WO2009023483A1 - Method for organizing communication records on an electronic communication device - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates generally to electronic communication devices and, in particular, to organizing communication records using a plurality of electronic folder names.
- Background Mobile telephones are increasingly multi-function devices that can include, in addition to wireless telephony services, functions and applications commonly associated with digital music players, personal digital assistants, handheld recorders, notebook computers, and various other devices.
- mobile telephones often include applications for electronic address books, media playing, calendaring, personal information management, internet browsing, and processing emails.
- increased functionality often results in more complex devices that are more difficult to operate.
- some multi-function devices require navigating complex menus or pressing multiple keypad entries to activate specific functions and to review stored information.
- Organizing communication records on some mobile telephones can be inconvenient and inefficient. Descriptions of predefined folders such as "Inbox”, "Outbox", and "Sent Items” folders may be displayed in a fixed order on a communications records menu screen.
- Incoming messages such as short messaging service (SMS) messages
- SMS short messaging service
- sent messages are viewable by selecting the "Sent Items” folder description and reviewing a list of all sent messages arranged in chronological or alphabetical order. Locating and displaying a particular message therefore can require reviewing multiple lists of communications. Further, reviewing a history of communications both sent to and received from a single contact can require repetitive switching between menu screens.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating an electronic communication device in the form of a mobile telephone, according to some embodiments of the present invention
- FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a plurality of electronic folder names displayed on a display screen of a mobile telephone, according to some embodiments of the present invention
- FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating both incoming communication records and outgoing communication records displayed on a display screen of a mobile telephone, according to some embodiments of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a general flow diagram illustrating a method for organizing communication records, according to some embodiments of the present invention.
- FIG. 1 a schematic diagram illustrates an electronic communication device in the form of a mobile telephone 100, according to some embodiments of the present invention.
- the mobile telephone 100 comprises a radio frequency communications unit 102 coupled to be in communication with a common data and address bus 117 of a processor 103.
- the mobile telephone 100 also has a keypad 106 and a display screen 105, such as a touch screen coupled to be in communication with the processor 103.
- the processor 103 also includes an encoder/decoder 111 with an associated code Read Only Memory (ROM) 112 for storing data for encoding and decoding voice or other signals that may be transmitted or received by the mobile telephone 100.
- the processor 103 further includes a microprocessor 113 coupled, by the common data and address bus 117, to the encoder/decoder 111, a character Read Only Memory (ROM) 114, a Random Access Memory (RAM) 104, programmable memory 116 and a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) interface 118.
- ROM Read Only Memory
- RAM Random Access Memory
- SIM Subscriber Identity Module
- the programmable memory 116 and a SIM operatively coupled to the SIM interface 118 each can store, among other things, an electronic address book and various stored incoming and outgoing communication records concerning, for example, telephone calls, short messaging service (SMS) messages, emails, multimedia messaging service (MMS) messages, and instant messaging (IM) service messages.
- SMS short messaging service
- MMS multimedia messaging service
- IM instant messaging
- the radio frequency communications unit 102 is a combined receiver and transmitter having an antenna 107.
- the radio frequency communications unit 102 has a transceiver 108 coupled to the antenna 107 via a radio frequency amplifier 109.
- the transceiver 108 is also coupled to a combined modulator/demodulator 110 that is coupled to the encoder/decoder 111.
- the microprocessor 113 has ports for coupling to the keypad 106 and to the display screen 105.
- the microprocessor 113 further has ports for coupling to an alert module 115 that typically contains an alert speaker, vibrator motor and associated drivers; to a microphone 120; and to a communications speaker 122.
- the character ROM 114 stores code for decoding or encoding data such as email messages that may be transmitted or received by the radio frequency communications unit 102.
- the character ROM 114, the programmable memory 116, or a SIM also can store operating code (OC) for the microprocessor 113 and code for performing functions associated with the mobile telephone 100.
- the programmable memory 116 can comprise record organization computer readable program code components 125 configured to cause execution of a method for organizing communication records.
- embodiments of the present invention therefore include a method for organizing communication records on an electronic communication device such as the mobile telephone 100.
- the method includes processing incoming communications received from a plurality of contacts, and processing outgoing communications transmitted to the plurality of contacts.
- a plurality of electronic folder names is then sorted according to predetermined parameters.
- Each folder name in the plurality of electronic folder names is associated with a contact in the plurality of contacts.
- the plurality of electronic folder names is then displayed.
- both incoming communication records of the incoming communications and outgoing communication records of the outgoing communications associated with a contact in the plurality of contacts are displayed.
- FIG. 2 a diagram illustrates a plurality of electronic folder names 200 displayed on the display screen 105 of the mobile telephone 100, according to some embodiments of the present invention.
- a new folder name in the plurality of electronic folder names 200 can be generated and displayed automatically when a communication is transmitted to or received from a new contact.
- a folder name in the plurality of electronic folder names 200 can be automatically generated from an identification of a sender of an incoming communication, or from an identification of a recipient of an outgoing communication.
- a record count field 205 adjacent each folder name identifies a total number of communication records associated with a specific folder name. For example, the record count field 205 adjacent the folder name "Robert" indicates that 12 communication records are stored that concern an individual named Robert. New messages to a particular entity identified in the plurality of electronic folder names 200 can be generated by selecting a "compose” button 210. Also, all communication records associated with a folder in the plurality of electronic folder names 200 can be deleted using a "delete” button 215. Other folder names such as a name of a "My sent" folder 220, which includes sent communication records, and a name of a "Personal" folder 225 also can be displayed simultaneously with the plurality of electronic folder names 200.
- the plurality of electronic folder names 200 can be sorted according to various predetermined parameters. For example, a list of folder names associated with unread incoming communication records and a list of folder names sorted alphabetically can be displayed simultaneously. Thus the folder named "Judy” appears at the top of the plurality of electronic folder names 200, and an associated record count field 205 indicates that 1 of 23 communication records stored in that folder remains unread. The remaining folder names, "Andy”, “Father”, “James”, and "Robert", in the plurality of electronic folder names 200, are associated with previously read communication records, and are thus sorted alphabetically.
- a time stamp field 230 or a date stamp field 235 also can be used to indicate a time or date, respectively, of when a most recent communication record stored in a particular folder was sent or received.
- the plurality of electronic folder names 200 can be sorted according to a date and time of a communication record associated with an electronic folder name.
- Various other features which are well known in the art, also can be displayed on the display screen 105 simultaneously with the plurality of electronic folder names 200. For example a scroll bar 240 can be used to scroll down and display additional folder names, and a back button 245 can be used to navigate to a previous menu screen.
- FIG. 3 a diagram illustrates both incoming communication records 305 and outgoing communication records 310 displayed on the display screen 105 of the mobile telephone 100, according to some embodiments of the present invention.
- the elements shown in FIG. 3 can be displayed in response to a selection of the folder name "Andy" in the plurality of electronic folder names 200 shown in FIG. 2.
- a selection can be executed in various ways, such as by a user clicking on the name "Andy” with a pointer, or processing, using voice recognition software stored in the programmable memory 116, a voice command received at the microphone 120 including an utterance of the word "Andy".
- a reply button 315 enables a user of the mobile telephone 100 to compose a reply message to a selected incoming communication record.
- a delete button 320 enables particular selected incoming communication records 305 or outgoing communication records 310 to be deleted from a memory such as from the programmable memory 116.
- incoming communication records 305 and the outgoing communication records 310 are displayed in chronological order, so as to represent both sides of a conversation.
- Each of the incoming communication records 305 and outgoing communication records 310 represent simple text messages such as SMS messages.
- incoming communication records and the outgoing communication records can comprise different types of communications.
- each of the incoming communications and each of the outgoing communications can comprise one of the following: a telephone call; a short messaging service (SMS) message; an email; a multimedia messaging service (MMS) message; and an instant messaging (IM) service message.
- SMS short messaging service
- MMS multimedia messaging service
- IM instant messaging
- a first incoming communication record can comprise an email
- a first outgoing communication record can comprise an IM service message
- a second incoming communication record can comprise a link to a recording of a telephone call
- a second outgoing communication record can comprise an MMS message, all displayed simultaneously on the display screen 105.
- records of both incoming and outgoing communications to a single contact, received and sent using a variety of different communication technologies and standards can be reviewed simultaneously on a single display screen of an electronic communication device.
- a user is not required to navigate to multiple received mail folders and multiple sent mail folders, where each folder is associated with a specific communication technology. Rather, all the communication records are organized automatically according to the identification of a specific contact, and then chronologically. For example, the identification of a specific contact can be determined automatically to be the recipient of an outgoing communication, and to be the sender of an incoming communication.
- a general flow diagram illustrates a method 400 for organizing communication records, according to some embodiments of the present invention.
- incoming communications received from a plurality of contacts are processed. For example, a plurality of incoming emails, SMS, or MMS messages received from a plurality of contact names identified in an electronic address book of the mobile telephone 100 are processed by the microprocessor 113.
- outgoing communications transmitted to the plurality of contacts are processed.
- a plurality of incoming emails, SMS, or MMS messages received from a plurality of contact names identified in an electronic address book of the mobile telephone 100 are processed by the microprocessor 113.
- a plurality of electronic folder names are sorted according to predetermined parameters, where each folder name in the plurality of electronic folder names is associated with a contact in the plurality of contacts.
- each folder name in the plurality of electronic folder names 200 is automatically generated when a message is first received from or transmitted to a new contact, and the plurality of electronic folder names 200 is then sorted chronologically, alphabetically, or using a combination of sorting algorithms, such as first sorting according to which folders are associated with unread incoming communication records, and then sorting remaining folders alphabetically.
- the plurality of electronic folder names are displayed.
- the plurality of electronic folder names 200 are displayed on the display screen 105 of the mobile telephone 100, as shown in FIG. 2.
- both incoming communication records of the incoming communications and outgoing communication records of the outgoing communications associated with a contact in the plurality of contacts are displayed.
- the folder named "Andy" on the display screen 105 as shown in FIG. 2 the incoming communication records 305 and the outgoing communication records 310 are displayed simultaneously on the display screen 105 as shown in FIG. 3.
- Advantages of some embodiments of the present invention therefore include enabling communication records stored on an electronic communication device to be efficiently organized according to the names of individual contacts.
- An electronic folder name associated with an individual contact can be automatically created whenever a communication is sent to or received from a new contact.
- records of all communications even communications employing different technologies and standards, such as emails, SMS messages, MMS messages, IM service messages and recorded telephone conversations, which are associated with a particular contact, can be organized under a single folder name.
- a user of an electronic communication device therefore does not need to switch between different inbox folders and outbox folders in order to review a chronological sequence of communications with a particular contact.
- embodiments of the invention described herein may be comprised of one or more conventional processors and unique stored program instructions that control the one or more processors to implement, in conjunction with certain non-processor circuits, some, most, or all of the functions of organizing communication records on an electronic communication device as described herein.
- the non-processor circuits may include, but are not limited to, a radio receiver, a radio transmitter, signal drivers, clock circuits, power source circuits, and user input devices. As such, these functions may be interpreted as steps of a method for organizing communication records on an electronic communication device.
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