| 摘要 |
A device and a method of organizing journaling items from applications processed by an electronic device are provided. The method comprises: defining a journal having a parameter for storing journaling items; defining contexts for the parameter by creating a context for each record using data from an application operating on the device which matches a relevant aspect of the parameter; upon detection of a new journaling item processed by the device, determining whether the new journaling item matches any of the contexts, and if so, updating the journal with details associated with the journaling item; and determining whether any previously processed journaling items processed by the device matches any of the contexts, and if so, updating the journal with details associated with the any previously received item. The device incorporates modules to perform the method. |
| 主权项 |
1. A method of organizing journals tracking communications processed by an electronic device, comprising:
storing records in a database accessible by the electronic device relating to emails, telephone calls and appointments records processed by the electronic device; in the database, creating associations for an organization as a parameter for a first journal using data containing contact information used by an address book application operating on the electronic device to link the organization with each of a plurality of telephone numbers, a domain name for a, destination email address associated with the organization and a plurality of appointment contexts; defining a second journal to track records relating to emails, telephone calls and appointments associated with a topic; when a new email is received by the electronic device,
examining a domain name portion of a destination address of the new email to determine whether the domain name portion matches the domain name of the destination email address of the organization, and if so, updating the first journal to include details Lthe new email; anddetermining whether contents of the new email match the topic, and if so,updating the second journal with details associated with the new email; when a new telephone call is received by the electronic device, determining whether a telephone number for the new telephone call matches one of the plurality of telephone numbers of the organization, and if so, updating the first journal to include details of the new telephone call; when a new appointment request is received by the electronic device,
determining whether a context of the new appointment request matches one of the plurality of appointment contexts of the organization, and if so, updating the first journal to include details of the new appointment request; anddetermining whether contents of the new appointment request match the topic, and if so, update the second journal to include details of the new appointment request; when a new text message is received, determining whether contents of the new text message match the topic, and if so, updating the second journal to include details of the new text message; when an email from the electronic device is sent, determining whether contents of the sent email match the topic, and if so, updating the second journal to include details of the sent email; determining whether previously received emails, telephone calls and appointment requests processed by the electronic device match any one of the at least one destination email address, the plurality of telephone numbers or the plurality of appointment contexts of the organization, and if so, updating the first journal to include details of the matching previously received emails, telephone calls and appointment requests; when modifications are made to the topic of the second journal to create a new topic, examining records in the second journal, determining whether the records meet the new topic and deleting any record of the records that do not match the new topic from the second journal; and displaying on a display of the electronic device contents of the first journal. |
