact comprises an Email address.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the contact comprises an online shop address.

12. A wireless terminal, comprising:

a selecting module configured to select a contact from a contact list displayed on a display of the wireless terminal;

a binding module configured to bind the selected contact to a specific area of the display when the contact is selected from the contact list;

an obtaining module configured to obtain service information corresponding to the selected contact from a network service; and

a displaying module configured to display the service information corresponding to the selected contact on the specific area of the display, wherein a size and arrangement of the specific area is determined according to a size of the service information.

13. The wireless terminal of claim 12, wherein the obtaining module comprises a matching unit, configured to match a wireless terminal identifier of a sender carried in received short message service (SMS) information or multimedia message service (MMS) information with the mobile communication number, and send the SMS information or the MMS information to the displaying module if the matching succeeds.

14. The wireless terminal of claim 13, wherein the obtaining module comprises a login unit, configured to log in to a website corresponding to the instant communication number, the web log address, and the online shop address periodically, obtain dynamically updated information corresponding to the instant communication number, the web log address, and the online shop address, and send the dynamically updated information to the displaying module.

15. The wireless terminal of claim 12, wherein the obtaining module comprises a matching unit, configured to match an Email identifier of a sender carried in received Email information with the Email address, and send the Email information to the displaying module if the matching succeeds.

16. The wireless terminal of claim 15, wherein the obtaining module comprises a login unit, configured to log in to a website corresponding to the instant communication number, the web log address, and the online shop address periodically, obtain dynamically updated information corresponding to the instant communication number, the web log address, and the online shop address, and send the dynamically updated information to the displaying module.