CN102957778A - Method and device for searching contact information - Google Patents

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CN102957778A
CN102957778A CN2011102358703A CN201110235870A CN102957778A CN 102957778 A CN102957778 A CN 102957778A CN 2011102358703 A CN2011102358703 A CN 2011102358703A CN 201110235870 A CN201110235870 A CN 201110235870A CN 102957778 A CN102957778 A CN 102957778A
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The invention discloses a method and a device for searching contact information. The method includes: allowing a sender client to send a request message, carrying user identity of a target user, to a client of the user in a contact list so as to request for contact information of the target user; allowing a receiver client to receive the message and to search presence of the target user in a contact list of the receiver client according to the user identifier; if presence is negative, allowing the receiver client to send the request message to a client of the user in the contact list of the receiver client so as to request for acquiring contact information of the target user. When the contact information of the target user is directly inaccessible, the method and device allow a user to search contacts so as to acquire the contact information of the target user.

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A kind of method of searching for contact persons information and device
Technical field
The present invention relates to communication technical field, relate in particular to a kind of method and device of searching for contact persons information.
Background technology
The six degrees of separation theory points out, the people at institute interval can not surpass six between everyone and any one stranger, that is to say, just can be familiar with any one stranger by six people someones at most, thereby can construct a huge social networks.
In the reality, in the present business based on the communication terminal address book, user A can only obtain the associated person information in the terminal address basis, can't get access to this associated person information in addition of terminal address, for example, user A wants to obtain the contact details of this user C in addition of terminal address, even user C is the contact person of the user B in the user A terminal address basis, user A also can't be known the contact details of user C, can't realize obtaining by user B the contact details of user C, therefore, social networks that can not extending user A has reduced user's experience.
Summary of the invention
The technical problem to be solved in the present invention provides a kind of method and device of searching for contact persons information, can realize obtaining by existing contact person targeted customer's contact details.
In order to solve the problems of the technologies described above, the method for a kind of searching for contact persons information of the present invention comprises:
Transmit leg client client of user in the contacts list sends a request message, and carries targeted customer's user ID in described request message, the described targeted customer's of acquisition request contact details;
Recipient's client is after described request message, in the contacts list of self, inquire about whether there is described targeted customer according to described user ID, if there is no, then user's client sends described request message, the described targeted customer's of acquisition request contact details in the contacts list of self.
Further, also comprise:
If described recipient's client inquires described targeted customer in the contacts list of self, then with described targeted customer's contact details as return results, perhaps with self contact details or user ID as return results, and send described return results.
Further, described recipient's client comprises intergrade recipient client and final stage recipient client;
Described final stage recipient's client sends to described return results recipient's client of upper level after inquiring described targeted customer;
Described intergrade recipient's client sends to described return results recipient's client or the described transmit leg client of upper level after receiving described return results.
Further, also comprise:
When described intergrade recipient's client comprises the contact details of subordinate's client or user ID in the return results that receives, the contact details or the user ID that in described return results, add self, described return results is sent to recipient's client or the described transmit leg client of upper level, make described recipient's client obtain obtaining the path of described targeted customer's contact details.
Further, also comprise:
When described transmit leg client sends described request message in the client of user in contacts list, also initial value is counted in client terminal start-up counter and the tax of user in the contacts list;
When described recipient's client does not inquire described targeted customer in the contacts list of self, counter is once counted, when count value reached depth threshold, user's client did not send described request message in the contacts list.
Further, described recipient's client is not when count value reaches described depth threshold, user's client sends described request message in the contacts list of self, and to the client terminal start-up counter of user in the contacts list of self, the client of giving user in the contacts list of self as counting initial value assignment with the count value of local counter.
Further, described contacts list is the contacts list of local storage and/or the contacts list of storing at the webserver.
Further, a kind of device of searching for contact persons information is characterized in that, comprising: transmitting element, wherein:
Described transmitting element is used for sending a request message to contacts list user's client, carries targeted customer's user ID in described request message, the described targeted customer's of acquisition request contact details.
Further, also comprise receiving element and query unit, wherein:
Described receiving element is used for receiving the request message that the parent customer end sends;
Described query unit, be used for after described receiving element receives described request message, in contacts list, inquire about whether there is described targeted customer according to described user ID, if there is no, then call described transmitting element and send described request message to subordinate's client.
Further, described query unit also is used for when contacts list inquires described targeted customer, with described targeted customer's contact details as return results, perhaps with self contact details or user ID as return results, and call described transmitting element and send described return results.
Further, described receiving element, also be used for receiving the return results of subordinate's client, when in described return results, comprising the contact details of subordinate's client or user ID, the contact details or the user ID that add self in described return results send to described return results by described transmitting element the client of upper level.
Further, also comprise counter control unit, wherein:
Described counter control unit is used for when described transmitting element sends described request message to contacts list user's client, to the client terminal start-up counter of user in the contacts list and compose the counting initial value; When described query unit does not inquire described targeted customer in contacts list, counter is once counted, when count value reached depth threshold, the client that stops described transmitting element user in the contacts list sent described request message.
In sum, when the present invention can't directly obtain targeted customer's contact details the user, can search for and obtain by the contact person targeted customer's contact details.
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Fig. 1 is the flow chart of the method for searching for contact persons information of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is the embodiment flow chart of other contact details of the targeted customer of obtaining of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is the embodiment flow chart of search of the present invention and shared targeted customer's contact details;
Fig. 4 is the Organization Chart of the device of searching for contact persons information of the present invention.
Embodiment
Hereinafter also describe in conjunction with the embodiments present embodiment in detail with reference to accompanying drawing.Need to prove that in the situation of not conflicting, embodiment and the feature among the embodiment in the present embodiment can make up mutually.
Fig. 1 is the method for the searching for contact persons information of present embodiment, comprising:
Step S101: the user of transmit leg client in the contacts list client sends a request message, and carries targeted customer's user ID in this request message, acquisition request targeted customer's contact details;
For example, user A will obtain the contact details of targeted customer X, contact details comprise: telephone number, e-mail address and network ID (such as the QQ number) etc., and user X is in the contacts list or buddy list of user A, and user A can come by the user in the contacts list of user A search subscriber X so.The send a request message contact details of acquisition request targeted customer X of the user of the client of user A in its contacts list client.
Contacts list can be the contact person of the client terminal local storage of user A, also can be that user A leaves the contact person on the network in, such as, contact person's telephone number is stored in client terminal local usually, and in time buddy list, the good friend of social networks and the frequent contact information of Email etc. of communication then often leave in the webserver.
Supposing has user B, C and D in this locality of user A and/or the contacts list in the network, then the client of user A sends a request message to the client of user B, C and D respectively, the contact details of acquisition request user X, carry the user ID of user X in this request message, user ID can be user's name, the pet name and network user's name etc., also can increase user's regional information (such as information of home location), so that localizing objects user more exactly.
The transmit leg client can be according to disposal ability and the network environment of self, and simultaneously or in batches the client of the user in the contacts list sends a request message.
Step S102: whether recipient's client exists the targeted customer according to targeted customer's user ID inquiring contactor tabulation, as has the targeted customer, then returns targeted customer's contact details to the transmit leg client; Otherwise the client that recipient's client continues the user in the contacts list sends a request message, request target user's contact details, and receive the return results of the client of the user in the contacts list, return results is fed back to the transmit leg client.
Recipient's client comprises intergrade recipient client and final stage recipient client; Final stage recipient's client sends to return results recipient's client of upper level after inquiring the targeted customer; Intergrade recipient's client sends to return results recipient's client or the transmit leg client of upper level after receiving return results.
The client of recipient B, C and D inquires about respectively in the contacts list in this locality and/or the network whether have user X, as existing, then returns the contact details of user X, finishes; Otherwise, the client of recipient B, C and the D respectively client of the user in the contacts list in this locality and/or the network continues to send a request message, the contact details of request target user X, and receive the return results of the client of the user in its contacts list, return results is returned to again the client of user A.
In order to improve search efficiency, theoretical according to six degrees of separation, can limit the degree of depth of search, as search for 3~6 grades.This moment, the transmit leg client was when sending the request message of searching target user to recipient's client, to counter of recipient's client terminal start-up and tax counting initial value, when recipient's client sends search request message to next stage, counter is added 1, and with count value as the recipient client of counting initial value assignment to next stage, when the count value of counter arrives limit value, no longer search for to next stage.
In order to protect privacy; recipient's client can be not directly return to the transmit leg client with the targeted customer's who searches contact details; can return contact details or the user ID of recipient's client self, on the basis of the contact details of returning self or user ID, also can return simultaneously targeted customer's user ID.In the scene of multi-pass decoding, recipient's client of intergrade adds contact details or the user ID of self in the return results of the client of next stage, make the transmit leg client can know the path of the contact details that inquire the targeted customer, be convenient to the path of transmit leg client by getting access to, adopt other modes to share targeted customer's contact details.
Embodiment 1:
In the present embodiment, learn good friend X off-line behind the user A login social networks, but user A wishes in time to relate to good friend X, and user A does not know any other contact method of X.
Fig. 2 is the flow chart of user A contact user X in the present embodiment, as shown in Figure 2, may further comprise the steps:
Step 201, when user A can't get in touch with user X, the client of user A sent a request message the contact details of request user X to online good friend's client (below step in be called recipient's client);
Whether step 202 exists other contact methods of targeted customer in recipient's client query contacts list, as existing, then return targeted customer's contact details to the transmit leg client; Otherwise, the client that recipient's client continues the user in its contacts list sends a request message, obtain targeted customer's contact details, and receive the return results of the client of the user in its contacts list, return results is returned the transmit leg client again, repeat this step, until search the targeted customer or reach the restriction of search depth.
Embodiment 2:
In this business of fuse address, user A is after server searches user X, and the contact details failure to server application booking reader X in this case, can obtain the contact method of user X by the method user A of present embodiment.
Fig. 3 is the flow chart of present embodiment, and the flow process of user A booking reader X mainly may further comprise the steps in the present embodiment:
Step 301, user A initiates to subscribe to the request of targeted customer X by user end to server;
Step 302, when subscribing to success, the user of the client of user A in its contacts list client (below step in be called for short the recipient) sends a request message, and this request message is used for the contact details of request searching target user X;
Step 303, whether its contacts list of recipient's client query exists the targeted customer, as has the targeted customer, then returns contact details or the user ID of self to the transmit leg client; Otherwise, the client that recipient's client continues the user in its contacts list sends the request message of searching target user contact details, and receive the return results of the client of the user in its contacts list, in return results, add self contact details or user ID, return results is returned to the transmit leg client;
If search the targeted customer, user A initiates contact person's sharing request by the path in the return results, and the contact details of targeted customer X are shared in request.
For example, the contact person of user A has user B and C, and user C subscribed to user D (being that user D is the contact person of user C), and user D subscribed to user X.Less than user X, found user D by this approach of user C by user B search, found user X by user D again, then the client of user A is initiated contact person's sharing request to the client of user D, the contact details of request sharing users X; Perhaps the client of user A is shared the contact details that obtain user D by the client of user C, shares the contact details that obtain user X by the client of user D again.
Fig. 4 is the device of present embodiment searching for contact persons information, comprising: transmitting element, receiving element, query unit sum counter control unit, wherein:
Transmitting element is used for sending a request message to contacts list user's client, carries targeted customer's user ID in request message, acquisition request targeted customer's contact details.
Receiving element is used for receiving the request message that the parent customer end sends;
Query unit is used for inquiring about whether there is the targeted customer according to user ID in contacts list after receiving element receives request message, if there is no, then calls transmitting element and sends a request message to subordinate's client; When in contacts list, inquiring the targeted customer, with targeted customer's contact details as return results, perhaps with self contact details or user ID as return results, and call transmitting element and send return results.
Receiving element, also be used for receiving the return results of subordinate's client, when in return results, comprising the contact details of subordinate's client or user ID, in return results, add contact details or the user ID of self, return results is sent to the client of upper level by transmitting element.
Counter control unit is used for when transmitting element sends a request message to contacts list user's client, to the client terminal start-up counter of user in the contacts list and compose the counting initial value; When query unit does not inquire the targeted customer in contacts list, counter is once counted, when count value reaches depth threshold, stop transmitting element client of user in the contacts list and send a request message.
The above is the preferred embodiments of the present invention only, is not limited to the present invention, and for a person skilled in the art, the present invention can have various modifications and variations.Within the spirit and principles in the present invention all, any modification of doing, be equal to replacement, improvement etc., all should be included within protection scope of the present invention.

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1. the method for a searching for contact persons information is characterized in that, comprising:
Transmit leg client client of user in the contacts list sends a request message, and carries targeted customer's user ID in described request message, the described targeted customer's of acquisition request contact details;
Recipient's client is after described request message, in the contacts list of self, inquire about whether there is described targeted customer according to described user ID, if there is no, then user's client sends described request message, the described targeted customer's of acquisition request contact details in the contacts list of self.
2. the method for claim 1 is characterized in that, also comprises:
If described recipient's client inquires described targeted customer in the contacts list of self, then with described targeted customer's contact details as return results, perhaps with self contact details or user ID as return results, and send described return results.
3. method as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that:
Described recipient's client comprises intergrade recipient client and final stage recipient client;
Described final stage recipient's client sends to described return results recipient's client of upper level after inquiring described targeted customer;
Described intergrade recipient's client sends to described return results recipient's client or the described transmit leg client of upper level after receiving described return results.
4. method as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that, also comprises:
When described intergrade recipient's client comprises the contact details of subordinate's client or user ID in the return results that receives, the contact details or the user ID that in described return results, add self, described return results is sent to recipient's client or the described transmit leg client of upper level, make described recipient's client obtain obtaining the path of described targeted customer's contact details.
5. method as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that, also comprises:
When described transmit leg client sends described request message in the client of user in contacts list, also initial value is counted in client terminal start-up counter and the tax of user in the contacts list;
When described recipient's client does not inquire described targeted customer in the contacts list of self, counter is once counted, when count value reached depth threshold, user's client did not send described request message in the contacts list.
6. method as claimed in claim 5 is characterized in that:
Described recipient's client is not when count value reaches described depth threshold, user's client sends described request message in the contacts list of self, and to the client terminal start-up counter of user in the contacts list of self, the client of giving user in the contacts list of self as counting initial value assignment with the count value of local counter.
7. the method for claim 1 is characterized in that: described contacts list is the contacts list of local storage and/or the contacts list of storing at the webserver.
8. the device of a searching for contact persons information is characterized in that, comprising: transmitting element, wherein:
Described transmitting element is used for sending a request message to contacts list user's client, carries targeted customer's user ID in described request message, the described targeted customer's of acquisition request contact details.
9. device as claimed in claim 8 is characterized in that, also comprises receiving element and query unit, wherein:
Described receiving element is used for receiving the request message that the parent customer end sends;
Described query unit, be used for after described receiving element receives described request message, in contacts list, inquire about whether there is described targeted customer according to described user ID, if there is no, then call described transmitting element and send described request message to subordinate's client.
10. device as claimed in claim 9 is characterized in that:
Described query unit, also be used for when contacts list inquires described targeted customer, with described targeted customer's contact details as return results, perhaps with self contact details or user ID as return results, and call described transmitting element and send described return results.
11. device as claimed in claim 10 is characterized in that:
Described receiving element, also be used for receiving the return results of subordinate's client, when in described return results, comprising the contact details of subordinate's client or user ID, the contact details or the user ID that add self in described return results send to described return results by described transmitting element the client of upper level.
12. device as claimed in claim 10 is characterized in that, also comprises counter control unit, wherein:
Described counter control unit is used for when described transmitting element sends described request message to contacts list user's client, to the client terminal start-up counter of user in the contacts list and compose the counting initial value; When described query unit does not inquire described targeted customer in contacts list, counter is once counted, when count value reached depth threshold, the client that stops described transmitting element user in the contacts list sent described request message.
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