Method and apparatus for adding recipient information

1. An recipient information adding method, comprising:

matching message content edited by a user with contact information in an address book to obtain matched characters in the message content, wherein the contact information comprises a contact name or a contact group name;

acquiring corresponding contact information of the matched characters from the address book; and

adding corresponding contact information of the matched characters into an recipient list corresponding to the message content,

wherein when said contact information comprises the contact group name, adding corresponding contact information of the matched characters into a recipient list corresponding to the message content further comprises populating the contact information for each member associated with the contact group name into said recipient list.

2. The recipient information adding method according to claim 1 , wherein when there are more than one piece of corresponding contact information of the matched characters, adding corresponding contact information of the matched characters into the recipient list corresponding to the message content comprises:

acquiring correct contact information from the more than one piece of corresponding contact information of the matched characters; and

adding the correct contact information into the recipient list corresponding to the message content.

3. The recipient information adding method according to claim 1 , wherein matching the message content edited by the user with the contact information in the address book comprises:

completely matching the message content with the contact name or the contact group name in the contact information; or

partially matching the message content with a given name of the contact name in the contact information.

4. An recipient information adding method, comprising:

matching a first line of a mail content edited by a user with contact information in an address book to obtain recipient matched characters in the mail content;

acquiring corresponding contact information of the recipient matched characters from the address book;

adding corresponding contact information of the recipient matched characters into an recipient list corresponding to the mail content;

matching text of the mail content edited by the user with the contact information to obtain CC matched characters in the mail content;

acquiring corresponding contact information of the CC matched characters from the address book;

adding corresponding contact information of the CC matched characters into a CC list corresponding to the mail content;

identifying, in the mail content edited by the user, the recipient matched characters with a first identification; and

identifying, in the mail content edited by the user, the CC matched characters with a second identification, wherein the first identification and second identification are different.

5. The recipient information adding method according to claim 4 , wherein when there are more than one piece of corresponding contact information of the recipient or the CC matched characters,

adding corresponding contact information of the recipient matched characters into the recipient list corresponding to the mail content comprises: acquiring correct recipient information from the more than one piece of corresponding contact information of the recipient matched characters, and adding the correct recipient information into the recipient list corresponding to the mail content; and

adding corresponding contact information of the CC matched characters into the CC list corresponding to the mail content comprises: acquiring correct CC information from the more than one piece of corresponding contact information of the CC matched characters, and adding the correct CC information into the CC list corresponding to the mail content.

6. The recipient information adding method according to claim 4 , wherein matching the first line or the text of the mail content edited by the user with the contact information comprises:

completely matching the first line or the text of the mail content with a contact name in the contact information; or

partially matching the first line or the text of the mail content with a given name of the contact name in the contact information.

7. The recipient information adding method according to claim 4 , wherein the contact information comprises:

a contact name or a contact group name.

8. An recipient information adding apparatus, comprising:

a processor comprising hardware configured to:

match message content edited by a user with contact information in an address book to obtain matched characters in the message content, wherein the contact information comprises a contact name or a contact group name;

acquire from the address book corresponding contact information of the matched characters; and

add corresponding contact information of the matched characters into an recipient list corresponding to the message content, wherein when said contact information comprises the contact group name, the processor comprising hardware is configured to populate the contact information for each member associated with the contact group name into said recipient list.

9. The recipient information adding apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the processor comprising hardware is configured to:

completely match the message content with the contact name or the contact group name in the contact information; or

partially match the message content with a given name of the contact name in the contact information.

10. The recipient information adding apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the processor comprising hardware is further configured to:

acquire correct contact information from more than one piece of corresponding contact information of the matched characters; and

add the correct contact information into the recipient list corresponding to the message content.

11. An recipient information adding apparatus, comprising:

a processor comprising hardware configured to:

match a first line of a mail content edited by a user with contact information in an address book to obtain recipient matched characters in the mail content;

acquire from the address book corresponding contact information of the recipient matched characters;

add corresponding contact information of the recipient matched characters into an recipient list corresponding to the mail content;

match text of the mail content edited by the user with the contact information to obtain CC matched characters in the mail content;

acquire from the address book corresponding contact information of the CC matched characters;

add corresponding contact information of the CC matched characters into a CC list corresponding to the mail content;

identify, in the mail content edited by the user, the recipient matched characters with a first identification; and

identify, in the mail content edited by the user, the CC matched characters with a second identification, wherein the first identification and second identification are different.

12. The recipient information adding apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the processor comprising hardware is configured to:

completely match the first line or the text of the mail content with a contact name in the contact information; or

partially match the first line or the text of the mail content with a given name of the contact name in the contact information.

13. The recipient information adding apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the processor comprising hardware is further configured to:

acquire correct recipient or CC information from more than one corresponding contact information of the recipient or the CC matched characters; and

add the correct recipient/CC information into the recipient or the CC list corresponding to the mail content.

14. The recipient information adding method according to claim 1 , wherein the matching message content edited by a user with contact information in an address book to obtain matched characters in the message content occurs in real time without waiting until the message content edited by the user is complete.

15. An recipient information adding method, comprising:

matching message content edited by a user with contact information in an address book to obtain matched characters in the message content;

acquiring corresponding contact information of the matched characters from the address book;

adding corresponding contact information of the matched characters into an recipient list corresponding to the message content, wherein when there are more than one piece of corresponding contact information of the matched characters, adding corresponding contact information of the matched characters into the recipient list corresponding to the message content comprises:

displaying, in the mail content edited by the user, at the location of the matched characters, a list including the more than one piece of corresponding contact information of the matched characters;

acquiring correct contact information from the more than one piece of corresponding contact information of the matched characters; and

adding the correct contact information into the recipient list corresponding to the message content.

16. An recipient information adding apparatus, comprising:

a processor comprising hardware configured to:

match message content edited by a user with contact information in an address book to obtain matched characters in the message content;

acquire from the address book corresponding contact information of the matched characters; and

add corresponding contact information of the matched characters into an recipient list corresponding to the message content,

wherein when there are more than one piece of corresponding contact information of the matched characters, the processor comprising hardware is further configured to:

display, in the mail content edited by the user, at the location of the matched characters, a list including the more than one piece of corresponding contact information of the matched characters;

acquire correct contact information from the more than one piece of corresponding contact information of the matched characters; and

add the correct contact information into the recipient list corresponding to the message content.