Mobile Terminal Missed Call Record Insertion

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Solution Overview

Problem

Smartphones often miss important calls due to power shutdown or unavailability, leading to missed call records not being saved, and existing technologies cannot automatically insert these records into the phone's call history.

Innovation Solution

A method and device that obtain missed call records by parsing short messages or retrieving them from a server, and automatically insert them into the phone's call records upon restart, using modules for short message processing and server communication.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Use of energy by moving object

If the mobile phone is shut down to save power, then power consumption is reduced, but call records during shutdown cannot be saved

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepower consumptionVSAvoidcall record
Core Design Contradiction:
Use of energy by moving objectVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary action by obtaining missed call records from the server or short messages before the user needs them. When the phone restarts after shutdown, the system proactively retrieves call records that occurred during the shutdown period and inserts them into the local call history, ensuring no call information is lost despite the phone being offline.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Loss of information

If the mobile phone remains on to save call records, then call records are preserved, but power is consumed faster

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecall recordVSAvoidpower consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The server acts as an intermediary to store and transmit call records. Instead of requiring the mobile phone to remain powered on to record calls, the server receives and stores call record information during the phone's shutdown period, then transmits this information to the phone when it restarts, eliminating the need for continuous power consumption.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Loss of information

If missed call records are obtained from server or short messages, then complete call history is achieved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecall record completenessVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements self-service by automatically obtaining missed call records from available sources (server or short messages) and inserting them into the local call history without requiring user intervention. The system autonomously detects the presence of missed calls, retrieves the information, and integrates it into the existing call record structure.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

4Ease of operation

If automatic insertion of missed call records is implemented, then user experience is improved, but processing time is increased

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser experienceVSAvoidprocessing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs the insertion of missed call records as a preliminary action during the phone's startup process after shutdown. By integrating this operation into the existing boot sequence, the system ensures that call records are restored before the user interacts with the phone, making the process transparent and eliminating the need for separate user actions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentEP3276929B1Method and device for obtaining a call record
Publication Date: 2019.07.03 BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO LTD
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AI summary

The present invention relates to a method and device for obtaining a call record. The method comprises: obtaining (101) a missed call record; and inserting (102, 204, 304) the missed call record into call records of the mobile terminal. Using the technical solutions of the present invention, users can know in time whether there is an incoming call record during shutdown or other conditions that the users are not available, thereby avoiding missing of important calls. The technical solutions of the present invention intelligently insert the missed call record into the existing call records of the mobile phone and after the terminal is restarted a message containig the record and staring and ending times of the shutdown is sent to the user.