ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING INCOMING/OUTGOING INFORMATION AND MANAGING CONTACTS

摘要

A method and electronic device for extracting incoming/outgoing information and managing contacts are provided. The method includes determining whether a communicating electronic device which has been or is in communication with the electronic device is included as a contact in a first contact list; extracting incoming/outgoing information based on at least one of metadata and contents of the communication with the communicating electronic device when the communicating electronic device is not included as a contact in the first contact list; and displaying the extracted incoming/outgoing information on a touchscreen of the electronic device.

主权项

1. An apparatus comprising:
memory to store one or more contacts; and a processor configured to:
receive a call request transmitted from an external electronic device;obtain first identification information corresponding to the external electronic device based at least in part on the call request;determine whether information included in the one or more contacts corresponds to the first identification information;if no information included in the one or more contacts corresponds to the first identification information, identify second identification information corresponding to a user of the external electronic device based at least in part on one or more previously received messages; andpresent at least part of the second identification information in relation with the call request via an output interface operatively coupled with the processor.