Quick communication method and device, and storage medium

• US 10,116,780 B2
• Filed: 08/26/2014
• Issued: 10/30/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/27/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: Ye, Liwei, Lei, Yu, Li, Bin
• Primary Examiner(s): Bhatia, Ajay M
• Assistant Examiner(s): Pan, Phoebe X
• Application Number:
  US14/469,297
• Publication Number:
  US 20140364107A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,526 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/67 by electronic means
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72466 with selection means, e.g. keys, having functions defined by the mode or the status of the device
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72472 wherein the items are sorted according to specific criteria, e.g. frequency of use

Abstract

A quick communication method and device, and a storage medium are disclosed in the in present disclosure which belongs to the field of mobile communication. The method includes: displaying a quick communication key on the lock screen interface of a terminal; invoking a shortcut panel according to an operation triggered by a user on the quick communication key, and the shortcut panel includes contact information of a part or all of the contact objects from the contact list in the terminal; receiving a contact object selected by the user, and communicating with the contact object; and the device includes: a display module, an invoking module, and a communicating module. Quick communication with a contact object can be implemented by the present invention through the quick communication key on the lock screen interface of the terminal to improve the efficiency of terminal communication.

Claims

1. A quick communication method, comprising:

displaying a quick communication key on a lock screen interface of a terminal;

invoking a shortcut panel according to an operation triggered by a user on the quick communication key, wherein the shortcut panel includes contact information of a part or all of contact objects from a contact list in the terminal, and the contact objects included in the shortcut panel are selected from the contact list of the terminal according to contact frequencies of contact objects in the contact list;

receiving a contact object selected by the user;

communicating with the contact object, a type of a communication between the user and the contact object being one of a calling type and a messaging type; and

after communicating with the contact object selected by the user, according to a pre-stored correspondence relationship between the type of the communication and an increment frequency value, increasing the contact frequency of the contact object selected by the user by the increment frequency value corresponding to the type of the communication;

wherein,

a shortcut list is further included in the terminal, and the shortcut list stores, separately from the contact list, identifiers and contact information of the contact objects included in the shortcut panel, the contact information comprising at least one of a phone number or a contact name;

invoking a shortcut panel comprises;

loading the shortcut list in the terminal to the shortcut panel;

obtaining an identifier and contact information corresponding to a portrait of the contact object from the shortcut list of the terminal;

obtaining the portrait of the contact object corresponding to the identifier from the contact list in the terminal according to the identifier corresponding to the portrait of the contact object; and

binding the portrait of the contact object with the contact information of the contact object, and loading the portrait of the contact object to the shortcut panel; and

the shortcut panel displaying portraits of the contact objects is invoked by a single triggering action from the lock screen interface,

wherein the method further comprises;

receiving a message informing a change to contact information of a contact object in the contact list, wherein the message carries an identifier corresponding to the changed contact object;

determining whether the changed contact object is included in the shortcut list according to the identifier carried in the message; and

in response to determining that the changed contact object is included in the shortcut list, updating contact information of the changed contact object in the shortcut list using the contact information of the changed contact object in the contact list.

2. The quick communication method according to claim 1, wherein, invoking a shortcut panel comprises:

in response to the operation triggered by the user on the quick communication key, automatically selecting contact objects each with a contact frequency larger than a first preset threshold or a first preset number of contact objects with the top contact frequencies from the contact list in the terminal according to the contact frequencies of the contact objects in the contact list of the terminal, wherein the contact frequency of the contact object refers to the frequency of communication between the user and the contact; and

loading the contact information of the contact object selected from the contact list to the shortcut panel in the terminal.

3. The quick communication method according to claim 2, wherein, the contact list further includes portraits of the selected contact objects;

loading the contact information of the contact object selected from the contact list to the shortcut panel in the terminal comprises;

obtaining the portrait of the selected contact object from the contact list in the terminal;

binding the portrait of the selected contact object with the contact information of the selected contact object; and

loading the bound portrait of the contact object selected from the contact list to the shortcut panel.

4. The quick communication method according to claim 3, wherein, receiving a contact object selected by the user, and communicating with the contact object comprises:

receiving the portrait of the contact object selected by the user;

obtaining the contact information bound with the portrait of the contact object selected by the user; and

communicating with the contact object selected by the user according to the obtained contact information.

5. The quick communication method according to claim 1, wherein, before the shortcut panel is invoked, the method comprises:

selecting contact objects each with a contact frequency larger than a second preset threshold or a second preset number of contact objects with the top contact frequencies from the contact list in the terminal according to the contact frequencies of the contact objects in the contact list of the terminal, and adding the contact information of the contact objects selected from the contact list to the shortcut list, wherein the contact frequency of the contact object refers to the frequency of communication between the user and the contact object.

6. The quick communication method according to claim 1, wherein, the method comprises:

obtaining a contact object which has not been contacted by the user for a preset period from the contact list in the terminal, and reducing the contact frequency of the obtained contact object.

7. The quick communication method according to claim 1, wherein, a contact object adding key and a contact object deleting key are included in the shortcut panel of the terminal;

after the shortcut panel of the terminal is invoked, the method further comprises;

invoking the contact list of the terminal according to an instruction for adding a contact object that is triggered by the user through the contact object adding key to obtain the contact information of a contact object selected by the user, and adding the contact information of the contact object selected by the user to the shortcut list;

or

after the shortcut panel is invoked, the method further comprises;

deleting a contact object selected by the user from the shortcut panel according to an instruction for deleting the contact object that is triggered by the user through the contact object deleting key.

8. The quick communication method according to claim 1, wherein:

the increment frequency value corresponding to the calling type is greater than the increment frequency value corresponding to the messaging type.

9. The quick communication method according to claim 8, wherein:

if the contact frequencies of multiple contact objects in the contact list of the terminal are the same, the multiple contact objects are sorted according to an order of initial letters of last names of the contact objects included in the contact information of the contact objects.

10. The quick communication method according to claim 1, further comprising:

invoking an edit mode for editing the contact objects in the shortcut panel in response to a user input on the portrait of the contact object in the shortcut panel.

11. The quick communication method according to claim 10, further comprising:

after the edit mode is invoked, deleting a contact object from the shortcut panel;

or

after the edit mode is invoked, adjusting a display order of the contact objects by moving positions of portraits of contact objects in the shortcut panel according to a track of user dragging the portrait of the contact object.

12. The quick communication method according to claim 1, further comprising:

providing, on the shortcut panel, a function setting key, wherein the function setting key is configured to set whether to enable a function of rounding the portrait and enable a dial animation.

13. A quick communication device, comprising:

a display module configured to display a quick communication key on a lock screen interface of a terminal;

an invoking module configured to invoke a shortcut panel according to an operation triggered by a user on the quick communication key, wherein the shortcut panel includes contact information of a part or all of contact objects from a contact list in the terminal, and the contact objects included in the shortcut panel are selected from the contact list of the terminal according to contact frequencies of contact objects in the contact list;

a communicating module configured to receive a contact object selected by the user, and communicate with the contact object, a type of a communication between the user and the contact object being one of a calling type and a messaging type; and

an increasing module configured to, after communicating with the contact object selected by the user, according to a pre-stored correspondence relationship between the type of the communication and an increment frequency value, increase the contact frequency of the contact object selected by the user by the increment frequency value corresponding to the type of the communication;

wherein a shortcut list is further included in the terminal, and the shortcut list stores, separately from the contact list, identifiers and contact information of the contact objects included in the shortcut panel, the contact information comprising at least one of a phone number or a contact name;

the invoking module is further configured to;

load the shortcut list in the terminal to the shortcut panel;

obtain an identifier and contact information corresponding to the portrait of the contact object;

obtain the portrait of the contact object corresponding to identifier from the contact list in the terminal according to the identifier corresponding to the portrait of the contact object; and

bind the portrait of the contact object with the contact information, and loading the portrait of the contact object to the shortcut panel; and

the shortcut panel displaying portraits of the contact objects is invoked by a single triggering action from the lock screen interface,

wherein the method further comprises an updating module configured to;

receive a message informing a change to contact information of a contact object in the contact list, wherein the message carries an identifier corresponding to the changed contact object;

determine whether the changed contact object is included in the shortcut list according to the identifier carried in the message; and

in response to determining that the changed contact object is included in the shortcut list, update contact information of the changed contact object in the shortcut list using the contact information of the changed contact object in the contact list.

14. The quick communication device according to claim 13, wherein the device comprises:

a selecting module, which is configured to, in response to the operation triggered by the user on the quick communication key, automatically select contact objects each with a contact frequency larger than a first preset threshold or a first preset number of contact objects with the top contact frequencies from the contact list in the terminal according to the contact frequencies of the contact objects in the contact list of the terminal, wherein the contact frequency of the contact object refers to the frequency of communication between the user and the contact;

a loading module, which is configured to load the contact information of the contact object selected from the contact list to the shortcut panel in the terminal.

15. The quick communication device according to claim 14, wherein a portrait of the contact object is further included in the contact list;

the loading module further comprises;

a first obtaining unit, which is configured to obtain the portrait of the selected contact object from the contact list in the terminal;

a first binding unit, which is configured to bind the portrait of the selected contact object with the contact information of the selected contact object; and

a first loading unit, which is configured to load the bound portrait of the contact object selected from the contact list to the shortcut panel.

16. The quick communication device according to claim 15, wherein, the communicating module comprises:

a receiving unit, which is configured to receive the portrait of the contact object selected by the user;

a forth obtaining unit, which is configured to obtain the contact information bound with the portrait of the contact object selected by the user; and

a communicating unit, which is configured to communicate with the contact object selected by the user according to the obtained contact information.

17. The quick communication device according to claim 13, further comprising:

a first adding module, which is configured to select a contact object with a contact frequencies larger than a second preset threshold or a second preset number of contact objects with the top contact frequencies from the contact list in the terminal according to the contact frequencies of the contact objects in the contact list of the terminal, and add the contact information of the contact object selected from the contact list to the shortcut list, wherein the contact frequency of the contact object refers to the frequency of communication between the user and the contact object.

18. The quick communication device according to claim 13, further comprising:

a reducing module, which is configured to obtain a contact object which has not been contacted by the user for a preset period from the contact list in the terminal, and reduce the contact frequency of the obtained contact object.

19. The quick communication device according to claim 13, wherein a contact object adding key and a contact object deleting key are included in the shortcut panel of the terminal;

the device further comprises;

a second adding module configured to invoke the contact list of the terminal according to an instruction for adding a contact object that is triggered by the user through the contact object adding key to obtain the contact information of a contact object selected by the user, and add the contact information of the contact object selected by the user to the shortcut list; and

a deleting module configured to delete a contact object selected by the user from the shortcut panel according to an instruction for deleting the contact object that is triggered by the user through the contact object deleting key.

20. A non-transitory storage medium comprising computer-executable instructions, where the computer-executable instructions are configured to perform a quick communication method, and the method comprises:

displaying a quick communication key on a lock screen interface of a terminal;

invoking a shortcut panel according to an operation triggered by a user on the quick communication key, wherein the shortcut panel includes contact information of a part or all of contact objects from a contact list in the terminal, and the contact objects included in the shortcut panel are selected from the contact list of the terminal according to contact frequencies of contact objects in the contact list;

receiving a contact object selected by the user;

communicating with the contact object, a type of a communication between the user and the contact object being one of a calling type and a messaging type; and

after communicating with the contact object selected by the user, according to a pre-stored relationship between the type of the communication and an increment frequency value, increasing the contact frequency of the contact object selected by the user by the increment frequency value corresponding to the type of the communication;

wherein,

a shortcut list is further included in the terminal, and the shortcut list stores separately from the contact list, identifiers and contact information of the contact objects included in the shortcut panel, the contact information comprising at least one of a phone number or a contact name;

invoking a shortcut panel comprises;

loading the shortcut list in the terminal to the shortcut panel;

obtaining an identifier and contact information corresponding to a portrait of the contact object from the shortcut panel of the terminal;

obtaining the portrait of the contact object corresponding to the identifier from the contact list in the terminal according to the identifier corresponding to the portrait of the contact object; and

binding the portrait of the contact object with the contact information of the contact object, and loading the portrait of the contact object to the shortcut panel; and

the shortcut panel displaying portraits of the contact objects is invoked by a single triggering action from the lock screen interface,

wherein the method further comprises;

receiving a message informing a change to contact information of a contact object in the contact list, wherein the message carries an identifier corresponding to the changed contact object;

determining whether the changed contact object is included in the shortcut list according to the identifier carried in the message; and

in response to determining that the changed contact object is included in the shortcut list, updating contact information of the changed contact object in the shortcut list using the contact information of the changed contact object in the contact list.