Speed Dialing Pattern Matching for Mobile Terminals
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current dialing methods on mobile phones are inefficient, requiring users to remember complex phone numbers or navigate through address books, which is time-consuming and inconvenient, especially for urgent calls.
Innovation Solution
A method and terminal for speed dialing that uses a full keyboard to configure pattern information, allowing users to input letters and numbers to quickly find and select contact persons from an address book based on attributes like company, school, or birthday, with fuzzy matching to suggest correct dialing modes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If complete phone number dialing is used, then dialing accuracy is improved, but user time consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-configures pattern information including letter keys, pattern names, formats, and combination modes before dialing occurs. When a user inputs a letter, the system has already prepared multiple possible pattern matches and can quickly present them for selection, eliminating the need to manually search through the entire address book or remember complete phone numbers.
2Ease of operation
If address book searching is used, then ease of operation is improved, but dialing time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The dialing process is segmented into distinct phases: letter input phase, pattern matching phase, and contact selection phase. The pattern information itself is segmented into modular components (letter key, pattern name, format, combination mode) that can be independently configured and combined. This segmentation allows the system to efficiently process each phase without requiring the user to navigate through the entire address book sequentially.
Solution Approach 2:
The system pre-configures pattern information including letter keys, pattern names, formats, and combination modes before dialing occurs. When a user inputs a letter, the system has already prepared multiple possible pattern matches and can quickly present them for selection, eliminating the need to manually search through the entire address book or remember complete phone numbers.
3Productivity
If pattern information configuration is added, then speed dialing efficiency is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The pattern information configuration system serves multiple functions: it enables speed dialing through letter patterns, supports custom contact grouping via pattern names, allows flexible format specification, and provides combination modes for complex queries. This single configuration mechanism replaces multiple separate dialing methods, reducing overall system complexity while improving efficiency.
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AI summary
A method and terminal for speed dialing are disclosed. The method includes: a terminal configuring pattern information of dialing, and establishing a correspondence between the pattern information and a contact person, wherein the pattern information comprises a letter key corresponding to a pattern name, a format of a pattern, and a combination mode among a plurality of patterns; the terminal receiving key information input by a user, and determining whether the input first key information is a number or a letter; and if it is a letter, looking up an address book of the terminal according to the input key information to determine whether there is a contact person who satisfies a matching condition of the pattern information, and if yes, displaying the contact person who satisfies the matching condition of the pattern information on a terminal interface to be selected by the user for speed dialing. With the method and terminal of this embodiment, it can save the user's time and can rapidly dial a call which a user needs to make, thus improving the user experience.