Method and apparatus for processing contact information using a wireless terminal

• US 9,942,383 B2
• Filed: 05/19/2017
• Issued: 04/10/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/19/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Device Company Limited (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Device, Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Deng, Junjie
• Primary Examiner(s): Gelin, Jean
• Application Number:
  US15/599,586
• Publication Number:
  US 20170257476A1
• Time in Patent Office: 326 Days
• Field of Search: 4554141, 4554142, 455415, 455440, 4554561, 455466, 455566, 455418, 455445, 4554144, 345173, 345177, 715769, 715835, 370310, 370352, 709217, 709218, 709219
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/48 Message addressing, e.g. address format or anonymous messages, aliases
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27475 using interactive graphical means or pictorial representations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2757 by data transmission, e.g. downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/575 Means for retrieving and displaying personal data about calling party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/576 associated with a pictorial or graphical representation
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/60 logging of communication history, e.g. outgoing or incoming calls, missed calls, messages or URLs logging of telephone numbers H04M1/56, H04M1/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A method and apparatus for processing contact information, the method comprising: displaying a list of contacts on a display of a wireless terminal; determining a first contact from the list of contacts in response to a selection by a user; obtaining a web log address and an online shop address of the first contact; obtaining, from a network service, a first content corresponding to the web log address and the online shop address of the first contact; and displaying the first content on a first area of the display, the first content being dynamically updated.

Claims

1. A cellphone, comprising:

a display;

one or more processors; and

a memory storing programming for execution by the one or more processors, the programming including instructions for;

displaying a list of contacts on the display;

determining a first contact from the list of contacts in response to a selection by a user;

binding the first contact to a first specific area of the display, the first contact including an image, an instant communication number, or an Email address;

determining a second contact from the list of contacts in response to another selection by the user;

binding the second contact to a second specific area of the display, the second contact including an image, an instant communication number, or an Email address;

obtaining, from a network service, a first content corresponding to the first contact;

obtaining, from the network service, a second content corresponding to the second contact;

displaying the first content on the first specific area of the display; and

displaying the second content on the second specific area of the display, wherein the first specific area of the display is different from the second specific area of the display, and the first content and the second content are dynamically updated.

2. The cellphone of claim 1, wherein the first specific area of the display is designated for the first contact, and the second specific area of the display is designated for the second contact.

3. The cellphone of claim 1, further comprising:

logging into a location of the network service in accordance with the first contact for obtaining the first content corresponding to the first contact; and

logging into a location of the network service in accordance with the second contact for obtaining the second content corresponding to the second contact.

4. The cellphone of claim 1, wherein a size and arrangement of the first specific area of the display is configured by the user.

5. The cellphone of claim 4, wherein a size and arrangement of the second specific area of the display is configured by the user.

6. The cellphone of claim 1, wherein a size and arrangement of the first specific area is determined according to a size of the first content corresponding to the first contact.

7. The cellphone of claim 6, wherein a size and arrangement of the second specific area is determined according to a size of the second content corresponding to the second contact.

8. The cellphone of claim 1, wherein the first content comprises dynamically updated information corresponding to the first contact.

9. The cellphone of claim 8, wherein the second content corresponding to the second contact comprises dynamically updated information corresponding to the second contact.

10. A method for processing contact information performed by a cellphone, the method comprising:

displaying a list of contacts on a display of the cellphone;

determining a first contact from the list of contacts in response to a selection by a user;

binding the first contact to a first specific area of the display, the first contact including an image, an instant communication number, or an Email address;

determining a second contact from the list of contacts in response to another selection by the user;

binding the second contact to a second specific area of the display, the second contact including an image, an instant communication number, or an Email address;

obtaining, from a network service, a first content corresponding to the first contact;

obtaining, from the network service, a second content corresponding to the second contact;

displaying the first content on the first specific area of the display and displaying the second content on the second specific area of the display, wherein the first specific area of the display is different from the second specific area of the display, and the first content and the second content are dynamically updated.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the first specific area of the display is designated for the first contact, and the second specific area of the display is designated for the second contact.

12. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

logging into a location of the network service in accordance with the first contact for obtaining the first content corresponding to the first contact; and

logging into a location of the network service in accordance with the second contact for obtaining the second content corresponding to the second contact.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein a size and arrangement of the first specific area is determined according to a size of the first content corresponding to the first contact.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein a size and arrangement of the second specific area is determined according to a size of the second content corresponding to the second contact.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the first content comprises dynamically updated information corresponding to the first contact.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein the second content comprises dynamically updated information corresponding to the second contact.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs including instructions, which, when executed by a cellphone with a display, a touch-sensitive surface, and one or more processors, cause the cellphone to:

display a list of contacts on the display;

determine a first contact from the list of contacts in response to a selection by a user;

binding the first contact to a first specific area of the display, the first contact including an image, an instant communication number, or an Email address;

determining a second contact from the list of contacts in response to another selection by the user;

binding the second contact to a second specific area of the display, the second contact including an image, an instant communication number, or an Email address;

obtaining, from a network service, a first content corresponding to the first contact;

obtaining, from the network service, a second content corresponding to the second contact;

displaying the first content on the first specific area of the display; and

displaying the second content on the second specific area of the display, wherein the first specific area of the display is different from the second specific area of the display, and the first content and the second content are dynamically updated.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the first specific area of the display is designated for the first contact, and the second specific area of the display is designated for the second contact.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, the instructions further causing the cellphone to:

log into a location of the network service in accordance with the first contact for obtaining the first content corresponding to the first contact; and

log into a location of the network service in accordance with the second contact for obtaining the second content corresponding to the second contact.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein a size and arrangement of the first specific area is determined according to a size of the first content corresponding to the first contact.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein a size and arrangement of the second specific area is determined according to a size of the second content corresponding to the second contact.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the first content comprises dynamically updated information corresponding to the first contact.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the second content comprises dynamically updated information corresponding to the second contact.