Patent ID: 8332413

Claim:
A method for acquiring relationship closeness, comprising: acquiring, by a processor, an identifier of a contact object selected by a user; acquiring, by the processor, according to the identifier of the contact object, at least one contact factor of a contact between the user and the contact object in a period, wherein the contact factor comprises contact duration or the number of times of contact; calculating, by the processor, a value of closeness between the user and the contact object according to the contact factor, wherein the value of closeness indicates closeness between the user and the contact object; and displaying, on a screen, the value of closeness as a graphical object, wherein the period comprises n sub-periods, and n is an integer greater than or equal to 2; wherein the calculating, by the processor, the value of closeness between the user and the contact object according to the contact factor comprises: calculating, by the processor, the value of closeness between the user and the contact object, through a formula (2) and according to contact factors of the contact between the user and the contact object separately in the n sub-periods; H = ∑ k = 1 n ⁢ Frequencyk * weight * timek * elementk ( 2 ) wherein in the formula (2), H is the value of closeness, k is an integer from 1 to n, Frequencyk is a contact factor in a k th sub-period, timek is the k th sub-period, elementk is a coefficient corresponding to the k th sub-period, and weight is a weight.