Device and method for storing subscriber information in mobile terminal
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorGyu Hong Hwang
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Abstract
A method stores subscriber information in a mobile terminal. The method includes checking whether a received message includes a plurality of sets of subscriber information when a message is received, checking whether there is registered subscriber information if the message includes subscriber information, and updating the registered subscriber information to different subscriber information included in the message if there is registered subscriber information.
Claims16
A method for storing subscriber information in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
- determining whether a message includes subscriber information by analyzing characters in a message body of the message in response to receiving the message;
- determining whether the subscriber information corresponds with registered subscriber information on the mobile terminal in response to the message including the subscriber information, wherein determining whether the subscriber information corresponds with registered subscriber information on the mobile terminal comprises determining whether the subscriber information in the message is registered with a contacts list for the mobile terminal;
- and
- updating the registered subscriber information to different subscriber information from the message in response to the registered subscriber information being present, wherein updating the subscriber information comprises:
- generating and displaying a pop-up message including a request whether the registered subscriber information should be updated in response to the subscriber information included in the message being registered subscriber information;
- and
- updating the registered subscriber information to the different subscriber information included in the message in response to receiving a request to update the registered subscriber information.
A method for storing a phone number in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
- determining whether a text message is a phone number change message by analyzing characters in a message body of the text message in response to receiving the text message;
- determining whether a phone number in the text message is registered with a contacts list for the mobile terminal;
- and
- updating a registered phone number in a phonebook to an unregistered phone number included in the text message in response to the text message being a phone number change message, wherein updating the registered phone number comprises:
- generating and displayinq a pop-up message including a request whether the registered phone number should be updated in response to receiving the phone number change message;
- and
- updating the registered phone number in the phonebook to the unregistered phone number included in the text message in response to receiving a request to update the registered phone number.
A device for storing subscriber information in a mobile terminal, the device comprising:
- a communication unit configured to receive a message;
- a memory configured to store a phonebook;
- a display unit configured to display the message;
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- a controller configured to analyze characters in a message body of the message to determine whether the message includes subscriber information;
- determine whether the subscriber information in the message is registered with the phonebook for the mobile terminal;
- generate a pop-up message requesting whether the registered subscriber information should be updated for display by the display unit;
- and update, responsive to the message including subscriber information registered with the phonebook in the memory and responsive to receiving a request to update the registered subscriber information, the registered subscriber information to different subscriber information included in the message.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.