KR20110064257A - Mothod for providing and responding sms for finding friend of friend - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for providing a friend finding SMS service and method for processing a response according to a SMS service request are provided to simply request other telephone number by utilizing an address book with a SMS function of a mobile terminal. CONSTITUTION: A requester terminal stores a name selected per priority by requester from a telephone list outputted on a screen(S11). The requester terminal generates a friend finding request message according to the request of the requester(S12).

Description

Finding a friend's friend How to provide SSM service and handling response according to SMS service request {Mothod for providing and responding SMS for finding friend of friend}

The present invention relates to a mobile terminal, and more particularly, to a method of providing a friend friend SMS service through a mobile terminal at the request of a requester.

The present invention is derived from a study conducted as part of the Ministry of Knowledge Economy [Task Management Number: 2009-F-048-01, Task Name: Development of a network-based consumer-oriented convergence service common platform technology].

According to the popular notion that personal telephone numbers are personal information, most people only disclose their work to people with whom they have a personal relationship. Therefore, in order to know the contact information of a person who does not have a personal acquaintance, the acquaintance with the person can be known through a wired or wireless terminal or an e-mail with an acquaintance.

However, such a communication method requires several human interactions between a transmitter and a receiver, and wrong information may be transmitted during this process. In particular, when requesting desired information through e-mail, it may take a long time to receive correct information because the e-mail recipient does not immediately check or the e-mail is not delivered correctly.

Recently, the mobile terminal has a function of sending and receiving by attaching a phone number to the SMS (Short message service) text service, but the receiving mobile terminal does not have an automatic call connection function. There is a hassle to do. In addition, when a request is made to those who are expected to know the required telephone number, the requester may receive the requested telephone number repeatedly from the requesting persons through his mobile terminal.

In addition, as an Internet service, social networks such as Facebook, which connects friends of friends with networks, are being activated, but since most of the users do not disclose personal information to relationships other than friends, call of others Difficult to identify numbers easily and conveniently

The present invention is to solve such a problem, it is an object to simply request the phone number of the other person using the SMS function and address book of the mobile terminal.

Furthermore, the mobile terminal according to the present invention has an object of making an automatic call connection to the phone number of another person received from the requested mobile terminal.

Furthermore, the mobile terminal according to the present invention aims to easily and conveniently store a phone number of a friend who has been received from the mobile terminal that has requested a friend search.

The foregoing technical problem is achieved by the characteristic aspects of the present invention described below. The method according to the present invention outputs a list of phone numbers stored in the phone number storage unit in response to a friend search request on the screen, and stores a name selected according to priority by the requester and a corresponding phone number from the phone number list displayed on the screen. Generating a friend search request message according to the request of the requester, transmitting a friend search request message to a receiver terminal associated with a phone number corresponding to the priority through an SMS server, and requesting a friend search through the SMS server. And receiving a response message from the receiver terminal receiving the message.

According to a further aspect of the present invention, a friend find request message includes a name of a friend to find, friend find request guide information, and a reply number of the requester terminal that transmits a friend find request message.

According to a further aspect of the present invention, receiving a response message includes receiving a plurality of response SMS messages through an SMS server, analyzing the SMS message to check whether the response message is related to a friend search request message; If the check result SMS message is not a response message, performing a general message processing process, and if the check result response message, and outputting the response message on the screen.

According to a further aspect of the present invention, when a response message is displayed on the screen, at the request of the requester, obtain and store the phone number and name information of the friend to be found included in the response message, delete the response message, or The method further includes a response message processing step of requesting a call connection to the corresponding receiver terminal by using the telephone number.

According to this aspect of the present invention, the requester can easily and quickly obtain the telephone number of a friend to be searched for, and can prevent the wrong number from being transmitted to the requester. In addition, by attempting an automatic call connection to the friend's phone number, the requester can quickly and correctly call the friend without having to note or store the friend's phone number.

According to a further aspect of the present invention, the step of receiving the response message further includes checking whether the response message is received within a preset time, if the SMS message is not a response message, and whether the response message is received within the preset time. The checking may be performed by retransmitting the friend-finding request message to another terminal of the friend according to the request of the requester or not received within a preset time.

According to this aspect of the present invention, the requester can solve the inconvenience of having to rewrite the friend search request message by sending a friend search request message initially set to people corresponding to the list specified by the user, You don't need to send a friend search request message to people who know your phone number.

As described above, through the method of providing a friend's friend finder SMS service and a response processing method according to the present invention, the requester can easily and quickly obtain a friend's phone number to be found, and prevent the wrong number from being transmitted to the requester. Can be. Furthermore, through the present invention, the requester can alleviate the inconvenience of having to rewrite a friend search request message by sequentially transmitting a friend search request message initially set to a person corresponding to the list designated by the user until a proper response arrives. . Furthermore, according to the present invention, when a mobile terminal receives a response message including a friend's phone number, the mobile terminal attempts to automatically connect to the friend's phone number, so that the requester does not need to note or store the friend's phone number. You can speak quickly and correctly with your friend. Furthermore, through the present invention, the requester can save communication charges related to SMS text service because the requester does not send a friend search request message simultaneously to people who know the friend's phone number to obtain the friend's phone number. Can be.

The foregoing and further aspects of the present invention will become more apparent through the preferred embodiments described with reference to the accompanying drawings. Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail so that those skilled in the art can easily understand and reproduce the present invention through these embodiments.

1 is a procedure of providing a friend's friend search service through a mobile (requester, receiver) terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Prior to the detailed description according to the present invention, the requestor terminal 10 and the receiver terminal 30 are terminals equipped with both application programs for providing friend friend SMS service.

As shown, when the requester calls a friend finder to know the contact of the person to find, the requester terminal 10 outputs a list of previously stored telephone numbers on the screen (S10). Accordingly, the requestor searches the list of phone numbers displayed on the screen and selects at least one phone number of a person who can know the contact information of the friend he is looking for. When selecting a plurality of telephone numbers, the requestor sets priorities to the selected plurality of telephone numbers, and accordingly, the requester terminal 10 stores the names selected according to the priority by the requester and the telephone numbers corresponding thereto (S11). ). Thereafter, when the name of the person and the transmission request information to be found from the requester are input, a friend search request message associated with the request is generated (S12). Here, the friend find request message is an SMS text message, and preferably includes name information of a friend to find, friend find request guide information, and a reply number of the requester terminal 10.

Thereafter, the requester terminal 10 transmits a friend search request message to the receiver terminal 30 associated with the phone number corresponding to the first priority among the phone numbers selected by the requester through the SMS server 20 ( S13, S14). The receiver terminal 30 receiving the friend search request message of the requester terminal 10 from the SMS server 20 outputs the received friend search request message to the screen as shown in FIG. 2 (S15).

2 is an exemplary view of a friend search request message output on a screen of a receiver terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As shown, the receiver terminal 30 receives the friend search request message from the SMS server 20 outputs a friend search request message on the screen. When a friend search request message is displayed on the screen of the receiver terminal 30, the receiver selects one of 'approve', 'reject', and 'don't' which are displayed below the screen. According to an embodiment, when the receiver presses the 'OK' button, the receiver terminal 30 generates an approval response message (S16). That is, when the authorization request information is input from the receiver, the receiver terminal 30 checks whether there is a friend list related to the friend's name information included in the friend search request message received from the phone number list stored in the phone number storage unit. As a result, if there is a friend list, the receiver terminal 30 generates an approval response message including a friend name, a phone number, and a guide message included in the friend list. In addition, the receiver terminal 30 may generate an approval response message further including an office telephone number or the like included in the friend list. Thereafter, the receiver terminal 30 transmits an approval response message generated to the requester terminal 10 which has transmitted the friend search request message through the SMS server 20 (S17 and S18).

The above-described embodiment is just one embodiment, and when the receiver selects 'deny' or 'not sure' displayed on the screen of the receiver terminal 30, the receiver terminal 30 generates or rejects the rejection response message. The response message may be generated and transmitted to the requester terminal 10.

Meanwhile, the receiver terminal 30 receiving the approval response message of the receiver terminal 30 from the MS server 20 outputs the received approval response message to the screen as shown in FIG. 3 (S19).

3 is an exemplary view of an approval response message output on a screen of a requester terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The requester terminal 10 that receives the approval response message of the receiver terminal 30 from the SMS server 20 outputs the approval response message on the screen. As shown, the requester terminal 10 outputs a guide message including the name of the friend to find and the phone number (mobile phone, home, office) of the friend to find on the screen. When the approval response message is output on the screen of the requester terminal 10, the requester selects one of 'delete', 'save', 'call', and 'next' which is output below the screen (S20). However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the requestor may repeatedly select 'delete', 'save', 'call', and 'next' output on the screen of the requester terminal 10. According to an embodiment, when the receiver presses the 'call' button, the requester terminal 10 attempts to call a friend's mobile terminal by using the friend's phone number displayed on the screen. You can talk quickly (S21). Here, if the requester terminal 10 has a plurality of phone numbers displayed on the screen (mobile phone, home, office), it is preferable to request a call connection using the phone numbers displayed on the screen in priority order.

On the other hand, if the unknown response message is output on the screen of the requestor terminal 10, or if the response message is not received for a certain time, the requestor selects 'Next' output on the screen of the requester terminal 10. Accordingly, the requester terminal 10 retransmits a friend search request message which has been previously generated to the receiver terminal 30 associated with the telephone number corresponding to the next priority among the names and phone numbers corresponding to the priorities selected by the requester. (S22). Accordingly, the requester terminal 10 may perform step S19 again to receive a friend search request message. In addition, the requestor terminal 10 checks whether a response message is received within a preset time, and if the response message is not received within the preset time, the requester terminal 10 automatically sends the call terminal related to the telephone number corresponding to the next priority. Resend the existing friend search request message. Accordingly, the requester can be obtained quickly and easily without asking the friend's phone number to all those who know the friend's phone number found through the requester terminal 10 of the requester terminal 10. ) Attempts to make an automatic call connection to the received friend's phone number so that the caller and the friend can be quickly and correctly made.

Hereinafter, a method of providing a friend's friend search service through the requester terminal 10 and a response processing method according to a friend's friend finder SMS service request through the receiver terminal 30 will be described in detail. .

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a friend friend SMS service through a requester terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown, the requestor terminal 10 outputs a list of phone numbers stored in the phone number storage unit on the screen according to the request of a friend finder of the requester, and the name selected by the requestor by priority from the list of phone numbers displayed on the screen. The phone number corresponding thereto is stored (S100). That is, the requester searches the list of phone numbers displayed on the screen of the requester terminal 10 of the requester and selects at least one phone number of a person who knows the contact information of the friend he is looking for. When selecting a plurality of telephone numbers, the requestor assigns a priority to the selected plurality of telephone numbers, and accordingly, the requester terminal 10 stores a name selected according to priority by the requester and a telephone number corresponding thereto.

Subsequently, the requester terminal 10 generates a friend search request message according to the request of the requester, and the friend search request message generated by the receiver terminal 30 associated with the phone number corresponding to the priority through the SMS server 20. Transmit (S200). Here, the friend find request message includes name information of a friend to find, friend find request guide information, and a reply number of the requester terminal which transmits a friend find request message. That is, in response to the request of the friend finder of the requester, the requester terminal 10 storing the name selected for each priority and a phone number corresponding to the priority, outputs a message for inputting the name of the friend to be searched. Accordingly, when a friend's name to be searched from the requester is input, the requester terminal 10 generates a friend search request message including the inputted friend's name, the requester's name, the phone number of the requester's terminal, and a friend search request guide message. .

Thereafter, the requester terminal 10 transmits a friend search request message to the receiver terminal 30 associated with the phone number corresponding to the first priority among the phone numbers corresponding to the priority through the SMS server 20 (S300). Thereafter, the requester terminal 10 receives a response message from the receiver terminal 30 that receives the friend search request message (S400). A method of generating a response message in the receiver terminal 30 and transmitting the response message to the requester terminal 10 will be described in detail below.

On the other hand, the method in which the requester terminal 10 receives the response message from the receiver terminal 30 can be achieved through FIG.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method in which a requester terminal receives a response message from a receiver terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown, the first requester terminal 10 transmits a friend search request message to the receiver terminal 30 associated with the phone number corresponding to the first priority, and then drives a timer to associate the preset time t with the predetermined time t. The count is started (S410, S420). Subsequently, when an SMS message including a response message is received from the SMS server 20, the requester terminal 10 checks whether the received SMS message is a response message related to a general text message or a friend search request message (S430,). S440). As a result of the check, if the response message is related to the friend search request message, the requester terminal 10 stops the operation of the driven timer and outputs a response message related to the friend search request message on the screen (S450 and S460). On the other hand, if the received SMS message is a general text message, the requester terminal 10 outputs the general text message on the screen, and repeats steps (S420 to S440) until a response message related to a friend search request message is received. Do it.

As such, in the process of performing steps S420 to S440 again, the requestor terminal 10 increases the count through step S420 and checks whether the increased count exceeds the preset time t. If the check result is less than the preset time t, the requesting terminal 10 re-performs the above-described steps S420 to S440. If the check result exceeds the preset time t, the requester terminal 10 searches for a friend. The request message transmission step (S300) is performed again. Accordingly, the requester terminal 10 transmits a friend search request message which is pre-generated to the receiver terminal 30 associated with the phone number corresponding to the second rank. As such, when the response message is not received within the preset time or at the request of the requester, the requester terminal 10 requests a friend search request pre-generated to the receiver terminal 30 associated with the telephone number corresponding to the priority selected from the requester. Resend the message to receive the correct response.

When the response message is received and output on the screen through the method, the requester terminal 10 processes the received response message in response to the requester (S500). That is, the requester terminal 10 stores the phone number and name of the friend to be found in the response message according to the requestor's request, deletes the response message, or uses the phone number of the friend to be found. Request a call connection.

According to an embodiment, the response message is output on the screen of the requester terminal 10 as shown in FIG. 3. That is, when the requester terminal 10 receives the response message of the receiver terminal 30 through the SMS server 20, the requester terminal 10 analyzes the guide information message of the receiver terminal 30 and the phone number of the friend (mobile phone, office) to find. , House) to obtain the information and to display on the screen. Here, the priority of the mobile phone number, office phone number, home phone number may be a predetermined order from the receiver terminal (30). The requester terminal 10 outputting the response message on the screen outputs an input button of 'delete', 'save', 'call', 'next' at the bottom of the screen. Then, when one of the input buttons output below the screen is selected from the requester, the requester terminal 10 performs an operation corresponding to the selected input button to process the response message output on the screen. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the requestor may repeatedly select 'delete', 'save', 'call', and 'next' output on the screen of the requester terminal 10.

When the requestor presses a 'next' input button, the requester terminal 10 is a friend previously created with the receiver terminal 30 associated with the telephone number corresponding to the next priority among the names selected by priorities and the corresponding telephone numbers. Resend the search request message. That is, if the response message displayed on the screen of the requester terminal 10 is not correct (for example, the response message including the telephone number before the change) or the response message is not received for a predetermined time, the requester inputs a 'Next' button. Press and accordingly, the requester terminal 10 receives the correct response message from the receiver terminal 10 corresponding to the next rank. When the requestor presses the 'save' or 'delete' input button, the requester terminal 10 automatically stores the name of the friend and the corresponding phone number displayed on the screen in the phone number storage, or deletes the entire response message displayed on the screen. do. When the requestor presses a call input button, the requester terminal 10 requests a call connection to the searcher's terminal using the searcher's phone number displayed on the screen. This allows you to speak quickly and easily with the person you are looking for.

In this way, the requester can be obtained quickly and easily without asking the friend's phone number to all those who know the friend's phone number looking through his requester terminal 10, and at the requestor's request, the requester terminal 10 ) Attempts to make an automatic call connection to the received friend's phone number so that the caller and the friend can be quickly and correctly made.

Hereinafter, a method in which the receiver terminal 10 receiving the friend search request message from the request terminal 10 generates a response message related to the friend search request message and transmits the response message to the request terminal 10 will be described in detail.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a response processing method according to a friend find SMS service request of a friend through a receiver terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown, the receiver terminal 30 receives a friend search request message of the requester terminal 10 through the SMS server 20, and outputs it to the screen (S600). Then, according to the request of the receiver, the receiver terminal 30 generates a response message related to the friend search request message output on the screen and outputs it to the screen (S700). When the generated response message is output on the screen of the receiver terminal 30, the receiver requests a response message transmission request output on the screen, and accordingly, the receiver terminal 30 requests a friend search request message through the SMS server 20. The sender sends a response message to the requester terminal 10 that has sent the message (S800).

Here, the friend search request message includes name information of a friend to find, friend search request guide information, and a reply number of the requester terminal 10 which has transmitted a friend search request message. Accordingly, the receiver terminal 30 transmits a response message to the requester terminal 10 using the reply number of the requester terminal 10 included in the friend search request message.

Meanwhile, the method in which the receiver terminal 30 generates a response message related to a friend search request message and outputs it on the screen can be achieved through FIG. 7.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a method of generating and outputting a response message associated with a friend search request message through a receiver terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown, the receiver terminal 30 outputting a friend search request message on the screen receives information on whether to generate a response message to the friend search request message from the receiver. That is, the receiver terminal 30 not only outputs a friend search request message on the screen but also outputs input buttons such as 'approve', 'reject', and 'don't know' below the screen. Accordingly, the receiver can select one of 'approve', 'reject', 'unknown'. As such, the receiver terminal 30 checks which input button among 'approve', 'reject', and 'don't' is input from the receiver (S710).

When the receiver presses the 'not known' input button, the receiver terminal 30 generates a response message including the unknown guide information and outputs it to the screen (S720). Then, when the transmission request information for the response message including the unknown guide information is input from the receiver, the receiver terminal 30 transmits the response message including the unknown guide information to the requester terminal 10 through the SMS server 20. do.

On the other hand, when the receiver presses the 'OK' input button, the receiver terminal 30 checks whether there is a friend list associated with the name of the friend to be found in the friend search request message from the phone number list stored in the phone number storage unit (S730). ). If there is no friend list as a result of the check, the receiver terminal 30 generates a response message including unknown guide information through step S720 and outputs it to the screen. However, if there is a friend list as a result of the check, the receiver terminal 30 generates an approval response message including a friend name and a phone number and outputs it to the screen (S740). Thereafter, the receiver checks whether the approval response message displayed on the screen of the receiver terminal 30 is a response message of a friend looking for the requester, and then transmits the request. If it is confirmed that the response message of the friend looking for, the receiver terminal 30 transmits the approval response message to the requester terminal 10 side via the SMS server 20, and if the response message of the friend looking for, the receiver inputs 'don't know'. Press the button. Accordingly, the receiver terminal 30 transmits a response message including unknown guide information to the requester terminal 10 through the SMS server 20 as described above.

On the other hand, when there are a plurality of friend lists associated with the name of the friend to be searched (for example, the same name), the receiver terminal 30 may generate and output a plurality of approval response messages on the screen. Thereafter, the receiver selects whether the request message of the requesting friend's approval response message is selected from among the plurality of approval response messages displayed on the screen of the receiver terminal 30 to transmit a request. Accordingly, the receiver terminal 30 transmits the selected acknowledgment message among the plurality of acknowledgment response messages to the requester terminal 10 through the SMS server 20.

On the other hand, the receiver presses the 'reject' input button if the requester identity is unclear through the friend search request message output on the screen of the receiver terminal 30. Accordingly, the receiver terminal 30 generates a response message including the rejection guide information and outputs it to the screen (S750). Subsequently, when the transmission request information for the response message including the rejection guidance information is input from the receiver, the receiver terminal 30 transmits the response message including the rejection guidance information to the requester terminal 10 through the SMS server 20. do.

However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the receiver terminal 30 does not output the response message including the generated unknown guidance information, the approval response message, and the response message including the rejection guidance information on the screen, and directly on the SMS server ( 20 may be transmitted to the requester terminal 10. As such, the receiver terminal 30 generates a response message related to the friend request request message of the requester terminal 10 and transmits the response message to the requester terminal 10. Accordingly, the requester can easily and quickly obtain the caller's phone number without asking the person's phone number to all who know the phone number of the friend to be found.

So far I looked at the center of the preferred embodiment for the present invention.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. Therefore, the disclosed embodiments should be considered in an illustrative rather than a restrictive sense. The scope of the present invention is shown in the claims rather than the foregoing description, and all differences within the scope will be construed as being included in the present invention.

1 is a procedure of providing a friend's friend search service through a mobile (requester, receiver) terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is an exemplary view of a friend search request message output on a screen of a receiver terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is an exemplary view of an approval response message output on a screen of a requester terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing a friend friend SMS service through a requester terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method in which a requester terminal receives a response message from a receiver terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

6 is a flowchart illustrating a response processing method according to a friend's friend find SMS service request through a receiver terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

7 is a flowchart illustrating a method of generating and outputting a response message associated with a friend search request message through a receiver terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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10: requester terminal 20: SMS server

30: receiver terminal

Claims (10)

Outputting a list of phone numbers stored in a phone number storage unit on a screen according to a friend search request, and storing names and phone numbers corresponding to the priorities selected by the requester from the phone number list displayed on the screen; Generating a friend search request message according to the request of the requester, and transmitting the friend search request message to a receiver terminal associated with the phone number corresponding to the priority through an SMS server; Receiving a response message from a receiver terminal receiving the friend search request message through the SMS server; Friend Finder SMS service providing method of a friend including. The method of claim 1, Find friend request message A friend friend SMS service providing method comprising a friend's name information, friend friend request guide information, and a reply number of the requester terminal for transmitting the friend friend request message. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the response message comprises: Receiving a plurality of response SMS messages via the SMS server; Analyzing the SMS message and checking whether it is a response message related to the friend search request message; If the SMS message is not a response message as a result of the check, performing a general message processing process; and outputting the response message to a screen if the response message is a result of the check; Friend Finder SMS service providing method of a friend including. The method of claim 3, wherein receiving the response message comprises: If the SMS message is not a response message, checking whether the response message is received within a preset time; further comprising: The step of checking whether the response message is received within a preset time is Transmitting the friend search request message to a terminal of another friend according to the request of the requester or not received within a preset time as a result of the check. The method of claim 3, wherein When the response message is displayed on the screen, the phone number and name information of the friend found in the response message may be obtained and stored, the response message may be deleted, or the phone number of the friend found. A response message processing step of requesting a call connection to a corresponding receiver terminal by using; Find friend's friend finder SMS service providing method that includes more. Outputting a friend search request message of the requester terminal received through the SMS server to the screen; Generating a response message related to a friend search request message displayed on the screen according to the request information of the receiver and outputting the response message on the screen; Transmitting a response message displayed on the screen to the requester terminal that has transmitted the friend search request message through the SMS server according to a request of a receiver; Response processing method according to friend's friend find SMS service request, including. The method of claim 6, Find friend request message A friend's name information, friend's friend request guide information, and a reply number of the requester's terminal that has sent the friend's request message; The step of transmitting the response message The response processing method according to the friend's friend finder SMS service request, characterized in that for transmitting the response message to the requester terminal using the reply number of the received friend finder request message. The method of claim 6, wherein the outputting on the screen is: Checking the request information of the receiver; If the check result is approval request information, checking whether there is a friend list associated with name information of the friend find request message from a list of phone numbers stored in a phone number storage unit; Generating a response message including a friend name and a phone number included in the friend list if the friend list is found; and generating a response message including unknown guide information if the friend list is not found as the check result. step; Response processing method according to the friend finder SMS service request of a friend comprising a. The method of claim 8, wherein the outputting to the screen comprises: If the check result is unknown information, generating a response message including unknown guide information; Response processing method according to the friend finder SMS service request of a friend comprising a. The method of claim 8, wherein the outputting to the screen comprises: Generating a response message including rejection guide information if the check result is rejection request information; Response processing method according to the friend finder SMS service request of a friend comprising a.

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