Apparatuses and methods for phone number processing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10140265-B2
Application number	US-201414447272-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 30, 2014
Priority date	Jun 28, 2013
Publication date	Nov 27, 2018
Grant date	Nov 27, 2018

Abstract

A method for phone number processing may comprise providing a terminal device including a processor operating a browser to a user. The processor my conduct the acts of opening a web page on the browser, wherein the web page includes an unclickable text content; detecting a string from the text content when the user selects the text content; and displaying a phone number processing interface on the web page when the string is a valid phone number.

First claim

We claim:

1. A method for phone number processing in a terminal device including a processor operating a browser, comprising:
opening, by a processor, a web page on a browser, wherein:
the web page comprises a logical structure of a document object model (DOM) tree, and
the DOM tree includes a text node associated with text content in the web page;

extracting, by the processor, the text content from the text node in the DOM tree when a user selects the text content and the text node is unclickable;
detecting, by the processor, a string with a preset length from the text content;
determining, by the processor, whether the string comprises a valid phone number; and
in response to the determining that the string comprises the valid phone number:
creating, by the processor, a label based on the valid phone number,
linking, by the processor, the valid phone number to a phone number processing interface,
inserting, by the processor, the label into the DOM tree as a new father node of the text node,
moving, by the processor, the text node one level down in the DOM tree so that the text node becomes a child node of the label, and
displaying, by the processor, the phone number processing interface on the web page.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
generating a hyperlink associated the string with the phone number processing interface when the string is the valid phone number.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
determining, by the processor, the text content being unclickable on the web page when the text node is not associated with a hyperlink; and
determining, by the processor, the text content being clickable when the text node is associated with a hyperlink.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the phone number processing interface comprises at least one of:
a title bar,
a phone dialing menu configured to dial the valid phone number,
a short message sending menu configured to send a short message to the valid phone number,
a contact saving menu configured to save the valid phone number in a list of contact,
a number copying menu configured to save the valid phone number in a clip board, or
a prompt message configured to provide information associated the valid phone number.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the prompt message comprises information related to the valid phone number.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the detecting the string with the preset length from the text content comprises:
examining forward from where the user places a mouse pointer on the text content, neglecting separating characters, until reaching a first non-number character;
examining backward from where the user places the mouse pointer on the text content, neglecting the separating characters, until reaching a second non-number character;
selecting content between the first non-number character and the second non-number character; and
identifying the content as the string by removing the separating characters between the first non-number character and the second non-number character.

7. A terminal device comprising:
a non-transitory processor-readable storage medium including a set of instructions for phone number processing; and
a processor in communication with the non-transitory processor-readable storage medium, wherein, when the processor executes the set of instructions, the processor is configured to:
open a web page on a browser, wherein:
the web page comprises a logical structure of a document object model (DOM) tree, and
the DOM tree includes a text node associated with text content in the web page;

extract the text content from the text node in the DOM tree when a user selects the text content and the text node is unclickable;
detect a string with a preset length from the text content;
determine whether the string comprises a valid phone number; and
in response to the determining that the string comprises the valid phone number:
create a label based on the valid phone number,
link the valid phone number to a phone number processing interface,
insert the label into the DOM tree as a new father node of the text node,
move the text node one level down in the DOM tree so that the text node becomes a child node of the label, and
display the phone number processing interface on the web page.

8. The terminal device of claim 7 , wherein, when the processor executes the set of instructions, the processor is further configured to:
generate a hyperlink associated the string with the phone number processing interface when the string is the valid phone number.

9. The terminal device of claim 8 , wherein, when the processor executes the set of instructions, the processor is further configured to:
determine the text content being unclickable on the web page when the text node is not associated with a hyperlink; and
determine the text content being clickable when the text node is associated with a hyperlink.

10. The terminal device of claim 7 , wherein the phone number processing interface comprises at least one of:
a title bar,
a phone dialing menu configured to dial the valid phone number,
a short message sending menu configured to send a short message to the valid phone number,
a contact saving menu configured to save the valid phone number in a list of contact,
a number copying menu configured to save the valid phone number in a clip board, or
a prompt message configured to provide information associated the valid phone number.

11. The terminal device of claim 10 , wherein the prompt message comprises information related to the valid phone number.

12. The terminal device of claim 7 , wherein, when the processor is configured to detect the string with the preset length from the text content, the processor is further configured to:
examine forward from where the user places a mouse pointer on the text content, neglecting separating characters, until reaching a first non-number character;
examine backward from where the user places the mouse pointer on the text content, neglecting the separating characters, until reaching a second non-number character;
select content between the first non-number character and the second non-number character; and
identify the content as the string by removing the separating characters between the first non-number character and the second non-number character.

13. A non-transitory processor-readable storage medium comprising a set of instructions for phone number processing, wherein the set of instructions is configured to direct a processor to perform acts of:
opening a web page on a browser, wherein:
the web page comprises a logical structure of a document object model (DOM) tree, and
the DOM tree includes a text node associated with text content in the web page;

extracting the text content from the text node in the DOM tree when a user selects the text content and the text node is unclickable;
detecting a string with a preset length from the text content;
determining whether the string comprises a valid phone number; and
in response to the determining that the string comprises the valid phone number:
creating a label based on the valid phone number,
linking the valid phone number to a phone number processing interface,
inserting the label into the DOM tree as a new father node of the text node,
moving the text node one level down in the DOM tree so that the text node becomes a child node of the label, and
displaying the phone number processing interface on the web page.

14. The non-transitory processor-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the set of instructions is configured to further di

Assignees

• Tencent Tech Shenzhen Co Ltd
• Tencent Tech Shenzhen Co Ltd

Inventors

• Li Yingge
• Tang Tingyong
• Wang Zhipei
• Tang Hao
• Wang Xi
• Zhang Kai
• Qing Xin
• Liu Sirui
• Yang Huijiao
• Huang Ying
• Liu Yulei
• Li Wei
• Feng Cheng
• Hu Bo
• Zhou Ruiyi
• Guan Lei
• He Bosen
• Ma Ning
• Li Yang

Classifications

• G06F16/9577

  Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents · CPC title

• G06F40/134 Primary

  Hyperlinking · CPC title

• G06F17/30905

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F17/2247 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F17/2235

  Physics · mapped topic