Abstract: The present document describes techniques for agenda management, particularly for passive events. The agenda management may include an agenda management device receiving an event notification message about a passive event. The event notification message may be received through a set interface. The event notification message may include event contents and an event occurrence time. The agenda management apparatus may generate an agenda entry according to the event contents and the event occurrence time. The event notification message may be pushed by a third party application. Thus, a reminder for the passive event may be automatically added into the agenda, without manual intervention.

Abstract: A misoperation-preventing method for use in a mobile terminal having a touch screen, includes: monitoring a distance between the mobile terminal and an object in a surrounding environment, after the mobile terminal transitions from a standby state to an active state; determining if the distance satisfies a preset distance condition; and disabling the touch screen if it is determined that the distance satisfies the preset distance condition.

Abstract: A recording method includes receiving a mark start instruction in a process of recording audio data and establishing a mark event according to the mark start instruction. The mark event is configured to mark the audio data. The method further includes recording at least one parameter of the mark event, receiving a mark end instruction, and ending recording of the at least one parameter of the mark event according to the mark end instruction to obtain a mark data structure.

Abstract: A background display method includes determining a position of a target element in a grid view according to attribute information of the target element and attribute information of adjacent elements. The target element is one of a plurality of elements displayed according to the grid view. The method further includes searching a background pattern configuration file according to the position of the target element to determine background pattern information corresponding to the target element and displaying a background pattern of the target element according to the background pattern information corresponding to the target element.

Abstract: A method and a device for providing information for a voice service are provided. The method includes: detecting whether user personal information is required to acquire a service in an automatic voice service system; if the user personal information is required, acquiring the user personal information from a pre-stored user personal information database; and sending the acquired user personal information for the automatic voice service system to provide the service according to the user personal information.

Abstract: A method for obtaining contact information includes obtaining a contact name entered by a user through a dialing interface and searching a local database according to the contact name to determine whether basic contact information corresponding to the contact name is stored in the local database. If stored, the basic contact information stored in the local database is obtained. If the basic contact information is not stored in the local database, searching a database server on a network is performed to determine whether the basic contact information is stored in the database server, the basic contact information is obtained from the database server when the basic contact information is stored in the database server, and the obtained basic contact information is stored in the local database. The method also includes establishing a communication connection with a contact corresponding to the contact name by using the obtained basic contact information.

Abstract: A method for installing an application on a device, includes: when determining that a current processing request is an installation request of a downloaded application, determining an installation program object carried by an operating system itself as a process program object in response to the installation request; and starting up the installation program object carried by the operating system itself to install the downloaded application corresponding to the installation request.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for protecting an application program in a terminal device, and a terminal device thereof. The method includes: intercepting a request for starting an application program; determining whether the application program needs protection; and starting a protection interface before starting the application program, if the application needs protection. According to the present disclosure, the protection interface is launched before starting the application program when the terminal device detects that the application program needs protection, thereby protecting the application program comprehensively and thoroughly.

Abstract: Methods and devices for establishing a call are provided by embodiments of the present disclosure. The method includes: receiving a call request sent from a user through a terminal device; determining push information corresponding to personalized information of the user; and sending the push information to the terminal device. The present disclosure is configured to send push information corresponding to personalized information to a user based on the personalized information of the user after the user initiates a call, thereby avoiding a waste of communication resources.

Abstract: A method for an electronic device to display notice information, includes: receiving notice information sent from an application program, the received notice information including one or more operation elements provided by the application program; and displaying, on a display of the electronic device, the received notice information in a predetermined area, the predetermined area being at least one of an area displaying a status bar or an area adjacent to the status bar, the status bar being arranged along an edge of the display.

Abstract: A method for a mobile terminal to initiate a communication, the mobile terminal being assigned a plurality of phone numbers, the method including: receiving a communication instruction to initiate a communication with a target phone number; determining whether there are any communication records associated with the target phone number by searching a communication history; if it is determined that there are one or more communication records associated with the target phone number, determining a phone number for use in the communication from the plurality of phone numbers of the mobile terminal based on the one or more communication records associated with the target phone number; and if it is determined that there is no communication record associated with the target phone number, determining the phone number for use in the communication from the plurality of phone numbers of the mobile terminal based on a most recent communication record.

Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a communication processing method for executing communication on a mobile terminal and the mobile terminal thereof, to solve a problem that the communication is accidentally interrupted by a mis-operation of a communication execution component not used by the current communication. According to the present disclosure, the method comprises receiving an operation instruction for communication, determining a sending component of the operation instruction, and switching the current communication to a second communication execution component in the case that the sending component is not the first communication execution component being used by the current communication. In the present disclosure, the corresponding operation instruction is responded only when the operation instruction is sent by the communication execution component being used by the current communication.

Abstract: A misoperation-preventing method for use in a mobile terminal having a touch screen, includes: monitoring a distance between the mobile terminal and an object in a surrounding environment, after the mobile terminal transitions from a standby state to an active state; determining if the distance satisfies a preset distance condition; and disabling the touch screen if it is determined that the distance satisfies the preset distance condition.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for recording information during a call are described. The method includes receiving and recording information input through a text input window during the call and establishing an association relation between the information and an identifier of the call. In an implementation, receiving and recording the information input through the text input window during the call may include receiving a text input request message during the call, activating the text input window, receiving and recording the information input through the text input window, receiving a text input end message, and closing the text input window.

Abstract: A rope-jumping algorithm is employed in a Hidden Markov Model based text to speech system to determine start and end models and to modify the start and end models by setting small co-variances. Disordered acoustic parameters due to violation of parameter constraints are avoided through the modification and result in stable line frequency spectrum for the generated speech.

Abstract: A rope-jumping algorithm is employed in a Hidden Markov Model based text to speech system to determine start and end models and to modify the start and end models by setting small co-variances. Disordered acoustic parameters due to violation of parameter constraints are avoided through the modification and result in stable line frequency spectrum for the generated speech.

Abstract: Entering a demand prediction for a discrete component product manufactured in a supply chain into a model predictive controller, entering inventory information for an inventory in the supply chain that is associated with the discrete component product into the model predictive controller, and controlling the inventory with the model predictive controller based on the demand prediction is disclosed.

Abstract: Entering a demand prediction for a discrete component product manufactured in a supply chain into a model predictive controller, entering inventory information for an inventory in the supply chain that is associated with the discrete component product into the model predictive controller, and controlling the inventory with the model predictive controller based on the demand prediction is disclosed.