METHOD AND TERMINAL FOR PROCESSING SHORT MESSAGE

• US 20130095866A1
• Filed: 10/15/2010
• Published: 04/18/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/18/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Original Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Inventors: Yang, Cuihong, Pei, Xiaogang
• Granted Patent: US 9,271,125 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/13 File access structures, e.g. distributed indices arrangements of input from, or output to, record carriers G06F3/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]

Abstract

The disclosure discloses a method and terminal for processing short message, comprising: receiving a short message, and creating an index identifier corresponding to the short message; storing the index identifier to a preset index file; storing the short message to a preset message file according to the index identifier. The method performs processes to short message in storage space of mobile terminal according to actual data length of short message, and stores as many short messages as possible in limited storage space, thereby efficiently utilizing storage space of SIM card used in mobile terminal, improving utilization ratio of storage space, saving resources, and providing convenience for manufactures and users of mobile terminal. Furthermore, the method can be compatible with existing SIM cards and mobile terminals, and enables existing SIM cards and mobile terminals to perform processes to short message using 6F3C file structure as usual.

Claims

1. A method for processing short message, comprising:

receiving a short message, and creating an index identifier corresponding to the short message;

storing the index identifier in a preset index file; and

storing the short message in a preset message file according to the index identifier.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein

the index identifier comprises:

an index number, an index storage address corresponding to the index number and a data length of a short message corresponding to the index number.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the step of creating the index identifier corresponding to the short message comprises:

searching the index file;

obtaining an index number of the short message and an index storage address of the short message according to the index file; and

obtaining a data length of the short message.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the step of obtaining the index number of the short message and the index storage address of the short message according to the index file comprises:

adding an index number sequentially after a previous index number in the index file to obtain the index number of the short message; and

adding a data length of a short message corresponding to the previous index number to an index storage address corresponding to the previous index number to obtain the index storage address of the short message.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the step of storing the short message in the preset message file according to the index identifier comprises:

searching the message file;

shifting in the message file to the index storage address of the short message in the index identifier; and

storing the short message in the message file according to the index storage address of the short message.

6. The method according to claim 4, wherein after the step of storing the short message in the preset message file according to the index identifier, the method further comprises:

searching, according to an index number of a short message to be deleted, for a corresponding index storage address and a data length of the corresponding short message in the index file;

deleting, from the message file, bytes of the data length of the corresponding short message at the corresponding index storage address; and

deleting, from the index file, the corresponding index storage address and the data length of the corresponding short message.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein after the step of deleting from the index file the corresponding index storage address and the data length of the corresponding short message, the method further comprises:

after the short message to be deleted is deleted, shifting an address of a short message after the deleted short message backward by the data length of the deleted short message;

shifting backward the index number of the deleted short message in the index file.

14. The method according to claim 2, wherein the step of creating the index identifier corresponding to the short message comprises:

searching the index file;

obtaining an index number of the short message and an index storage address of the short message according to the index file; and

obtaining a data length of the short message.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein the step of obtaining the index number of the short message and the index storage address of the short message according to the index file comprises:

adding an index number sequentially after a previous index number in the index file to obtain the index number of the short message; and

adding a data length of a short message corresponding to the previous index number to an index storage address corresponding to the previous index number to obtain the index storage address of the short message.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein the step of storing the short message in the preset message file according to the index identifier comprises:

searching the message file;

shifting in the message file to the index storage address of the short message in the index identifier; and

storing the short message in the message file according to the index storage address of the short message.

17. The method according to claim 15, wherein after the step of storing the short message in the preset message file according to the index identifier, the method further comprises:

searching, according to an index number of a short message to be deleted, for a corresponding index storage address and a data length of the corresponding short message in the index file;

deleting, from the message file, bytes of the data length of the corresponding short message at the corresponding index storage address; and

deleting, from the index file, the corresponding index storage address and the data length of the corresponding short message.

18. The method according to claim 5, wherein after the step of storing the short message in the preset message file according to the index identifier, the method further comprises:

searching, according to an index number of a short message to be deleted, for a corresponding index storage address and a data length of the corresponding short message in the index file;

deleting, from the message file, bytes of the data length of the corresponding short message at the corresponding index storage address; and

deleting, from the index file, the corresponding index storage address and the data length of the corresponding short message.

8. A terminal for processing short message, comprising:

a receiving module, configured to receive a short message;

a creating module, configured to create an index identifier corresponding to the short message; and

a storing module, configured to store the index identifier in a preset index file, and store the short message in a preset message file according to the index identifier.

9. The terminal according to claim 8, wherein the creating module comprises:

a first searching unit, configured to search the index file; and

an obtaining unit, configured to obtain an index number of the short message and an index storage address of the short message according to the index file, and obtain a data length of the short message.

10. The terminal according to claim 9, wherein the obtaining unit comprises:

an index number obtaining subunit, configured to sequentially add an index number after a previous index number in the index file to obtain the index number of the short message; and

an index storage address obtaining subunit, configured to add a data length of a short message corresponding to the previous index number to an index storage address corresponding to the previous index number to obtain the index storage address of the short message.

11. The terminal according to claim 8, 9 or 10, wherein the storing module comprises:

a second searching unit, configured to search the message file;

an shifting subunit, configured to shift in the message file to the index storage address of the short message in the index identifier; and

a storing subunit, configured to store the short message in the message file according to the index storage address of the short message.

12. The terminal according to claim 11, further comprising:

a searching module, configured to search, according to an index number of a short message to be deleted, for a corresponding index storage address and a data length of the corresponding short message in the index file,; and

a deleting module, configured to delete, from the message file, bytes of the data length of the corresponding short message at the corresponding index storage address, and delete the corresponding index storage address and the data length of corresponding the short message from the index file.

13. The terminal according to claim 12, wherein

the shifting subunit is further configured to, after the short message to be deleted is deleted, shift an address of a short message after the deleted short message backward by the data length of the deleted short message, and shift backward the index number of the deleted short message in the index file.

19. The terminal according to claim 9, wherein the storing module comprises:

a second searching unit, configured to search the message file;

an shifting subunit, configured to shift in the message file to the index storage address of the short message in the index identifier; and

a storing subunit, configured to store the short message in the message file according to the index storage address of the short message.

20. The terminal according to claim 10, wherein the storing module comprises:

a second searching unit, configured to search the message file;

an shifting subunit, configured to shift in the message file to the index storage address of the short message in the index identifier; and

a storing subunit, configured to store the short message in the message file according to the index storage address of the short message.