This application claims the priority benefit of Taiwan Application Serial No. 110116449, filed on May 6, 2021. The entirety of the above-mentioned patent application is hereby incorporated by reference herein and made a part of specification.
The disclosure relates to a processing method for a priority notification of an incoming call and a mobile device for performing the processing method.
With the popularity of mobile devices, mobile phones have entered all aspects of modern life. However, on some specific occasions, to avoid unexpected call disturb, mobile phones are usually set to a silent mode or a do not disturb (DND) mode.
When a user selects the silent mode, there is no any vibration or ringing reminder with an incoming call. Therefore, an important incoming call is likely to be missed, causing a missed call. When the user activates the DND mode, incoming call ringing is set for a specific contact, or incoming call ringing is repeated within three minutes. However, a prerequisite for ringing or vibration is that a ringing mode or a vibration mode is set. Even though a switch that allows ringing is on for the repeated call, the incoming call does not ring or vibrate to notify the user in the silent mode. As a result, when the silent mode or DND mode is activated, without ringing or vibration, an incoming call of an important contact is likely to be missed, which causes inconvenience.
According to the first aspect, a processing method for a priority notification of an incoming call is provided. The processing method is applied to a mobile device and includes: receiving an incoming call signal and generating a notification signal when a plurality of trigger conditions is met. The trigger conditions include: determining that a repeated call is within a first preset time or a time interval between repeated calls is less than a second preset time according to the incoming call signal, determining that a caller number corresponding to the incoming call signal is in a priority contact list, and determining that the mobile device is in a preset use situation. Then, a mandatory reminder mode is activated according to the notification signal to notify a user.
According to the second aspect, a mobile device is provided, including a communication unit, a processor, and at least a reminder unit. The processor is electrically connected to the communication unit and the reminder unit. The communication unit receives an incoming call signal. The processor determines whether a plurality of trigger conditions is met and generates a notification signal when the trigger conditions are met according to the incoming call signal. The trigger conditions include: The processor determines that a repeated call is within a first preset time or a time interval between repeated calls is less than a second preset time according to the incoming call signal, the processor determines that a caller number corresponding to the incoming call signal is in a priority contact list, and the processor determines that the mobile device is in a preset use situation. The reminder unit activates a mandatory reminder mode according to the notification signal to notify a user.
To sum up, the disclosure provides a processing method for a priority notification of an incoming call and a mobile device, which provide a priority notification mode. In a state that a silent mode or DND mode is activated, when a second incoming call is within a preset time, the mobile device rings or vibrates in a mandatory manner to remind a user of an incoming call of an important contact, to avoid missing an important phone call. In addition, the disclosure allows the user to set a priority contact list and flexibly set an important contact whose incoming call cannot be missed.
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When the mobile device 10 executes a priority notification mode, the communication unit 12 supports a current wireless signal transmission technology to receive an incoming call signal and transmits the incoming call signal to the processor 14. After receiving the incoming call signal, the processor 14 determines, according to the incoming call signal, whether a plurality of trigger conditions is met and generates a notification signal when the trigger conditions are met. The trigger conditions include: the processor 14 determines that a repeated call is within a preset time (that is, a first preset time) or a time interval between repeated calls is less than a preset time (that is, a second preset time) according to the incoming call signal, the processor 14 determines that a caller number corresponding to the incoming call signal is in a priority contact list, and the processor 14 determines that the mobile device 10 is in a preset use situation. The notification signal generated by the processor 14 is transmitted to the reminder unit 16 to make the reminder unit 16 to activate a mandatory reminder mode according to the notification signal to notify a user. In an embodiment, when the reminder unit 16 is the speaker 161, the mandatory reminder mode is an incoming call ringing mode for reminding the user by ringing, or when the reminder unit 16 is the vibrator 162, the mandatory reminder mode is an incoming call vibration mode for reminding the user by vibration. When the mandatory reminder mode is activated, the processor 14 transmits information about an important contact corresponding to the incoming call signal to the screen 18 and displays the information on the screen 18, so that the user knows which important contact calls, to be actually aware of an incoming call of the important contact. The storage unit 20 is configured to store calculation materials or data required by the processor 14, including the preset time (including at least one of the first preset time or the second preset time), the priority contact list, the preset use situation, the mandatory reminder mode, and the like.
To remind the user of the incoming call of the important contact, when activating the mandatory reminder mode, the processor 14 activates a flashing mode at the same time. In an embodiment, when activating the mandatory reminder mode, the processor 14 activates a flashing mode through the screen 18 at the same time to make the screen 18 flash. In another embodiment, as shown in
In an embodiment, the mobile device 10 is a mobile phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a mobile multimedia player, or any type of portable electronic product that receives an incoming call. The disclosure is not limited thereto.
In an embodiment, the processor 14 is but not limited to a central processing unit (CPU), a microprocessor, a digital signal processor (DSP), an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a system on a chip (SOC), or another similar element or a combination thereof.
In an embodiment, the storage unit 20 is disposed separately from the processor 14, or built in the processor 14, which depends on user requirements or actual electric circuit designs. Based on this, the storage unit 20 is implemented by one or more storage elements. The storage element is, in an embodiment, a memory, a register, or the like, but the disclosure is not limited thereto.
When the processor 14 executes the priority notification mode, a user sets parameter conditions related to the priority notification mode first. Referring to
In an embodiment, the user selects a first preset time for determining whether a repeated call is within the first preset time as the trigger condition. In an embodiment, options such as 3 minutes, 5 minutes, and 15 minutes are set on the UI 22 for selection.
In another embodiment, the user selects a second preset time for determining whether a time interval between repeated calls is less than the second preset time as the trigger condition. In an embodiment, options such as 3 minutes, 5 minutes, and 15 minutes are set on the UI 22 for selection.
In an embodiment, the priority contact list 26 directly adopts a DND mode contact list in a DND mode, or a custom contact list for the user to select to set an important contact.
In an embodiment, the preset use situation 28 is a DND mode or a silent mode, or includes both the DND mode and the silent mode, so that the user selects situations in which the priority notification mode is executed. Specifically, in a case that the preset use situation 28 is set to the DND mode, the processor 14 executes the priority notification mode only when the DND mode is activated; and in a case that the preset use situation 28 is set to the silent mode, the processor 14 executes the priority notification mode only when the silent mode is activated. Definitely, in a case that the preset use situation 28 is set to the DND mode and the silent mode, the processor 14 executes the priority notification mode when the DND mode or the silent mode is activated.
In an embodiment, the mandatory reminder mode 30 is an incoming call ringing mode or an incoming call vibration mode, to set a priority manner to remind the user. Specifically, when the user sets the mandatory reminder mode 30 to the incoming call ringing mode, the processor 14 transmits the notification signal to the speaker 161 to make the speaker 161 activate the incoming call ringing mode and remind the user by ringing. When the user sets the mandatory reminder mode 30 to the incoming call vibration mode, the processor 14 transmits the notification signal to the vibrator 162 to make the vibrator 162 activate the incoming call vibration mode and remind the user by vibration.
Based on the foregoing mobile device 10, the disclosure further provides a processing method for a priority notification of an incoming call, suitable for the mobile device 10. Steps of the processing method for a priority notification of an incoming call are described in detail below with reference to the mobile device 10.
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Therefore, compared with the existing silent mode and DND mode, the priority notification mode used in the disclosure has the following characteristics: For a specific contact, a ringing mode or a vibration mode is selected to be used to notify the user of the incoming call in the silent mode. A second incoming call within a preset time is set to notify the user by ringing or vibration. The DND mode contact list is directly applied, or the contact list is customized. A situation in which the priority notification mode is activated is selected. As for a missed call caused by no ringing or vibration in the silent mode/DND mode, through the priority notification mode, when the second incoming call is within the preset time, the user is notified by mandatory ringing or vibration to avoid missing the incoming call of the important contact. A flashing effect is further provided to better remind the user during the mandatory ringing or vibration.
In an embodiment, the processing method for a priority notification of an incoming call provided in the disclosure is implemented by a computer program product. The processing method for a priority notification of an incoming call according to any one of the foregoing embodiments is completed after the mobile device loads a program into the processor and executes the program. In other words, the processing method for a priority notification of an incoming call is implemented on the mobile device by the processor performing a firmware or software algorithm.
To sum up, the disclosure provides a processing method for a priority notification of an incoming call and a mobile device, which provide a priority notification mode. In a state that a silent mode or DND mode is activated, when a second incoming call is within a preset time, the mobile device rings or vibrates in a mandatory manner to remind a user of an incoming call of an important contact, to avoid missing an important phone call. In addition, the disclosure allows the user to set a priority contact list and flexibly set an important contact whose incoming call cannot be missed.
The foregoing embodiments are merely used to describe technical ideas and characteristics of the disclosure, which are intended to enable a person familiar with the technology to understand and implement the content of the disclosure, but do not limit claims of the disclosure. All equivalent changes or modifications without departing from the spirit disclosed in the disclosure still fall within the claims of the disclosure.
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110116449 | May 2021 | TW | national |