CN111836249A - Method and device for determining the attribution of a telephone number for an electronic terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided are a method and device for determining the attribution of a telephone number for an electronic terminal. The method includes: when it is necessary to determine the attribution of the first telephone number, determining whether the first telephone number includes an international area code; when the first telephone number does not include an international area code, based on the characteristic information and/or all information of the first telephone number. The characteristic information of the electronic terminal is used to determine the attribution of the first telephone number. According to the method and device, even if the phone number does not include the international area code, the attribution of the phone number can be accurately determined, which improves the user experience.

Description

Method and device for determining the attribution of a telephone number for an electronic terminal

technical field

The present invention generally relates to the field of electronic terminals, and more particularly, to a method and device for determining the attribution of a telephone number for an electronic terminal.

Background technique

Generally, a complete telephone number consists of the following parts: the international area code + the number, and if it is a landline number, it further includes the city area code.

The phone number of any country needs to use the country's number query database for attribution (for example, the city to which the phone number belongs) to obtain accurate query results. If you use other countries' number query database to query, you will get wrong query As a result, for example, for the telephone number of country A, if the attribution query is performed using the number query database of country B, the query result obtained may be the city information of country B.

If a phone number includes an international area code, the home country of the phone number can be distinguished by the international area code, and then the number query database of the home country can be used to query the attribution of the phone number, but if the phone number does not include an international area code, the default use of the current The number query database of the issuing country of the electronic terminal is used for attribution query, which is often prone to wrong query results.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Exemplary embodiments of the present invention provide a method and device for determining the attribution of a telephone number for an electronic terminal, which can accurately determine the attribution of a telephone number when the telephone number does not include an international area code.

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method for determining the attribution of a phone number for an electronic terminal, wherein the method includes: when the attribution of the first phone number needs to be determined, determining the first phone number Whether the international area code is included; when the first telephone number does not include the international area code, the attribution of the first telephone number is determined based on the characteristic information of the first telephone number and/or the characteristic information of the electronic terminal.

Optionally, the step of determining the attribution of the first phone number based on the feature information of the first phone number and/or the feature information of the electronic terminal includes: based on the feature information of the first phone number and/or the electronic terminal to determine the country to which the first telephone number belongs, and based on the determined country, the attribution of the first telephone number is inquired.

Optionally, the feature information of the electronic terminal includes: location feature information of the electronic terminal. Optionally, the characteristic information of the first phone number includes at least one of the following items: digits of the first phone number, digits at a specific position of the first phone number.

Optionally, the method further includes: outputting the determined attribution of the first phone number.

Optionally, the method further includes: judging whether it is necessary to determine the attribution of the first phone number, wherein when receiving a call request initiated by using the first phone number or a user for displaying call records about the first phone number During operation, it is determined that the attribution of the first telephone number needs to be determined.

Optionally, the step of querying the attribution of the first telephone number based on the determined country includes: using a number query database corresponding to the determined country to query the attribution of the first telephone number.

Optionally, the location feature information of the electronic terminal includes at least one of the following items: the issuing country of the electronic terminal, the country where the electronic terminal is currently located, and whether the electronic terminal is in an international roaming state.

Optionally, the method further includes: when there is no number query database corresponding to the determined country, not querying the attribution of the first phone number and/or not outputting the attribution of the first phone number.

Optionally, the issuing country of the electronic terminal is determined by: determining the issuing country of the electronic terminal based on the model information of the electronic terminal.

Optionally, when the attribution of the first phone number needs to be determined due to receiving a call request initiated by using the first phone number, the first phone number is determined based on the feature information of the first phone number and/or the feature information of the electronic terminal. The steps for the country a phone number belongs to include:

When the electronic terminal is in a non-international roaming state and is not in the issuing country of the electronic terminal, determining the country where the electronic terminal is currently located as the country to which the first phone number belongs;

And/or, when one of the following conditions is met, the issuing country of the electronic terminal is determined as the country to which the first telephone number belongs: the characteristic information of the first telephone number satisfies the specific requirements for the telephone number of the issuing country of the electronic terminal ; the electronic terminal is in a non-international roaming state and is in the country of issuance of the electronic terminal;

And/or, determine whether the feature information of the first phone number satisfies the specific requirements of the issuing country of the electronic terminal for the phone number, wherein, when it is determined that the specific requirements are met, the issuing country of the electronic terminal is determined as the first. A country to which the phone number belongs; when it is determined that the specific requirement is not met, determine whether the electronic terminal is in an international roaming state, and when the electronic terminal is in a non-international roaming state, change the current location of the electronic terminal to the The country is determined as the country to which the first telephone number belongs.

Optionally, when the attribution of the first phone number needs to be determined due to receiving a user operation for displaying a call record about the first phone number, based on the feature information of the first phone number and/or the characteristics of the electronic terminal. The step of determining the country to which the first phone number belongs based on the characteristic information includes:

When the electronic terminal is in a non-international roaming state and is not in the issuing country of the electronic terminal when the call record is generated, the country where the electronic terminal is located when the call record is generated is determined as the country to which the first phone number belongs s country;

And/or, when one of the following conditions is met, the issuing country of the electronic terminal is determined as the country to which the first telephone number belongs: the characteristic information of the first telephone number satisfies the specific requirements for the telephone number of the issuing country of the electronic terminal ; The electronic terminal is currently in an international roaming state; the electronic terminal is in a non-international roaming state and is in the issuing country of the electronic terminal when the call record is generated;

And/or, determine whether the feature information of the first phone number satisfies the specific requirements of the issuing country of the electronic terminal for the phone number, wherein, when it is determined that the specific requirements are met, the issuing country of the electronic terminal is determined as the first. A country to which the phone number belongs; when it is determined that the specific requirement is not met, determine whether the electronic terminal is in an international roaming state when the call record is generated, and is in non-international roaming when the electronic terminal generates the call record In the state, the country where the electronic terminal is located when the call record is generated is determined as the country to which the first phone number belongs.

Optionally, the specific requirement includes at least one of the following items: the number of digits of the phone number is a specific number, and the digits at a specific position of the phone number are within a corresponding specific range.

According to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a device for determining the home of a phone number for an electronic terminal, wherein the device includes: an international area code determining unit, when it is necessary to determine the home of the first phone number when the first phone number includes an international area code; the attribution determination unit, when the first phone number does not include an international area code, determines the first phone number based on the feature information of the first phone number and/or the feature information of the electronic terminal The home of the phone number.

Optionally, the attribution determination unit determines the country to which the first telephone number belongs based on the characteristic information of the first telephone number and/or the characteristic information of the electronic terminal, and queries the attribution of the first telephone number based on the determined country. .

Optionally, the feature information of the electronic terminal includes: location feature information of the electronic terminal.

Optionally, the characteristic information of the first phone number includes at least one of the following items: digits of the first phone number, digits at a specific position of the first phone number.

Optionally, the device further includes: an output unit that outputs the determined attribution of the first phone number.

Optionally, the device further includes: a judging unit for judging whether it is necessary to determine the attribution of the first phone number, wherein when receiving a call request initiated by using the first phone number or for displaying a call about the first phone number When the recorded user operation is performed, it is determined that the attribution of the first telephone number needs to be determined.

Optionally, the attribution determination unit uses a number query database corresponding to the determined country to query the attribution of the first telephone number.

Optionally, the location feature information of the electronic terminal includes at least one of the following items: the issuing country of the electronic terminal, the country where the electronic terminal is currently located, and whether the electronic terminal is in an international roaming state.

Optionally, when there is no number query database corresponding to the determined country, the attribution determination unit does not query the attribution of the first phone number and/or the output unit does not output the attribution of the first phone number.

Optionally, the issuing country of the electronic terminal is determined by: determining the issuing country of the electronic terminal based on the model information of the electronic terminal.

Optionally, when the attribution of the first phone number needs to be determined due to receiving a call request initiated by using the first phone number,

When the electronic terminal is in a non-international roaming state and is not in the issuing country of the electronic terminal, the attribution determining unit determines the country where the electronic terminal is currently located as the country to which the first phone number belongs;

And/or, when one of the following conditions is satisfied, the attribution determination unit determines the issuing country of the electronic terminal as the country to which the first telephone number belongs: the characteristic information of the first telephone number satisfies the issuing country of the electronic terminal to the telephone number. specific requirements for numbers; the electronic terminal is in a non-international roaming state and in the country of issue of the electronic terminal;

And/or, the attribution determination unit determines whether the characteristic information of the first telephone number satisfies the specific requirements for the telephone number of the issuing country of the electronic terminal, wherein, when it is determined that the specific requirements are satisfied, the issuing country of the electronic terminal The country is determined as the country to which the first phone number belongs; when it is determined that the specific requirement is not met, determine whether the electronic terminal is in an international roaming state, and when the electronic terminal is in a non-international roaming state, the electronic terminal is in a non-international roaming state. The current country is determined as the country to which the first phone number belongs.

Optionally, when the attribution of the first phone number needs to be determined due to receiving a user operation for displaying a call record about the first phone number,

When the electronic terminal is in a non-international roaming state and is not in the issuing country of the electronic terminal when the electronic terminal generates the call record, the attribution determination unit determines the country where the electronic terminal is located when the call record is generated as the first country. the country to which the telephone number belongs;

And/or, when one of the following conditions is satisfied, the attribution determination unit determines the issuing country of the electronic terminal as the country to which the first telephone number belongs: the characteristic information of the first telephone number satisfies the issuing country of the electronic terminal to the telephone number. The specific requirements of the number; the electronic terminal is currently in an international roaming state; the electronic terminal is in a non-international roaming state and is in the issuing country of the electronic terminal when the call record is generated;

And/or, the attribution determination unit determines whether the characteristic information of the first telephone number satisfies the specific requirements for the telephone number of the issuing country of the electronic terminal, wherein, when it is determined that the specific requirements are satisfied, the issuing country of the electronic terminal The country is determined as the country to which the first phone number belongs; when it is determined that the specific requirements are not met, determine whether the electronic terminal is in an international roaming state when the electronic terminal generates the call record, and when the electronic terminal generates the call record When in a non-international roaming state, the country where the electronic terminal generates the call record is determined as the country to which the first phone number belongs.

Optionally, the specific requirement includes at least one of the following items: the number of digits of the phone number is a specific number, and the digits at a specific position of the phone number are within a corresponding specific range.

According to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program, wherein, when the computer program is executed by a processor, the determination of a telephone number for an electronic terminal as described above is realized method of attribution.

According to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an electronic terminal is provided, wherein the electronic terminal comprises: a processor; a memory storing a computer program, when the computer program is executed by the processor, the above-mentioned The described method for determining the attribution of a telephone number for an electronic terminal.

In the method and device for determining the attribution of a phone number for an electronic terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, when the phone number does not include an international area code, the feature information of the phone number and/or the feature information of the current electronic terminal to determine the attribution of the phone number, so that even if the phone number does not include the international area code, the attribution of the phone number can also be accurately determined, which improves user experience.

Additional aspects and/or advantages of the present general inventive concept will be set forth in part in the ensuing description, and in part will be apparent from the description, or may be learned by practice of the present general inventive concept.

Description of drawings

The above and other objects and features of the exemplary embodiments of the present invention will become more apparent from the following description in conjunction with the accompanying drawings that exemplarily illustrate the embodiments, in which:

1 shows a flowchart of a method for determining the attribution of a phone number for an electronic terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 shows a block diagram of an apparatus for determining the attribution of a phone number for an electronic terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed ways

Reference will now be made in detail to the embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to like parts throughout. The embodiments will be described below in order to explain the present invention by referring to the figures.

FIG. 1 shows a flowchart of a method for determining the attribution of a phone number for an electronic terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. The method can be implemented by a computer program. For example, the method may be performed by a dial-up application installed in the electronic terminal, or by a functional program implemented in an operating system of the electronic terminal. As an example, the electronic terminal may be an electronic terminal capable of receiving a call request, such as a mobile communication terminal (eg, a smart phone), a smart wearable device (eg, a smart watch).

Referring to FIG. 1, in step S10, when it is necessary to determine the attribution of the first telephone number, it is determined whether the first telephone number includes an international area code.

In step S20, when the first phone number does not include the international area code, the attribution of the first phone number is determined based on the feature information of the first phone number and/or the feature information of the electronic terminal.

As an example, the feature information of the electronic terminal may include: location feature information of the electronic terminal.

As an example, the location feature information of the electronic terminal may include at least one of the following items: the issuing country of the electronic terminal (that is, the country to which the electronic terminal is issued), the current location of the electronic terminal country, and whether the electronic terminal is in an international roaming state.

As an example, the issuing country of the electronic terminal may be determined by: determining the issuing country of the electronic terminal based on the model information of the electronic terminal. It should be understood that the issuing country of the electronic terminal may also be determined in other appropriate ways.

As an example, the country where the electronic terminal is currently located may be determined through various appropriate methods, for example, the LBS base station positioning method and/or the GPS positioning method may be used.

As an example, whether the electronic terminal is in an international roaming state can be determined in various appropriate ways. For example, it can be determined based on whether the country to which the SIM card of the electronic terminal belongs is the same as the country where the electronic terminal is currently located. Whether the electronic terminal is in an international roaming state; or, it can be determined whether the electronic terminal is in an international roaming state based on notification information about international roaming received by the electronic terminal.

As an example, the characteristic information of the first phone number may include at least one of the following items: digits of the first phone number, digits at a specific position of the first phone number.

As an example, the country to which the first phone number belongs (ie, the country to which the first phone number belongs) may be determined based on the feature information of the first phone number and/or the feature information of the electronic terminal, and the query is made based on the determined country The home of the first phone number. Further, as an example, a number query database corresponding to the determined country may be used to query the attribution of the first telephone number.

As an example, the method for determining the attribution of a phone number for an electronic terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may further include: judging whether it is necessary to determine the attribution of the first phone number, wherein when receiving the use of the first phone number When a call request is initiated or a user operation is used to display a call record about the first phone number, it is determined that the attribution of the first phone number needs to be determined.

As an example, the method for determining the attribution of a phone number for an electronic terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may further include: outputting the determined attribution of the first phone number.

As an example, the method for determining the attribution of a phone number for an electronic terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may further include: when there is no number corresponding to the determined country inquired into the database, not the attribution of the first phone number An inquiry is made and/or the attribution of the first telephone number is not output.

In one embodiment, when the attribution of the first phone number needs to be determined due to receiving a call request initiated by using the first phone number, based on the feature information of the first phone number and/or the feature information of the electronic terminal The step of determining the country to which the first phone number belongs may include at least one of steps S101, S102, and S103:

In step S101, when the electronic terminal is in a non-international roaming state and is not in the issuing country of the electronic terminal, the country where the electronic terminal is currently located is determined as the country to which the first phone number belongs.

In the prior art, when a mobile phone issued in China uses a local Korean SIM card in a foreign country (for example, South Korea), when a call request initiated by a local Korean phone number is received, the local caller number of the SIM card does not carry If there is an international area code, the phone number search database in China, the country where the mobile phone is issued, will be used to query the attribution of the Korean phone number, which will result in wrong query results. ***'s attribution, the query result is Beijing. However, according to the embodiments of the present invention, the problem existing in the prior art that the local SIM card is used in a country other than the issuing country of the electronic terminal cannot be accurately identified.

In step S102, when one of the following conditions is met, the country of issuance of the electronic terminal is determined as the country to which the first phone number belongs: the feature information of the first phone number satisfies the specific requirements for the phone number of the country of issuance of the electronic terminal ; the electronic terminal is in a non-international roaming state and is in the issuing country of the electronic terminal.

As an example, the specific requirement may include at least one of the following items: the number of digits of the phone number is a specific number, and the digits at a specific position of the phone number are within a corresponding specific range. For example, China's specific requirements for mobile phone numbers can be as follows: the number of digits is 11, and the range of the first two digits should be between 13 and 19.

In step S103, it is determined whether the characteristic information of the first telephone number satisfies the specific requirement for the telephone number of the issuing country of the electronic terminal, wherein, when it is determined that the specific requirement is satisfied, the issuing country of the electronic terminal is determined to be the first telephone number. A country to which the phone number belongs; when it is determined that the specific requirement is not met, determine whether the electronic terminal is in an international roaming state, and when the electronic terminal is in a non-international roaming state, change the current location of the electronic terminal to the The country is determined as the country to which the first telephone number belongs.

In another embodiment, when the attribution of the first phone number needs to be determined due to receiving a user operation for displaying a call record related to the first phone number, based on the feature information of the first phone number and/or the The step of determining the country to which the first phone number belongs by using the feature information of the electronic terminal may include at least one of steps S201, S202, and S203:

In step S201, when the electronic terminal is in a non-international roaming state and is not in the issuing country of the electronic terminal when the call record is generated, the country where the electronic terminal is when the call record is generated is determined as the first country The country to which a phone number belongs.

In step S202, the issuing country of the electronic terminal is determined as the country to which the first telephone number belongs when one of the following conditions is satisfied: the characteristic information of the first telephone number satisfies the specific requirements of the issuing country of the electronic terminal for the telephone number ; the electronic terminal is currently in an international roaming state; the electronic terminal is in a non-international roaming state when the call record is generated and is in the issuing country of the electronic terminal.

In step S203, it is determined whether the characteristic information of the first telephone number satisfies the specific requirement of the issuing country of the electronic terminal for the telephone number, wherein when it is determined that the specific requirement is satisfied, the issuing country of the electronic terminal is determined to be the first telephone number. A country to which the phone number belongs; when it is determined that the specific requirement is not met, determine whether the electronic terminal is in an international roaming state when the call record is generated, and is in non-international roaming when the electronic terminal generates the call record In the state, the country where the electronic terminal is located when the call record is generated is determined as the country to which the first phone number belongs.

According to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to effectively reduce the probability that the previous call records show errors after going to other countries. For example, the following problems can be avoided: the call records about Chinese phone numbers generated when the mobile phone is in China, and when the call records are displayed after going abroad, if you use the number query database of the country where the mobile phone is currently located, you will get an incorrect query. result.

FIG. 2 shows a block diagram of an apparatus for determining the attribution of a phone number for an electronic terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2 , the apparatus for determining the attribution of a telephone number of an electronic terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: an international area code determination unit 10 and an attribution determination unit 20 .

Specifically, the international area code determining unit 10 is configured to determine whether the first telephone number includes the international area code when the attribution of the first telephone number needs to be determined.

The attribution determination unit 20 is configured to determine the attribution of the first telephone number based on characteristic information of the first telephone number and/or characteristic information of the electronic terminal when the first telephone number does not include an international area code.

As an example, the feature information of the electronic terminal may include: location feature information of the electronic terminal.

As an example, the location feature information of the electronic terminal may include at least one of the following items: the issuing country of the electronic terminal (that is, the country to which the electronic terminal is issued), the current location of the electronic terminal country, and whether the electronic terminal is in an international roaming state.

As an example, the issuing country of the electronic terminal may be determined by: determining the issuing country of the electronic terminal based on the model information of the electronic terminal. It should be understood that the issuing country of the electronic terminal may also be determined in other appropriate ways.

As an example, the country where the electronic terminal is currently located may be determined through various appropriate methods, for example, the LBS base station positioning method and/or the GPS positioning method may be used.

As an example, whether the electronic terminal is in an international roaming state can be determined in various appropriate ways. For example, it can be determined based on whether the country to which the SIM card of the electronic terminal belongs is the same as the country where the electronic terminal is currently located. Whether the electronic terminal is in an international roaming state; or, it can be determined whether the electronic terminal is in an international roaming state based on notification information about international roaming received by the electronic terminal.

As an example, the characteristic information of the first phone number may include at least one of the following items: digits of the first phone number, digits at a specific position of the first phone number.

As an example, the home determination unit 20 may determine the country to which the first phone number belongs (ie, the country to which the first phone number belongs) based on the feature information of the first phone number and/or the feature information of the electronic terminal, and based on the feature information of the first phone number and/or the feature information of the electronic terminal Determine the country to query the attribution of the first phone number. Further, as an example, the attribution determination unit 20 may use a number query database corresponding to the determined country to query the attribution of the first phone number.

As an example, the device for determining the attribution of a phone number for an electronic terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may further include: a judging unit (not shown) for judging whether it is necessary to determine the attribution of the first phone number wherein, when a call request initiated by using the first phone number or a user operation for displaying a call record about the first phone number is received, it is determined that the attribution of the first phone number needs to be determined.

As an example, the apparatus for determining the attribution of a phone number for an electronic terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may further include: an output unit (not shown) configured to output the determined attribution of the first phone number .

As an example, when there is no number query database corresponding to the determined country, the attribution determination unit 20 does not query the attribution of the first telephone number and/or the output unit does not output the attribution of the first telephone number.

In one embodiment, when the attribution of the first telephone number needs to be determined due to the receipt of a call request initiated by using the first telephone number, the attribution determination unit 20 may perform at least one of the following operations:

When the electronic terminal is in a non-international roaming state and is not in the issuing country of the electronic terminal, the attribution determination unit 20 determines the country where the electronic terminal is currently located as the country to which the first phone number belongs;

When one of the following conditions is satisfied, the attribution determination unit 20 determines the issuing country of the electronic terminal as the country to which the first telephone number belongs: the characteristic information of the first telephone number satisfies the specificity of the issuing country of the electronic terminal on the telephone number requirements; the electronic terminal is in a non-international roaming state and is in the country of issuance of the electronic terminal;

The attribution determination unit 20 determines whether the characteristic information of the first telephone number satisfies the specific requirements of the issuing country of the electronic terminal for the telephone number, wherein, when it is determined that the specific requirements are satisfied, the issuing country of the electronic terminal is determined as The country to which the first phone number belongs; when it is determined that the specific requirement is not met, determine whether the electronic terminal is in an international roaming state, and when the electronic terminal is in a non-international roaming state, determine the current location of the electronic terminal The country is determined as the country to which the first phone number belongs.

In another embodiment, when the attribution of the first phone number needs to be determined due to the reception of a user operation for displaying a call log about the first phone number, the attribution determination unit 20 may perform at least one of the following operations One:

When the electronic terminal is in a non-international roaming state and is not in the issuing country of the electronic terminal when the call record is generated, the attribution determination unit 20 determines the country where the electronic terminal is located when the call record is generated as: the country to which the first telephone number belongs;

When one of the following conditions is satisfied, the attribution determination unit 20 determines the issuing country of the electronic terminal as the country to which the first telephone number belongs: the characteristic information of the first telephone number satisfies the specificity of the issuing country of the electronic terminal on the telephone number requirements; the electronic terminal is currently in an international roaming state; the electronic terminal is in a non-international roaming state when the call record is generated and is in the issuing country of the electronic terminal;

The attribution determination unit 20 determines whether the characteristic information of the first telephone number satisfies the specific requirements of the issuing country of the electronic terminal for the telephone number, wherein, when it is determined that the specific requirements are satisfied, the issuing country of the electronic terminal is determined as The country to which the first phone number belongs; when it is determined that the specific requirement is not met, determine whether the electronic terminal is in an international roaming state when the call record is generated, and is in a non-international state when the electronic terminal generates the call record In the roaming state, the country where the electronic terminal is located when the call record is generated is determined as the country to which the first phone number belongs.

It should be understood that the specific processing performed by the device for determining the attribution of a phone number of an electronic terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail with reference to FIG. 1 , and the relevant details will not be repeated here.

In addition, it should be understood that each unit in the apparatus for determining the attribution of a phone number for an electronic terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may be implemented as hardware components and/or software components. Those skilled in the art can implement each unit by using, for example, a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) or an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) according to the defined processing performed by each unit.

A computer-readable storage medium according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention stores a computer program that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform the above-described method for determining the attribution of a phone number for an electronic terminal. The computer-readable storage medium is any data storage device that can store data read by a computer system. Examples of computer-readable storage media include read-only memory, random-access memory, optical disks, magnetic tapes, floppy disks, optical data storage devices, and carrier waves (such as data transmission over the Internet via wired or wireless transmission paths).

An electronic terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a processor (not shown) and a memory (not shown), wherein the memory stores a computer program, and when the computer program is executed by the processor, realizes the above-mentioned A method of determining the attribution of a phone number for an electronic terminal of an exemplary embodiment.

While a few exemplary embodiments of this invention have been shown and described, those skilled in the art will appreciate that these Examples are modified.

Claims (16)

1. A method for an electronic terminal to determine a home location of a phone number, wherein the method comprises:

when the attribution of the first telephone number needs to be determined, determining whether the first telephone number comprises an international area code;

when the first phone number does not include the international area code, determining a home of the first phone number based on the feature information of the first phone number and/or the feature information of the electronic terminal.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the home of the first phone number based on the characteristic information of the first phone number and/or the characteristic information of the electronic terminal comprises: determining a country to which the first telephone number belongs based on the characteristic information of the first telephone number and/or the characteristic information of the electronic terminal, and inquiring a home location of the first telephone number based on the determined country;

and/or the characteristic information of the electronic terminal comprises: the position characteristic information of the electronic terminal;

and/or the feature information of the first phone number comprises at least one of the following items: the number of digits of the first telephone number, the number at a particular location of the first telephone number;

and/or, the method further comprises: outputting the determined home location of the first telephone number;

and/or, the method further comprises: and judging whether the attribution of the first telephone number needs to be determined, wherein when a call request initiated by using the first telephone number or a user operation for displaying a call record related to the first telephone number is received, the attribution of the first telephone number needs to be determined.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein querying the home of the first phone number based on the determined country comprises: querying a home location of the first phone number using a number query database corresponding to the determined country;

and/or the position characteristic information of the electronic terminal comprises at least one of the following items: the issuing country of the electronic terminal, the current country of the electronic terminal, and whether the electronic terminal is in an international roaming state.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the method further comprises: when the number inquiry database corresponding to the determined country is not available, not inquiring the attribution of the first telephone number and/or not outputting the attribution of the first telephone number;

and/or, determining the issuing country of the electronic terminal by: and determining the issuing country of the electronic terminal based on the model information of the electronic terminal.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein when it is necessary to determine a home of the first phone number due to receipt of a call request initiated using the first phone number, the step of determining the country to which the first phone number belongs based on the feature information of the first phone number and/or the feature information of the electronic terminal comprises:

when the electronic terminal is in a non-international roaming state and is not in an issuing country of the electronic terminal, determining a country in which the electronic terminal is currently located as a country to which a first telephone number belongs;

and/or, when one of the following conditions is satisfied, determining the issuing country of the electronic terminal as the country to which the first telephone number belongs: the characteristic information of the first telephone number meets the specific requirement of the issuing country of the electronic terminal on the telephone number; the electronic terminal is in a non-international roaming state and in an issuing country of the electronic terminal;

and/or determining whether the characteristic information of the first telephone number meets the specific requirement of the issuing country of the electronic terminal on the telephone number, wherein when the specific requirement is determined to be met, the issuing country of the electronic terminal is determined as the country to which the first telephone number belongs; and when the specific requirement is determined not to be met, determining whether the electronic terminal is in an international roaming state, and when the electronic terminal is in a non-international roaming state, determining the country in which the electronic terminal is currently located as the country to which the first telephone number belongs.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein when it is necessary to determine the home of the first phone number due to receiving a user operation for displaying a call record with respect to the first phone number, the step of determining the country to which the first phone number belongs based on the feature information of the first phone number and/or the feature information of the electronic terminal comprises:

when the electronic terminal is in a non-international roaming state and is not in the issuing country of the electronic terminal when generating the call record, determining the country in which the electronic terminal generates the call record as the country to which the first telephone number belongs;

and/or, when one of the following conditions is satisfied, determining the issuing country of the electronic terminal as the country to which the first telephone number belongs: the characteristic information of the first telephone number meets the specific requirement of the issuing country of the electronic terminal on the telephone number; the electronic terminal is currently in an international roaming state; the electronic terminal is in a non-international roaming state and in the issuing country of the electronic terminal when generating the call record;

and/or determining whether the characteristic information of the first telephone number meets the specific requirement of the issuing country of the electronic terminal on the telephone number, wherein when the specific requirement is determined to be met, the issuing country of the electronic terminal is determined as the country to which the first telephone number belongs; and when the specific requirement is not met, determining whether the electronic terminal is in an international roaming state when the call record is generated, and when the electronic terminal is in a non-international roaming state when the call record is generated, determining the country in which the electronic terminal generates the call record as the country to which the first telephone number belongs.

7. The method of claim 5 or 6, wherein the specific requirements comprise at least one of: the number of digits of the telephone number is a specific number of digits, and the number at a specific position of the telephone number is within a corresponding specific range.

8. An apparatus for determining a home of a phone number for an electronic terminal, wherein the apparatus comprises:

an international area code determining unit that determines whether the first telephone number includes an international area code when it is necessary to determine a home location of the first telephone number;

and a home location determining unit which determines a home location of the first phone number based on the feature information of the first phone number and/or the feature information of the electronic terminal when the first phone number does not include the international area code.

9. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the home location determining unit determines a country to which the first phone number belongs based on the characteristic information of the first phone number and/or the characteristic information of the electronic terminal, and inquires the home location of the first phone number based on the determined country;

and/or the characteristic information of the electronic terminal comprises: the position characteristic information of the electronic terminal;

and/or the feature information of the first phone number comprises at least one of the following items: the number of digits of the first telephone number, the number at a particular location of the first telephone number;

and/or, the apparatus further comprises: an output unit that outputs the determined attribution of the first phone number;

and/or, the apparatus further comprises: and a judging unit which judges whether or not the attribution of the first telephone number needs to be determined, wherein when a call request initiated by using the first telephone number or a user operation for displaying a call record related to the first telephone number is received, the attribution of the first telephone number needs to be determined.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the home determination unit queries a home of the first phone number using a number query database corresponding to the determined country;

and/or the position characteristic information of the electronic terminal comprises at least one of the following items: the issuing country of the electronic terminal, the current country of the electronic terminal, and whether the electronic terminal is in an international roaming state.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the home location determining unit does not query the home location of the first phone number and/or the outputting unit does not output the home location of the first phone number when there is no number query database corresponding to the determined country;

and/or, determining the issuing country of the electronic terminal by: and determining the issuing country of the electronic terminal based on the model information of the electronic terminal.

12. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein when it is desired to determine the home of the first phone number due to receipt of a call request initiated using the first phone number,

the attribution determining unit determines the country where the electronic terminal is currently located as the country to which the first telephone number belongs when the electronic terminal is in a non-international roaming state and is not in the issuing country of the electronic terminal;

and/or, the attribution determination unit determines the issuing country of the electronic terminal as the country to which the first telephone number belongs when one of the following conditions is satisfied: the characteristic information of the first telephone number meets the specific requirement of the issuing country of the electronic terminal on the telephone number; the electronic terminal is in a non-international roaming state and in an issuing country of the electronic terminal;

and/or, the attribution determining unit determines whether the feature information of the first telephone number satisfies a specific requirement of the issuing country of the electronic terminal for the telephone number, wherein, when it is determined that the specific requirement is satisfied, the issuing country of the electronic terminal is determined as the country to which the first telephone number belongs; and when the specific requirement is determined not to be met, determining whether the electronic terminal is in an international roaming state, and when the electronic terminal is in a non-international roaming state, determining the country in which the electronic terminal is currently located as the country to which the first telephone number belongs.

13. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein when it is necessary to determine the home of the first phone number due to receiving a user operation for displaying a call record with respect to the first phone number,

the attribution determining unit determines the country where the electronic terminal generates the call record as the country to which the first telephone number belongs when the electronic terminal is in a non-international roaming state and is not in the issuing country of the electronic terminal when the call record is generated;

and/or, the attribution determination unit determines the issuing country of the electronic terminal as the country to which the first telephone number belongs when one of the following conditions is satisfied: the characteristic information of the first telephone number meets the specific requirement of the issuing country of the electronic terminal on the telephone number; the electronic terminal is currently in an international roaming state; the electronic terminal is in a non-international roaming state and in the issuing country of the electronic terminal when generating the call record;

and/or, the attribution determining unit determines whether the feature information of the first telephone number satisfies a specific requirement of the issuing country of the electronic terminal for the telephone number, wherein, when it is determined that the specific requirement is satisfied, the issuing country of the electronic terminal is determined as the country to which the first telephone number belongs; and when the specific requirement is not met, determining whether the electronic terminal is in an international roaming state when the call record is generated, and when the electronic terminal is in a non-international roaming state when the call record is generated, determining the country in which the electronic terminal generates the call record as the country to which the first telephone number belongs.

14. The apparatus of claim 12 or 13, wherein the specific requirements comprise at least one of: the number of digits of the telephone number is a specific number of digits, and the number at a specific position of the telephone number is within a corresponding specific range.

15. A computer-readable storage medium, in which a computer program is stored which, when being executed by a processor, carries out a method for determining a home of a telephone number for an electronic terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 7.

16. An electronic terminal, wherein the electronic terminal comprises:

a processor;

memory storing a computer program which, when executed by the processor, implements a method for determining a home location of a telephone number for an electronic terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 7.

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