# US 2014/0192966 A1 · Recording method, recording device, and electronic device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0192966 A1 - Document ID: US20140192966A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/237,835 - Filed: 2012-08-14 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2011-08-15 - Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd.; Lenovo (Beijing) Limited - Inventors: Bo Zhang; Rui Zhu; Chunlei Zhao - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140192966A1 ## CPC - H04M 3/42221: {Conversation recording systems (at the subscriber's set H04M1/656)} - H04M 1/656: for recording conversations - H04M 3/2218: {Call detail recording} - H04M 2203/301: Management of recordings - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) ## Abstract Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a recording method, and, corresponding to the recording method, a recording device and an electronic device. The recording method of the embodiments of the present invention is applicable in a first electronic device, where the first electronic device comprises a voice communication unit. The recording method comprises performing a voice communication with a second electronic device via the voice communication unit; during the voice communication, receiving a record command from a user; on the basis of the record command, performing a content recording and generating record data; generating communication identity information on the basis of the voice communication; when the content recording is completed, generating a record file via the record data, and correlating the communication identity information to the record file. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A recording method applicable in a first electronic device, wherein the first electronic device comprises a voice communication unit, the recording method comprising: performing a voice communication with a second electronic device via the voice communication unit; receiving a recording instruction from a user during the voice communication; performing a content recording according to the recording instruction and generating a record data; generating a communication identification information according to the voice communication; and when the content record is completed, generating a record file via the record data, and correlating the communication identification information to the record file. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The recording method of claim 1, wherein the communication identification information comprises the telephone number used by the second electronic device, the name of contact corresponding to the telephone number, the start time of the voice communication and/or the length of the voice communication. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The recording method of claim 1, wherein correlating the communication identification information to the record file comprises: generating the file name of the record file according to the communication identification information. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The recording method of claim 1, wherein correlating the communication identification information to the record file comprises: generating the attribute information of the record file according to the communication identification information. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The recording method of claim 1, wherein correlating the communication identification information to the record file comprises: creating a file link directed to the record file; and generating an anew added call record entry in the call records of the first electronic device according to the communication identification information, wherein the anew added call record entry comprises the file link created. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The recording method of claim 5, further comprises: receiving a record entry deleting instruction; determining a target call record entry in the call records according to the deleting instruction; determining that whether there is a target call record entry comprising the file link in the target call record entry; when there is the target call record entry comprising the file link, amending the file name and the attribute information of the record file corresponding to the file link in the target call record entry according to the target call record entry; and deleting the target call record entry. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The recording method of claim 5, further comprises: receiving a record entry deleting instruction; determining a target call record entry in the call records according to the deleting instruction; determining that whether there is a target call record entry comprising the file link in the target call record entry; when there is the target call record entry comprising the file link, displaying a deleting confirmation information, wherein the deleting confirmation information is used to prompt the user whether to delete the target call record entry comprising the file link; receiving deleting choosing input; and determining whether to delete the target call record entry comprising the file link according to the deleting choosing input. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The recording method of claim 1, wherein performing a content recording according to the recording instruction comprises: performing the content recording in the form of text, voice, image and/or video according to the recording instruction. ### Claim 9 A recording apparatus applicable in a first electronic device, the recording apparatus comprising: a voice communication unit configured to perform a voice communication with a second electronic device; an inputting unit configured to receive a recording instruction from a user during the voice communication; a recording unit configured to perform a content recording according to the recording instruction and generate a record data, and generate a record file via the record data when the content record is completed; an information generating unit configured to generate a communication identification information according to the voice communication; and a file correlating unit configured to correlate the communication identification information to the record file. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The recording apparatus of claim 9, wherein the file correlating unit generates the file name and/or the attribute information of the record file according to the communication identification information. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The recording apparatus of claim 9, wherein the file correlating unit comprises: a link module configured to create a link directed to the record file, the recording apparatus further comprises: a call records generating unit configured to generate an anew added call record entry according to the communication identification information in the call records of the first electronic device, wherein the anew added call record entry comprises the link generated by the link module. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The recording apparatus of claim 9, wherein the inputting unit is further configured to receive a record entry deleting instruction, the recording apparatus further comprises: a deleting unit including a first entry determining module configured to determine the target call record entry in the call records according to the deleting instruction; a second entry determining module configured to determine that whether there is the target call record entry comprising the file link directed to the record file in the target call record entry; a file information amending module configured to, when the second entry determining module determines that there is the target call record entry comprising the file link directed to the record file, amend the file name and the attribute information of the record file corresponding to the file link in the target call record entry according to the target call record entry; and a deleting module configured to delete the target call record entry. ### Claim 13 An electronic device comprising: a voice communication unit configured to perform a voice communication with the other electronic device; an inputting unit configured to receive a recording instruction from a user during the voice communication; a recording unit configured to perform a content recording according to the recording instruction and generate a record data, and generate a record file via the record data when the content record is completed; a processing unit including an information generating module configured to generate the communication identification information according to the voice communication, a file correlating module configured to correlate the communication identification information to the record file.