Contact searching method and apparatus, and applied mobile terminal

A mobile terminal, comprising a memory, a display, and a processing apparatus, wherein

• the memory is configured to store a plurality of contact labels, each of the contact labels comprising at least two characters, and each of the at least two characters being represented by at least one grapheme;
• the display is configured to perform a listing of a first sequence of graphemes on the display;
• the processing apparatus is configured to:
• receive a first input;
• and
• perform a selection of a first grapheme from the first sequence of graphemes in response to the first input, the first sequence of graphemes being associated with a first unit of characters relating to the plurality of contact labels;
• the display is further configured to:
• perform a first display of a first set of contact labels being searched within the plurality of contact labels, if each of the first set of contact labels comprising a grapheme matching the first grapheme;
• perform a listing of a second sequence of graphemes on the display;
• the processing apparatus is further configured to:
• receive a second input;
• perform a selection of a second grapheme from the second sequence of graphemes in response to the second input, the second sequence of graphemes being associated with a second unit of characters relating to the plurality of contact labels;
• and
• the display is further configured to:
• perform an updated display of the first display, the updated display relating to a second set of contact labels being searched within the first set of contact labels, if each of the second set of contact labels comprising a grapheme matching the second grapheme.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, the readable storage medium storing an executable instruction, when the executable instruction being read by a processor, the processor being capable of providing instructions to perform following steps:

• performing a listing of a first sequence of graphemes on a display;
• receiving a first input;
• performing a selection of a first grapheme from the first sequence of grapheme in response to the first input, the first sequence of graphemes being associated with a first unit of characters relating to a plurality of contact labels, each of the contact labels comprising at least two characters, and each of the at least two characters being represented by at least one grapheme;
• performing a first display of a first set of contact labels being searched within the plurality of contact labels, if each of the first set of contact labels comprising a grapheme matching the first grapheme;
• performing a listing of a second sequence of graphemes on the display;
• receiving a second input;
• performing a selection of a second grapheme from the second sequence of grapheme in response to the second input, the second sequence of graphemes being associated with a second unit of characters relating to the plurality of contact labels;
• and
• performing an updated display of the first display, the updated display relating to a second set of contact labels being searched within the first set of contact labels, if each of the second set of contact labels comprising a grapheme matching the second grapheme.