Apparatus and method for managing conversational contents with contacts in a terminal

A method for managing conversational content associated with a contact in a terminal, the method comprising:

• storing, by a storage unit of the terminal, contact information including a name of each of contacts and a corresponding number;
• preserving conversational information associated with one of the contacts, which includes the corresponding number of the one contact, the one contact, a time of occurrence and a detailed content associated with each of conversational messages, and forming a conversational content with the one contact to be displayed for a user based on the contact information and the conversational information;
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• displaying the formed conversational content with the one contact for the user,
• wherein the forming of the conversational content further includes incorporating the conversational message associated with the corresponding number of the one contact before the corresponding number of the one contact is deleted or replaced into the conversational content associated with the one contact by processing the conversational information associated with the corresponding number of the one contact before the corresponding number is deleted or replaced, when the corresponding number of the one contact is deleted or replaced.

An apparatus for managing conversational content associated with a contact in a terminal, the apparatus comprising:

• a prompting unit configured to generate an incorporation prompting message, when a corresponding number of the contact is deleted or replaced, and to output the generated incorporation prompting message;
• an instruction receiving unit configured to receive an incorporating instruction for performing an incorporation after the incorporation prompting message is outputted by the prompting unit;
• a management unit configured to process conversational information associated with the corresponding number of the contact before the corresponding number is deleted or replaced such that a conversational message associated with the corresponding number before the corresponding number is deleted or replaced is included in the conversational content associated with the contact, when the incorporating instruction is received by the instruction receiving unit;
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• a display unit configured to display the conversational content with the contact.

A method for managing conversational content associated with a contact in a terminal, the method comprising:

• generating, by a prompting unit of the terminal, an incorporation prompting message, when a corresponding number of the contact is deleted or replaced, and outputting the generated incorporation prompting message;
• receiving an incorporating instruction for performing an incorporation after the incorporation prompting message is outputted;
• processing conversational information associated with the corresponding number of the contact before the corresponding number is deleted or replaced, when the incorporating instruction is received such that a conversational message associated with the corresponding number before the corresponding number is deleted or replaced is included in the conversational content associated with the contact;
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• displaying the conversational content with the contact.