Phone number management method and communication device having phone number management function

摘要

A computerized method for managing phone numbers stored in a communication device, the communication device communicates with a communication service terminal provided by a telecommunication company. The communication device sends a request message for requesting to acquire a usage state of each of the phone numbers to the communication service terminal, and then detects which of the phone numbers have the usage state that matches one or more predetermined states. Any detected phone number which usage state matches the one or more predetermined states is deleted from the communication device.

主权项

1. A computerized method for managing phone numbers stored in a communication device, the communication device in communication with a communication service terminal provided by a telephone service provider, the method comprising:
sending a text message having a first predetermined format and comprising at least one phone number stored in the communication device for requesting to acquire a usage state of each of the phone numbers to the communication service terminal, the usage state being one of a number of predefined states; receiving a response message from the communication service terminal; analyzing the received response message to obtain the usage state of each of the phone numbers; detecting which of the phone numbers have the usage state that matches one or more predetermined states, the one or more predetermined states being selected from the number of predefined states; and deleting the phone numbers which usage state matches the one or more predetermined states from the communication device.