WO2014206146A1

WO2014206146A1 - Address book update method and apparatus

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Publication number: WO2014206146A1
Application number: PCT/CN2014/076876
Authority: WO
Inventors: 刘道宽; 王斌; 翁海斌
Original assignee: 小米科技有限责任公司
Priority date: 2013-06-28
Filing date: 2014-05-06
Publication date: 2014-12-31
Also published as: CN103338148B; CN103338148A

Abstract

Disclosed are an address book update method and apparatus, which are used to solve problems of complex operations and low update efficiency in current address book update technologies. One address book update method comprises: acquiring contact account change information; and sending the contact account change information to a preset address. Another corresponding address book update method comprises: receiving contact account change information; and updating stored contact account information according to the contact account change information. The solution has beneficial effects such as reduced occurrence of mistakes, simple operations, and high update efficiency.

Description

The present invention is based on a Chinese patent application with the application number of CN201310269771.6 and the application date of June 28, 2013, and claims the priority of the Chinese patent application, the entire contents of which are This application is hereby incorporated by reference. Technical field

The present disclosure relates to the field of terminal technologies, and in particular, to a method and an apparatus for updating an address book. Background technique

With the development of communication technology, everyone has a variety of communication methods, such as mobile phone number or landline number, as well as instant messaging software accounts (such as qq number, rice chat number, WeChat), email, etc. Users usually create an address book on the electronic terminal, which stores all contact information for each contact.

Many users will have more than one mobile phone number, multiple instant messaging software accounts and multiple email addresses. In the case of mobile phone numbers, users often change their mobile phone numbers, such as discard/replace/add a number. When the user wants to replace the new mobile phone number, it usually sends a text message to all the friends in the address book to inform everyone of the new mobile phone number that will be replaced. After the friend receives the short message, the mobile phone number of the contact saved before is needed to be manually modified. If you do not save it manually, you may not be able to contact this contact in the future. If the friend does not receive the text message, the contact will be lost and the contact may no longer be contacted. And the user must send text messages to all the friends, wasting time and information fees, all friends must manually modify the phone, very troublesome, low update efficiency, and easy to make mistakes. Summary of the invention

The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and an apparatus for updating an address book, which are used to solve the problem that the current address book update technology is cumbersome, error-prone, and low in update efficiency.

According to a first aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a method for updating an address book is provided, including:

Obtain communication account change information;

Sending the communication account change information to a preset address.

When the preset address includes an address of the address book server or a communication account of the registered contact, the communication account change information is sent to the preset address, including:

Transmitting the communication account change information person encrypted with the private key to the preset address; or

Transmitting, by the private key, the communication account change information person and the human-readable communication account change information to the preset address.

The updating method includes: encrypting the communication account change information by using a private key delivered by the address book server, before the sending the communication account change information to a preset address.

Wherein, when the preset address includes a communication account of a non-registered contact, the communication account change information is sent Send to the default address, including:

Transmitting the human readable communication account change information to a communication account of the unregistered contact.

The updating method further includes: when the preset address includes the communication account of the contact specified in the address book of the terminal, before the sending the account change information to the preset address, the updating method further includes:

Receiving the identification information of the specified designated contact;

Before the communication account change information is sent to the preset address, the update method includes:

And extracting, according to the identification information of the designated contact, the communication account of the designated contact from the address book of the terminal.

When the preset address includes a communication account of a contact that meets a preset rule in the address book of the terminal, before the communication account change information is sent to the preset address, the updating method includes:

Finding a communication account of the contact that meets the preset rule in the address book of the terminal.

The update method further includes: sending a verification message of updating the address book to the preset address, while the communication account change information is sent to the preset address.

According to a second aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, another method for updating an address book is provided, including: receiving communication account change information;

The stored communication account information is updated according to the communication account change information.

The receiving method further includes:

Receiving a verification message of whether to update the address book;

Before updating the stored communication account information according to the communication account change information, the updating method further includes: displaying the verification message;

An indication is received to determine to update the address book.

The updating the stored communication account information according to the communication account change information includes:

The stored communication account information is replaced with the changed communication account information.

The communication account change information includes: the communication account change information encrypted by the private key; and the updated communication account information according to the communication account change information, including:

And decrypting, by using the public key corresponding to the private key, the communication account change information encrypted by the private key; and replacing the stored communication account information with the changed communication account information obtained after decryption.

According to a third aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, an apparatus for updating an address book is provided, including:

An obtaining module, configured to obtain communication account change information;

And a sending module, configured to send the communication account change information to a preset address.

The sending module includes:

a sending unit, configured to: when the preset address includes an address book server address or a communication account of a registered contact, send the communication account change information person encrypted with a private key to the preset address, or use The communication account change information of the private key encryption and the communication account change information readable by a person and sent to the preset address.

Wherein, the updating device further includes - And an encryption module, configured to encrypt the communication account change information by using a private key sent by the address book server before the sending unit sends the communication account change information to a preset address.

The updating device further includes:

The verification module is configured to send a verification message for updating the address book to the preset address.

According to a fourth aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, an apparatus for updating an address book is provided, including:

An information receiving module, configured to receive communication account change information;

And an update module, configured to update the stored communication account information according to the communication account change information.

The information receiving module includes:

The information receiving unit is configured to receive the communication account change information and the update message of the address book at the same time; the updating device further includes:

a display module, configured to display the verification message;

The indication receiving module is configured to receive an indication that the update address book is determined.

The update module includes:

a decryption unit, configured to: when the communication account change information received by the information receiving module includes the communication account change information encrypted by a private key, use the public key corresponding to the private key, and use the private key Encrypting the communication account change information to perform a decryption operation;

The replacement unit is configured to replace the stored communication account information with the changed communication account information obtained after decryption. The method and device for updating the address book provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure can automatically update the communication account of the terminal stored in the contact record of the terminal when the communication account of the terminal is updated, so that when the user changes the communication account, There is no need to worry that the changed communication account of the user cannot be obtained and updated by the user's contact, and it is not easy to make mistakes; there is no need to worry about the additional operation burden and economic burden caused by updating the communication method, and because Automatically updated, so the operation is simple and the update efficiency is high.

Other features and advantages of the present disclosure will be set forth in the description which follows. The objectives and other advantages of the present disclosure can be realized and obtained by the structure particularly pointed out in the written description.

The above general description and the following detailed description are intended to be illustrative and not restrictive.

The technical solutions of the present disclosure will be further described in detail below through the accompanying drawings and embodiments. DRAWINGS

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in the specification of FIG

The drawings are intended to provide a further understanding of the present disclosure, and are intended to be a part of the description of the invention. In the drawing:

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a method for updating an address book according to an exemplary embodiment; FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a method for updating an address book according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a method for updating an address book according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for updating an address book according to an exemplary embodiment; FIG.

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a transmitting module 42 according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for updating an address book according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for updating an address book according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for updating an address book according to an exemplary embodiment; FIG.

FIG. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for updating an address book according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for updating an address book according to an exemplary embodiment. detailed description

The preferred embodiments of the present disclosure are described with reference to the accompanying drawings, which are to be understood to illustrate

Embodiment 1 of the present disclosure

As shown in FIG. 1, the first embodiment of the present disclosure provides an update method for an address book, which is applied to a local terminal side or an address book server side. The update method includes:

511. Obtain communication account change information.

The communication account change information can be automatically detected, and the changed communication account information input by the user can also be obtained.

The terminal may be a local terminal or a registered terminal.

The registered terminal refers to a terminal that has registered the right to use the address book update method on the address book server.

512. Send the communication account change information to the preset address.

The foregoing preset address may include an address of the address book server (step S11-12

The execution subject is the terminal), the communication account of the registered contact (the execution subject of step S11-12 is the terminal or the address book server), and the communication account of the unregistered contact (the execution subject of step S11-12 is the terminal or The address book server), the communication account of the contact specified in the address book of the terminal (the execution subject of step S11-12 is the terminal), or the communication account of the contact in the terminal's address book that meets the preset rule (step S11) The executive body of -12 is the terminal).

The above registered contact refers to the contact who registered the permission to use the public address book update method on the address book server. The above unregistered contact refers to a contact who does not have the right to use the public address book update method on the address book server.

Among them, there are different processing methods for different preset addresses.

Processing method one

In the processing mode 1, the preset address is the address of the address book server (the execution subject of step S11-12 is the terminal) or the communication account of the registered contact (the execution subject of step S11-12 is the terminal or the address book server). At this time, in order to improve security and confidentiality, the above step S12 "sending the communication account change information to the preset address" may include the following step A1 or step A2:

Step A: Send the communication account change information person encrypted with the private key to the preset address.

Step A2: Send the communication account change information person and the human-readable communication account change information encrypted by the private key to the preset address.

In this case, when the execution body of the step S11-12 is the terminal, the following steps may be included before the step A1 or A2 is performed:

The communication account change information is encrypted by the private key delivered by the address book server.

Processing method 2

In the processing mode 1, the preset address includes a communication account of the unregistered contact, and the execution body of the step S11-12 is the address book server or the terminal.

At this time, step S12 may include the following steps:

The human readable communication account change information is sent to the communication account of the unregistered contact, and the non-registered contact manually completes the update of the address book.

Processing method three

In the processing mode 3, the preset address includes the communication account of the designated contact in the address book of the terminal, and the execution subject of step S11-12 is the terminal.

The above updating method may further include the following steps B before the above step S12 "Send the communication account change information to the preset address":

Step B: Receiving the input identification information of the designated contact; the identification information may be a unique identification code of the designated contact, such as the name of the contact person or the SIM card number.

At this time, before the above step S12 "send the communication account change information to the preset address", the above update method may further include the following steps C:

Step C: According to the identification information of the designated contact, retrieve the communication account of the designated contact from the address book of the terminal.

For the registered contact in the designated contact, the step S12 may be performed by using the corresponding processing method in the foregoing processing manner 1. For the non-registered contact in the designated contact, the foregoing processing manner may be adopted when performing step S12. The corresponding processing method in the second processing.

Processing method four

In the processing mode 4, the preset address includes the communication account of all contacts in the address book of the terminal, and the step is

The execution body of step S11-12 is the terminal or the address book server.

For the registered contacts in all the contacts, the step S12 may be performed by using the corresponding processing method in the foregoing processing manner 1. For the unregistered contacts in all the contacts, the foregoing processing manner may be adopted when performing step S12. The corresponding processing method in the second processing.

Treatment method five In the processing mode 5, the preset address includes a communication account of the contact that meets the preset rule in the address book of the terminal, and the execution subject of step S11-12 is the terminal or the address book server.

At this time, before performing step S12, the following steps D are further included:

Step D: Matching contacts in the terminal's address book that meet the above preset rules.

For example, each contact in the terminal's address book has a label indicating the relationship between the contact and the end user, such as the label "family", "colleague" and "friend". When the communication account of the terminal is changed to "contact the family's dedicated communication account", in step D, the contact belonging to "family" is matched in the address book.

For the registered contacts in the contacts that meet the preset rules, the step S12 may be performed by using the corresponding processing method in the foregoing processing manner 1; for the non-registered contacts in the contacts meeting the preset rules, performing In step S12, the corresponding processing method in the foregoing processing manner 2 may be used.

In the above processing manner 1 to the processing mode 5, except that the preset address is the address of the address book server and the communication account of the unregistered contact, for other preset addresses, the step S12 may be performed to prompt whether to update the communication. The recorded verification message is sent to the preset address at the same time. The verification message is used to prompt the contact who receives the above-mentioned communication account change information to give an indication of "whether or not to use the above-mentioned communication account change information to update his own address book".

Embodiment 2 of the present disclosure

As shown in FIG. 2, in accordance with the address book update method of the terminal, the second embodiment of the present disclosure provides a corresponding update method of the address book, which is applied to the receiving terminal side that receives the communication account change information, and the update method include:

521. Receive communication account change information.

522. Update the stored communication account information according to the communication account change information.

The execution subject of steps S21-S22 is a receiving terminal that finally updates the stored communication account information by using the communication account change information.

The step of updating the method may further include the following steps.

G:

Step G: Receive or not update the verification message of the address book;

At this time, before performing step S22, the above updating method may further include the following steps H1-H2:

Step H1, displaying a verification message;

Step H2, receiving an instruction to determine to update the address book, and then proceeding to step S22. If the instruction to determine to update the address book is not received, step S22 is not executed and the process ends.

That is, in step H2: when the user of the receiving terminal sees the above verification message, the receiving terminal may give an indication to the receiving terminal, the indication indicating "OK to update the address book" or "reject the update of the address book", after receiving the indication, if the receiving terminal receives the indication If it is determined that the address book is updated, the process proceeds to step S22 to update the address book; if it is the instruction to refuse to update the address book, step S22 is not executed, and the process ends. Therefore, it can be operated more humanized according to the actual intention of the user, so that the user experience is better.

The implementation manner of step S22 is different according to the difference of the message received by the receiving terminal in step S21. 1. If the communication account change information received in step S21 is "communication account change information encrypted with a private key" (corresponding to step E1 in the above processing method 5), the above step S21 can be performed as the following step J:

Step J: Receive communication account change information encrypted with a private key;

At this time, step S22 may include the following steps K1-K2:

Step K1: decrypting the communication account change information encrypted by the private key by using the public key corresponding to the private key; Step Κ2, replacing the stored communication account information with the changed communication account information obtained after decryption.

2. If in the above "1", the receiving terminal is not successfully decrypted, if the receiving terminal receives the "communication account change information encrypted with the private key", it also receives the "human-readable communication account change information" (corresponding to In step )2) of the above processing method 5, the human-readable communication account change information can be used, and the user of the receiving terminal manually updates the address book.

3. If the communication account change information received in step S21 is the unencrypted communication account change information, step S22 may include the following steps:

Step L: Replace the stored communication account information with the changed communication account information.

It should be noted that the communication account in the embodiment of the present disclosure includes a customer identification module number, an instant messaging software account, an email address, and the like, and can implement an interactive communication between the two terminals.

The method for updating the address book provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure can automatically update the communication account of the terminal stored in the contact list of the terminal when the communication account of the terminal is updated, so that the user does not need to change the communication account. It is worried that the changed communication account of the user cannot be obtained and updated by the user's contact, and it is not easy to make mistakes; there is no need to worry about the additional operation burden and economic burden caused by updating the communication method, and since it is automatically updated. Therefore, the operation is simple and the update efficiency is high.

The preferred embodiment is used to describe the method for updating the address book provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure.

Preferred embodiment 1

In the first preferred embodiment, the address book server stores the address book information uploaded by each of the plurality of registered terminals (the terminals that have registered the use rights of the address book update method in the address book server), and the address book server pre- The private key used to encrypt the address book update information and the public key corresponding to the decryption are pre-delivered to each registered terminal. If terminal A is a registered terminal, the mobile number of terminal A changes. As shown in Figure 3, the process is as follows:

531. The mobile phone number of terminal A is changed from the old mobile phone number to a new mobile phone number;

532. The terminal A encrypts the new mobile phone number information by using the private key, and sends the encrypted new mobile phone number information M1 and the human-readable new mobile phone number information M2 to the address book server;

533. After receiving the information (M1+M2), the address book server searches for the mobile phone number of each contact in the address book uploaded by the terminal A, and determines that there is a registered contact B (that is, the registered address is registered on the address book server). The number of contacts in the public address book update method, the number of contacts may be one or more) and the unregistered contact C (ie, the use rights of the address book update method in the present disclosure are not registered on the address book server) Contact, the number of mobile phones that can be one or more);

534. The address book server sends the information (M1+M2) to the registered contact B, and sends the information M2 to the unregistered contact C. S35. The terminal of the registered contact B has a public key, and the information M1 is decrypted by using the public key. If the decryption is successful (indicating that the message is actually sent by the terminal A, and the content of the message has not been tampered with during the transmission) Then, the terminal of the registered contact B automatically replaces the mobile phone number of the stored terminal A with the new mobile phone number obtained after decryption; if the decryption is unsuccessful or the terminal of the registered contact B does not have the public key, the terminal of the registered contact B is registered. The information M2 is displayed, the address book is manually updated by the registered contact B; the terminal of the registered contact C displays the information M2, and the registered contact C manually updates the address book.

In step S34, the address book server may also simultaneously send the verification message of updating the address book to the registered contact B, and the terminal of the registered contact B displays the verification message; when the terminal of the registered contact B receives the determination When updating the indication of the address book, the terminal of the registration contact B performs the operation of updating the address book; if the instruction for determining to update the address book is not received, the terminal of the registration contact B does not perform the operation of updating the address book.

Preferred embodiment two

The mobile phone number of the terminal A changes, and the terminal A directly sends the new mobile phone number information to the phone numbers of all the contacts in the address book. After receiving the new mobile phone number information of the terminal A, the terminal of the registered contact of all the contacts The mobile phone number of the terminal A stored locally is automatically replaced with the new mobile phone number; after receiving the new mobile phone number information of the terminal A, the terminal of the unregistered contact in all contacts manually updates the communication by the unregistered contact user. record.

Preferred embodiment three

The mobile phone number of the terminal A specially used to contact the family changes, and the terminal A matches the mobile phone number of each family according to the tag of the contact in the address book, and directly sends the new mobile phone number information and the verification message of updating the address book to each On the mobile phone number of each family member; after receiving the new mobile phone number information of the terminal A and updating the verification message of the address book, each family terminal first displays the verification message, and after receiving the input instruction to confirm the update of the address book, , the locally stored mobile phone number of the terminal A specifically used to contact the family is automatically replaced with the new mobile phone number; if the instruction to determine to update the address book is not received, the address book update operation is not performed.

Preferred embodiment four

The mobile phone number of the terminal A is used to contact the family member, and the terminal A encrypts the new mobile phone number information by using the private key issued by the address book server, and transmits the encrypted new mobile phone number information of the terminal A to the address book server; In the address book pre-uploaded by the terminal A, the address book server matches the mobile phone number of each family member according to the tag of the contact in the address book, and sends the encrypted new mobile phone number information of the terminal A to the mobile phone number of each family member. After receiving the encrypted new mobile phone number information of the terminal A, each family terminal decrypts the encrypted new mobile phone number information of the encrypted terminal A by using the public key pre-delivered by the address book server to obtain the terminal A's The new mobile phone number automatically replaces the locally stored mobile phone number of the terminal A that is specifically used to contact the family with the new mobile phone number.

The above four preferred embodiments utilize the address book update method provided by the implementation of the present disclosure. When the mobile phone number of the terminal A is updated, the mobile phone number of the terminal A stored in the contact of the terminal A of the terminal A can be automatically updated. When terminal A changes the mobile phone number, there is no need to worry that the changed mobile phone number cannot be obtained and updated by the contact, and it is not easy to make mistakes; there is no need to worry about the additional operation burden and economic burden due to the update communication method, and because Self Dynamic update, so the operation is simple and the update efficiency is high.

As shown in FIG. 4, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an apparatus for updating an address book, including:

The obtaining module 41 is configured to obtain communication account change information;

The sending module 42 is configured to send the foregoing communication account change information to a preset address.

As shown in FIG. 5, the sending module 42 includes a sending unit 51, configured to: when the preset address includes an address book server address or a communication account of a registered contact, the communication account change information encrypted by the private key The person sends the above-mentioned preset address, or sends the above-mentioned communication account change information and the human-readable communication account change information readable by the private key to the above-mentioned preset address.

As shown in FIG. 6, the updating apparatus shown in FIG. 5 may further include:

The encryption module 61 is configured to encrypt the communication account change information by using the private key sent by the address book server before the sending unit 51 sends the communication account change information to the preset address.

As shown in FIG. 7, the above updating apparatus may further include:

The verification module 71 is configured to send a verification message for updating the address book to the preset address.

As shown in FIG. 8, the embodiment of the present disclosure further provides another device for updating an address book, including:

The information receiving module 81 is configured to receive communication account change information;

The updating module 82 is configured to update the stored communication account information according to the foregoing communication account change information.

As shown in FIG. 9, the information receiving module 81 may include: an information receiving unit 91, configured to receive the communication account change information and the update message of the address book at the same time;

The display module 92 is configured to display the verification message.

The indication receiving module 93 is configured to receive an indication to determine to update the address book.

As shown in FIG. 10, the foregoing update module 82 may further include:

The decryption unit 101 is configured to: when the communication account change information received by the information receiving module includes the communication account change information encrypted by the private key, encrypt the communication with the private key by using the public key corresponding to the private key The account change information is decrypted;

The replacing unit 102 is configured to replace the stored communication account information with the changed communication account information obtained after decryption.

The device for updating the address book provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure can automatically update the communication account of the terminal stored in the address book of the terminal when the communication account of the terminal is updated, so that the user does not need to change the communication account. It is worried that the changed communication account of the user cannot be obtained and updated by the user's contact, and it is not easy to make mistakes; there is no need to worry about the additional operation burden and economic burden caused by updating the communication method, and since it is automatically updated. Therefore, the operation is simple and the update efficiency is high.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that embodiments of the present disclosure may be provided as a method, system, or computer program product. Accordingly, the present disclosure may take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment, or a combination of software and hardware aspects. Moreover, the present disclosure may employ one or more computers having computer usable program code embodied therein. The form of a computer program product embodied on a storage medium, including but not limited to disk storage and optical storage.

The present disclosure is described with reference to flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, devices (systems), and computer program products according to embodiments of the present disclosure. It will be understood that each flow and I or block of the flowchart illustrations and FIG. These computer program instructions can be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, embedded processor, or other programmable data processing device to produce a machine for the execution of instructions for execution by a processor of a computer or other programmable data processing device. Means for implementing the functions specified in one or more of the flow or in a block or blocks of the flow chart.

The computer program instructions can also be stored in a computer readable memory that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing device to operate in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the computer readable memory produce an article of manufacture comprising the instruction device. The apparatus implements the functions specified in one or more flows of the flowchart or a block or blocks of the I or block diagram.

These computer program instructions can also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing device such that a series of operational steps are performed on a computer or other programmable device to produce computer-implemented processing for execution on a computer or other programmable device. The instructions provide steps for implementing the functions specified in one or more of the flow or in a block or blocks of a flow diagram.

It is apparent that those skilled in the art can make various modifications and variations to the present disclosure without departing from the spirit and scope of the disclosure. Thus, it is intended that the present invention cover the modifications and the modifications

Claims

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1. A method for updating an address book, characterized in that the method includes:

Obtain communication account change information;

Send the communication account change information to a preset address.

2. The update method as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that,

When the default address includes the address book server address or the communication account of a registered contact, the communication account change information is sent to the default address, including:

Send the communication account change information encrypted with a private key to the preset address; or

Send the communication account change information encrypted with the private key and the human-readable communication account change information to the default address.

3. The update method according to claim 2, characterized in that, before sending the communication account change information to the preset address, the update method further includes:

The communication account change information is encrypted using the private key issued by the address book server.

4. The update method as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that,

When the default address includes the communication account of a non-registered contact, the communication account change information is sent to the default address, including:

Send human-readable communication account change information to the communication account of the non-registered contact.

5. The update method as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that,

When the preset address includes the communication account of the contact specified in the terminal's address book, before sending the communication account change information to the preset address, the update method further includes:

Receive input identifying information for a designated contact person;

Before sending the communication account change information to the preset address, the update method includes:

According to the identification information of the designated contact person, the communication account of the designated contact person is retrieved from the address book of the terminal.

6. The update method as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that,

When the preset address includes the communication account of a contact in the terminal's address book that meets the preset rules, before sending the communication account change information to the preset address, the update method includes:

Search the communication account of the contact that meets the preset rule in the terminal's address book.

7. The update method according to claim 1, wherein while sending the communication account change information to a preset address, the update method also includes:

A verification message indicating whether to update the address book is sent to the preset address.

8. A method for updating an address book, characterized in that the method includes:

Receive communication account change information;

Update the stored communication account information according to the communication account change information.

9. The update method according to claim 8, characterized in that, While receiving communication account change information, the update method also includes:

Receive the verification message whether to update the address book;

Received confirmation to update address book.

10. The update method according to claim 8 or 9, characterized in that, updating the stored communication account information according to the communication account change information includes:

Replace the stored communication account information with the changed communication account information.

11. The update method according to claim 8 or 9, characterized in that,

The communication account change information includes: the communication account change information encrypted with a private key;

Update the stored communication account information according to the communication account change information, including:

Use the public key corresponding to the private key to decrypt the communication account change information encrypted with the private key; replace the stored communication account information with the changed communication account information obtained after decryption.

12. An address book updating device, characterized in that the device includes:

Obtain module, used to obtain communication account change information;

A sending module, configured to send the communication account change information to a preset address.

13. The update device according to claim 12, wherein the sending module includes:

A sending unit, configured to send the communication account change information encrypted with a private key to the preset address when the preset address includes an address book server address or a communication account of a registered contact, or to send the communication account change information encrypted with a private key to the preset address, or to The communication account change information encrypted by the private key and the communication account change information human-readable are sent to the preset address.

14. The update device according to claim 13, wherein the update device further includes: an encryption module, configured to use the communication account change information before the sending unit sends the communication account change information to a preset address. The private key issued by the address book server encrypts the communication account change information.

15. The update device according to any one of claims 12 to 14, characterized in that the update device further includes: a verification module, configured to send a verification message on whether to update the address book to the preset address.

16. An address book updating device, characterized in that the device includes:

Information receiving module, used to receive communication account change information;

An update module, configured to update the stored communication account information according to the communication account change information.

17. The update device according to claim 16, characterized in that,

The information receiving module includes:

An information receiving unit, configured to simultaneously receive communication account change information and verification messages on whether to update the address book; the update device also includes:

Display module, used to display the verification message;

The instruction receiving module is used for receiving instructions to confirm updating the address book.

18. The update device according to claim 16 or 17, characterized in that the update module includes: A decryption unit configured to use the public key corresponding to the private key to decrypt the communication account change information received by the information receiving module when the communication account change information is encrypted with a private key. Decrypt the encrypted communication account change information;

The replacement unit is used to replace the stored communication account information with the changed communication account information obtained after decryption.