Network upgrading-adaptive telephone number upgrading method and device for wireless terminal

• US 9,572,024 B2
• Filed: 12/27/2012
• Issued: 02/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/18/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Original Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Inventors: Guan, Zhaoxu
• Primary Examiner(s): Kincaid, Lester
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lafontant, Gary
• Application Number:
  US14/401,973
• Publication Number:
  US 20150156628A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,510 Days
• Field of Search: 455/564, 455/456.3, 455/433, 455/419, 713/168
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4228 in networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13097 Numbering, addressing
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13102 Common translator
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/28 Number portability ; Network address portability

Abstract

A network upgrading-adaptive telephone number upgrading method and device for a wireless terminal are provided. The solution relates to the field of wireless communication. An initialization unit of a terminal device acquires telephone numbers to be upgraded, and backs up the telephone numbers for use during recovery of the telephone numbers; the initialization unit of the terminal device acquires storage positions where the telephone numbers to be upgraded are stored; a number upgrading unit of the terminal device acquires number upgrading rules from a network side through the wireless terminal, and upgrades the telephone numbers in the storage positions according to the number upgrading rules; and a number writing unit of the terminal device covers the telephone numbers in the storage positions with the upgraded telephone numbers. The problem that the telephone numbers of the wireless terminal or the terminal device cannot be adaptively upgraded after a network is upgraded is solved, and beneficial effects of adaptively upgrading the telephone numbers, improving user experiences and reducing a risk after the network upgrading of an operator are achieved.

Claims

1. A network upgrading-adaptive telephone number upgrading method for a wireless terminal, wherein an operator stores network upgrading rules at a network side after a network is upgraded, and the method comprises:

acquiring, by an initialization unit of a terminal device, telephone numbers to be upgraded, and backing up the telephone numbers to be upgraded for use during recovery of the telephone numbers;

acquiring, by the initialization unit of the terminal device, storage positions where the telephone numbers to be upgraded are stored;

acquiring, by a number upgrading unit of the terminal device, number upgrading rules from the network side through the wireless terminal, and upgrading the telephone numbers in the storage positions according to the number upgrading rules; and

covering, by a number writing unit of the terminal device, the telephone numbers in the storage positions with the upgraded telephone numbers.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein acquiring, by the wireless terminal, the number upgrading rules from the network side comprises:

acquiring, by the wireless terminal, the number upgrading rules from the network side by accessing a cloud or through a Subscriber Identity Module Card Took Kit (STK).

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein after acquiring, by the initialization unit of the terminal device, the storage positions of the telephone numbers, the method further comprises:

backing up, by a number backup unit of the terminal device, the acquired telephone numbers, wherein a backup file of the telephone numbers is named after backup time and a storage position of the backup file.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein after storing, by the number writing unit of the terminal device, the upgraded telephone numbers in the corresponding storage positions, the method further comprises:

searching, by a number searching unit of the terminal device, for the corresponding backup file according to the backup time;

deleting, by the number backup unit of the terminal device, the telephone numbers in the corresponding storage positions; and

covering, by the number writing unit of the terminal device, the telephone numbers in the storage positions with the telephone numbers in the backup file.

5. The method according to claim 2, wherein the number upgrading rules comprise offset before upgrading, an offset content before upgrading, offset after upgrading and an offset content after upgrading.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the telephone numbers to be upgraded are stored in the terminal device or a Subscriber Identity Module/Universal Subscriber Identity Module (SIM/USIM) card of the wireless terminal.

7. A network upgrading-adaptive telephone number upgrading terminal device for a wireless terminal, wherein an operator stores network upgrading rules at a network side after a network is upgraded, the terminal device comprises a processor, which is coupled with a memory and configured to execute program units stored on the memory, wherein the program units comprise:

an initialization unit, configured to acquire telephone numbers to be upgraded, back up the telephone numbers for use during recovery of the telephone numbers and acquire storage positions where the telephone numbers to be upgraded are stored;

a number upgrading unit, configured to acquire number upgrading rules from the network side through the wireless terminal, and upgrade the telephone numbers in the storage positions according to the number upgrading rules; and

a number writing unit, configured to cover the telephone numbers in the storage positions with the upgraded telephone numbers.

8. The terminal device according to claim 7, wherein the number upgrading unit is further configured to acquire the number upgrading rules from the network side by accessing a cloud through the wireless terminal or through a Subscriber Identity Module Card Took Kit (STK).

9. The terminal device according to claim 8, the program units further comprise:

a number backup unit, configured to back up the acquired telephone numbers, wherein a backup file of the telephone numbers is named after backup time and a storage position of the backup file.

10. The terminal device according to claim 8, the program units further comprise:

a number searching unit, configured to search for a corresponding backup file according to the backup time; and

a number recovery unit, configured to delete the telephone numbers in the corresponding storage positions and cover the telephone numbers in the storage positions with the telephone numbers in the found backup file through the number writing unit.