systems and methods for communication prior to acceptance of a phone call. A method of the present invention that is comprised the steps of: generating a phone number; generating a message to be presented upon receipt of a phone call; generating a Rich Contact containing said message and said phone number; transmitting the Rich Contact to a recipient phone device and further storing it therein; initiating a phone call bearing a phone number of the Rich Contact to said recipient phone device; wherein, upon receipt of the phone call on the phone device, a default call application shall identify said phone number of said phone call and present said message from said Rich Contact associated with the phone number.

systems and methods for communication prior to acceptance of a phone call. A method of the present invention that is comprised the steps of: generating a phone number; generating a message to be presented upon receipt of a phone call; generating a Rich Contact containing said message and said phone number; transmitting the Rich Contact to a recipient phone device and further storing it therein; initiating a phone call bearing a phone number of the Rich Contact to said recipient phone device; wherein, upon receipt of the phone call on the phone device, a default call application shall identify said phone number of said phone call and present said message from said Rich Contact associated with the phone number.

A method is disclosed for automatically adding a received phone number and name of an incoming caller to a list of existing contact phone numbers on a smartphone of a called party. More particularly, the smartphone of the called party (1) receives the phone number and name of the incoming caller from a cell site or base station at a fixed location of a cellular carrier while the called party may or may not be engaged in an existing phone call with another party; (2) searches the list of existing contact phone numbers to find a phone number that is an exact match to the received phone number of the incoming caller; (3) determines whether an exact match to the received phone number of the incoming caller was found on the list of existing contact phone numbers; (4) automatically adds the received phone number and name of the incoming caller to the list of existing contact phone numbers after it has been determined that the received phone number of the incoming caller was not found on the list of existing contact phone numbers; (5) generates an identifier, e.g., a number, and assigns the generated identifier to the received phone number and name of the incoming caller that have been automatically added to the list of existing contact phone numbers; and (6) conventional cellular service continues after it has been determined that the received phone number of the incoming caller was found on the list of existing contact phone numbers.

A method is disclosed for automatically adding a received phone number and name of an incoming caller to a list of existing contact phone numbers on a smartphone of a called party. More particularly, the smartphone of the called party (1) receives the phone number and name of the incoming caller from a cell site or base station at a fixed location of a cellular carrier while the called party may or may not be engaged in an existing phone call with another party; (2) searches the list of existing contact phone numbers to find a phone number that is an exact match to the received phone number of the incoming caller; (3) determines whether an exact match to the received phone number of the incoming caller was found on the list of existing contact phone numbers; (4) automatically adds the received phone number and name of the incoming caller to the list of existing contact phone numbers after it has been determined that the received phone number of the incoming caller was not found on the list of existing contact phone numbers; (5) generates an identifier, e.g., a number, and assigns the generated identifier to the received phone number and name of the incoming caller that have been automatically added to the list of existing contact phone numbers; and (6) conventional cellular service continues after it has been determined that the received phone number of the incoming caller was found on the list of existing contact phone numbers.

A mobile communication device operates by: generating an interactive interface that is presented for display via a display device associated with the mobile communication device; receiving reminder data via user interaction with the interactive interface, wherein the reminder data indicates a reminder associated with one of a plurality of contacts; receiving communication event data in response to a communications event associated a communication, via the mobile communication device, with the one of the plurality of contacts; generating, in response to the communication event, a notification that includes the reminder data; and presenting the notification for display via the interactive interface.

A method of controlling an electronic apparatus is provided. The method includes obtaining a name referring to a user of another electronic apparatus in a chat with the user of the other electronic apparatus using an artificial intelligence (AI) model trained by an AI algorithm while conducting the chat with the user of the other electronic apparatus using the electronic apparatus; and storing the obtained name in association with contact information of the user of the other electronic apparatus. At least some of the control method of the disclosure may use an AI model trained according to at least one of machine learning, neural network, or deep learning algorithm.

A method of controlling an electronic apparatus is provided. The method includes obtaining a name referring to a user of another electronic apparatus in a chat with the user of the other electronic apparatus using an artificial intelligence (AI) model trained by an AI algorithm while conducting the chat with the user of the other electronic apparatus using the electronic apparatus; and storing the obtained name in association with contact information of the user of the other electronic apparatus. At least some of the control method of the disclosure may use an AI model trained according to at least one of machine learning, neural network, or deep learning algorithm.

This application provides an address book-based device discovery method, an audio and video communication method, and related electronic devices. In the method, a personal device of a user is registered with a communication account system by using a phone number, and the communication account system is responsible for maintaining a binding relationship between the device and the phone number for capability discovery and query. A list of devices that meets a privacy policy is queried based on the phone number of the user, and a list of devices that can perform audio and video communication is displayed in an address book. Then, a Another user can reach different personal devices when calling the phone number.

This application provides an address book-based device discovery method, an audio and video communication method, and related electronic devices. In the method, a personal device of a user is registered with a communication account system by using a phone number, and the communication account system is responsible for maintaining a binding relationship between the device and the phone number for capability discovery and query. A list of devices that meets a privacy policy is queried based on the phone number of the user, and a list of devices that can perform audio and video communication is displayed in an address book. Then, a Another user can reach different personal devices when calling the phone number.

A method of enhancing personal contact information display on a mobile device is disclosed herein. The method of enhancing personal contact information display on a mobile device includes integrating a software code with an operating system for the mobile device. The code is configured to interact with a voice message module, the phone module, the internet module, and the personal contact information module of the mobile device operating system. The method of enhancing personal contact information display on a mobile device is useful for viewing contact information and accessing at least one voicemail left by a first-user.