Method for providing information and an electronic device thereof

• US 9,749,464 B2
• Filed: 09/24/2015
• Issued: 08/29/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/24/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Jun-Hee
• Primary Examiner(s): SIVJI, NIZAR N
• Application Number:
  US14/864,047
• Publication Number:
  US 20160088149A1
• Time in Patent Office: 705 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27475 using interactive graphical means or pictorial representations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2749 Automatic dialling or redialling systems, e.g. on off-hook or redial on busy
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/56 Arrangements for indicating or recording the called number at the calling subscriber's set
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/60 logging of communication history, e.g. outgoing or incoming calls, missed calls, messages or URLs
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42093 Notifying the calling party of information on the called or connected party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42102 Making use of the called party identifier
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold

Abstract

A control method and an electronic device thereof are provided. The first electronic device includes a memory for storing call logs, a determination module for analyzing the call logs associated with a dialing pattern and identifying a second electronic device associated with a recipient in the dialing pattern, and a control module for, when attempting a call to the first electronic device, outputting information of at least one second electronic device associated with the first electronic device in accordance with the stored call logs.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a memory storing instructions;

a touch screen; and

at least one processor configured to execute the stored instructions to;

request to establish call connection with a first electronic device;

identify whether establishing the call connection with the first electronic device failed; and

display, based on a result of the identification, a first icon with a first size and a second icon with a second size different from the first size,

wherein the first icon is used for establishing call connection with a second electronic device associated with the first electronic device, and

wherein the second icon is used for establishing call connection with a third electronic device associated with the first electronic device.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the association between the first electronic device and the third electronic device is higher than the association between the first electronic device and the second electronic device, and

wherein the second size is larger than the first size to indicate that the association between the first electronic device and the third electronic device is higher than the association between the first electronic device and the second electronic device.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the stored instructions to request, based on detecting an input on the displayed second icon, to establish the call connection with the third electronic device.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the association between the first electronic device and the second electronic device is determined based on at least one of information on call logs, information on image data associated with the first electronic device and the second electronic device, or information on a location of the first electronic device and a location of the second electronic device, and

wherein the association between the first electronic device and the third electronic device is determined based on at least one of the information on the call logs, information on image data associated with the first electronic device and the third electronic device, or information on the location of the first electronic device and a location of the third electronic device.

5. The electronic device of claim 4, wherein the call logs comprise at least one of a call history, a message history, or an e-mail history.

6. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the stored instructions to display information for indicating association between the second electronic device and the third electronic device with the first icon and the second icon.

7. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the information is displayed as a line connecting the first icon with the second icon.

8. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is configured to execute the stored instructions to:

receive an input for terminating to request to establish the call connection with the first electronic device; and

identify, based on the received input, that the establishing the call connection with the first electronic device is failed.

9. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the stored instructions to receive, from the first electronic device, information for indicating that the first electronic device is associated with the second electronic device and the third electronic device while requesting to establish the call connection with the first electronic device, and

wherein the at least one processor is configured to execute the stored instructions to display, based on the received information, the first icon with the first size and the second icon with the second size.

10. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein a color of the displayed first icon is different from a color of the displayed second icon.

11. A method of an electronic device, comprising:

requesting to establish call connection with a first electronic device;

identifying whether establishing the call connection with the first electronic device failed; and

displaying, based on a result of the identification, a first icon with a first size and a second icon with a second size different from the first size,

wherein the first icon is used for establishing call connection with a second electronic device associated with the first electronic device, and

wherein the second icon is used for establishing call connection with a third electronic device associated with the first electronic device.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the association between the first electronic device and the third electronic device is higher than the association between the first electronic device and the second electronic device, and

wherein the second size is larger than the first size to indicate that the association between the first electronic device and the third electronic device is higher than the association between the first electronic device and the second electronic device.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising requesting, based on detecting an input on the displayed second icon, to establish the call connection with the third electronic device.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the association between the first electronic device and the second electronic device is determined based on at least one of information on call logs, information on image data associated with the first electronic device and the second electronic device, or information on a location of the first electronic device and a location of the second electronic device, and

wherein the association between the first electronic device and the third electronic device is determined based on at least one of the information on the call logs, information on image data associated with the first electronic device and the third electronic device, or information on the location of the first electronic device and a location of the third electronic device.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the call logs comprise at least one of a call history, a message history, or an e-mail history.

16. The method of claim 11, further comprising displaying information for indicating association between the second electronic device and the third electronic device with the first icon and the second icon.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the information is displayed as a line connecting the first icon with the second icon.

18. The method of claim 11, wherein the identifying that the establishing the call connection with the first electronic device is failed comprises:

receiving an input for terminating to request to establish the call connection with the first electronic device; and

identifying, based on the receiving, that the establishing the call connection with the first electronic device is failed.

19. The method of claim 11, further comprising receiving, from the first electronic device, information for indicating that the first electronic device is associated with the second electronic device and the third electronic device while requesting to establish the call connection with the first electronic device,

wherein the displaying the first icon and the second icon comprises displaying the first icon with the first size and the second icon with the second size based on the received information.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for storing one or more programs for executing an operation of:

requesting to establish call connection with a first electronic device;

identifying whether establishing the call connection with the first electronic device failed; and

displaying, based on the identifying, a first icon with a first size and a second icon with a second size different from the first size,

wherein the first icon is used for establishing call connection with a second electronic device associated with the first electronic device, and

wherein the second icon is used for establishing call connection with a third electronic device associated with the first electronic device.