The invention relates to an automatic phone
directory contact matching method for a handheld device. The method comprises the following steps: (1) a user inputs a search
contact name; (2) a
system acquires the
contact name input by the user and carries out
fuzzy query in a contact
database; (3) the
system carries out automatic matching on search results; (a) when the search results contain zero contact, the search
contact name input by the user is deleted; (b) when the search results contain one contact, the contact is automatically matched, and the contact name is completed in an input box; and (c) when the search results contain two or more contacts, if only one contact which is fully matched with the
user input exists in the search results, a number is transferred to a related interface, the search is ended, if two or more contacts which are fully matched with the
user input exist in the search results, a prompt box containing number display is popped up for user selection, if no contact which is fully matched with the
user input exists in the search results, whether the same contacts exist in the results or not is compared firstly, a prompt box containing number display is popped up for user selection if the same contacts exist, and the input is prompted to be invalid and the content input by the user is deleted if the same contacts do not exist.