Method and device of providing contact based on geographical position information

• US 9,949,071 B2
• Filed: 10/11/2014
• Issued: 04/17/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd (Baidu Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd (Baidu Incorporated)
• Inventors: Ouyang, Liping
• Primary Examiner(s): Khan, Suhail
• Application Number:
  US14/392,250
• Publication Number:
  US 20160255468A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,284 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4594 Address books, i.e. directories containing contact information about correspondents telephone directories in user terminals H04M1/27453
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/04 multi-step notification using statistical or historical mobility data

Abstract

A method and device of providing a contact based on geographical position information are provided. The method includes: detecting current geographical position information of a mobile terminal; obtaining a contact list in the mobile terminal if it is determined that the mobile terminal enters a new region according to the current geographical position information, in which the contact list comprises contacts and geographical position information corresponding to the contacts; and obtaining a contact whose geographical position information belongs to the new region from the contact list, and providing the contact to the mobile terminal.

Claims

1. A method of providing a contact based on geographical position information, comprising:

detecting current geographical position information of a mobile terminal;

obtaining a contact list in the mobile terminal if it is determined that the mobile terminal enters a new region according to the current geographical position information, wherein the contact list is a local contact list that exists in the terminal before the terminal enters into the new region and the contact list comprises contacts and geographical position information corresponding to the contacts;

obtaining a contact whose geographical position information belongs to the new region from the contact list, and providing the contact to a user of the mobile terminal;

judging whether the contact is in a shielding list; and

when the contact is not in the shielding list, sending a notification message to the contact;

when the contact is in the shielding list, blocking the notification message;

wherein the message indicates that a user of the mobile terminal arrives at the new region.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein providing the contact to the mobile terminal comprises one or more of:

popping up a dialog, audio broadcasting, sending a message.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

displaying by the mobile terminal a prompt message to the user, wherein the prompt message is used for prompting the user to send the new region to a social network.

4. A device of providing a contact based on geographical position information, comprising:

a detecting module, configured to detect current geographical position information of a mobile terminal;

a first obtaining module, configured to obtain a contact list in the mobile terminal if it is determined that the mobile terminal enters a new region according to the current geographical position information, wherein the contact list is a local contact list that exists in the terminal before the terminal enters into the new region and the contact list comprises contacts and geographical position information corresponding to the contacts;

a second obtaining module, configured to obtain a contact whose geographical position information belongs to the new region from the contact list;

a providing module, configured to provide the contact to a user of the mobile terminal;

a judging module, configured to judge whether the contact is in a shielding list; and

a notification message sending module, configured to send a notification message to the contact when the contact is not in the shielding list, and to block the notification message if the judging module determines that the contact is in the shielding list;

wherein the message indicates that a user of the mobile terminal arrives at the new region.

5. The device according to claim 4, wherein the providing module provides the contact to the mobile terminal by one or more ways of:

popping up a dialog, audio broadcasting, sending a message.

6. The device according to claim 4, further comprising:

a displaying module, configured to display a prompt message to the user, wherein the prompt message is used for prompting the user to send the new region to a social network.

7. A device, comprising at least one processor, a memory and at least one computer program stored in the memory and executed by the at least one processor;

wherein the at least one computer program comprises instructions for performing following operations of;

detecting current geographical position information of a mobile terminal;

obtaining a contact list in the mobile terminal if it is determined that the mobile terminal enters a new region according to the current geographical position information, wherein the contact list is a local contact list that exists in the terminal before the terminal enters into the new region and the contact list comprises contacts and geographical position information corresponding to the contacts;

obtaining a contact whose geographical position information belongs to the new region from the contact list, and providing the contact to a user of the mobile terminal;

judging whether the contact is in a shielding list;

when the contact is not in the shielding list, sending a notification message to the contact, and

when the contact is in the shielding list, blocking the notification message;

wherein the message indicates that a user of the mobile terminal arrives at the new region.

8. The device according to claim 7, wherein providing the contact to the mobile terminal comprises one or more of:

popping up a dialog, audio broadcasting, sending a message.

9. The device according to claim 7, wherein the at least one computer program further comprises instructions for performing an operation of:

displaying by the mobile terminal a prompt message to the user, wherein the prompt message is used for prompting the user to send the new region to a social network.