Patent ID: 9716789
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: H04M,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for replying to an incoming telephone call, comprising: determining, by a mobile terminal receiving an incoming telephone call, whether a caller number of the incoming telephone call is stored in a local address book contained in the mobile terminal; if the number is not stored in the local address book, sending, by the mobile terminal, the caller number to a yellow pages server, the yellow pages server being configured to determine a caller name corresponding to the caller number; receiving, by the mobile terminal, the caller name from the yellow pages server; determining, by the mobile terminal, whether a call reply operation is performed; if the call replying operation is performed, determining, by the mobile terminal, a designated grouping type for the caller number based on the caller name; determining, by the mobile terminal, a designated reply content matched with the designated grouping type; and sending, by the mobile terminal, the designated reply content to the caller number, wherein the determining, by the mobile terminal, the designated grouping type for the caller number based on the caller name comprises: performing, by the mobile terminal, a word segmentation on the caller name to obtain at least one word segment determining, by the mobile terminal, whether the at least one word segment includes the grouping keyword corresponding to any grouping type; and when the at least one word segment includes the grouping keyword corresponding to a certain grouping type, then determining, by the mobile terminal, the certain grouping type as the designated grouping type corresponding to the caller number.