Privacy protection method and apparatus for mobile terminal
First Claim
1. A portable electronic device comprising:
- a memory configured to store contact information corresponding to a contact, the contact information including a name, a telephone number and a nickname corresponding to the contact;
communication circuitry;
a touchscreen display; and
a processor configured to;
receive, via the communication circuitry, a message corresponding to a specified application from an external electronic device corresponding to the contact,display, via the touchscreen display, the nickname as associated with at least part of the message in a user interface corresponding to the specified application, the displaying including refraining from displaying the name or the telephone number as associated with the at least part of the message in the user interface,receive an input with respect to the user interface while the at least part of the message is displayed in the user interface, anddisplay, in response to the receiving of the input, the nickname, the name, and the telephone number concurrently in the user interface, as associated with the at least part of the message.
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Abstract
A privacy protection method and apparatus for a mobile terminal are provided. The method includes specifying basic information, privacy protection indication, and fictitious information of a contact item to be recorded in a contact list, determining, when a contact is received from an external terminal, whether a privacy protection function is activated for the external terminal, and outputting, when the privacy protection function is activated for the external terminal, a contact reception screen and a contact handling screen that include pre-specified fictitious information of the external terminal and exclude pre-specified basic information thereon. As a result, when a contact is received from a counterpart, information on the counterpart can be prevented from being displayed on the screen. Hence, it is possible to prevent inadvertent disclosure of counterpart information.
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20 Claims
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1. A portable electronic device comprising:
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a memory configured to store contact information corresponding to a contact, the contact information including a name, a telephone number and a nickname corresponding to the contact; communication circuitry; a touchscreen display; and a processor configured to; receive, via the communication circuitry, a message corresponding to a specified application from an external electronic device corresponding to the contact, display, via the touchscreen display, the nickname as associated with at least part of the message in a user interface corresponding to the specified application, the displaying including refraining from displaying the name or the telephone number as associated with the at least part of the message in the user interface, receive an input with respect to the user interface while the at least part of the message is displayed in the user interface, and display, in response to the receiving of the input, the nickname, the name, and the telephone number concurrently in the user interface, as associated with the at least part of the message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A portable electronic device comprising:
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a memory configured to store contact information corresponding to a contact, the contact information including a name and a telephone number corresponding to the contact; communication circuitry; a touchscreen display; and a processor configured to; receive, via the touchscreen display, an input to activate use of a nickname with respect to a user interface corresponding to a contact application, display a screen to receive the nickname in the user interface in response to the receiving of the input, store the nickname received via the screen as associated with the contact information, receive, via the communication circuitry, a message corresponding to a specified application from an external electronic device corresponding to the contact, and display, via the touchscreen display, the nickname as associated with at least part of the message in another user interface corresponding to the specified application based at least in part on a determination that the use of the nickname is activated, the displaying including refraining from displaying the name or the telephone number as associated with the at least part of the message in the other user interface. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A non-transitory machine-readable storage device storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
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receiving, using communication circuitry operatively coupled with the one or more processors, a message corresponding to a specified application from an external electronic device corresponding to a contact; displaying, using a touchscreen display operatively coupled with the one or more processors, a nickname corresponding to the contact as associated with at least part of the message in a user interface corresponding to the specified application, the displaying including refraining from displaying a name or a telephone number corresponding to the contact as associated with the at least part of the message in the user interface; receiving an input with respect to the user interface while the at least part of the message is displayed in the user interface; and displaying, in response to the receiving of the input, the nickname, the name, and the telephone number concurrently in the user interface, as associated with the at least part of the message. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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