KR20180035112A - Method of managing contact list of electronic device using mutual dependence of network relation - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an electronic device of a first network account managing the address book for executing an address book management application while communicating with an external device. The electronic device includes: one or more processors for executing a predetermined function thereof; and one or more memories communicating with the processor. The memory includes commands for configuring the address book management application. When the commands are executed by the processor, the commands allow the processor to perform the following operations of: accessing a contact list regarding pre-registered second network accounts of N whereas N is an integer greater than one; defining items of the human factor information of the first network account being shared at each of one or more contact grouping levels set by an input means of the electronic device or set in the address book management application in advance; designating the contact grouping levels regarding the second network accounts included in the contact list; and communicating with an external device to define the items of the human factor information of the first network account being shared through the address book of the second network accounts differently by the contact grouping level designated to the address book management application of the first network account.

Description

[0001] METHOD OF MANAGING CONTACT LIST OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING MUTUAL DEPENDENCE OF NETWORK RELATION [0002]

The present invention relates to mobile applications, and more particularly to mobile address book applications.

Your phone or computer has address book software. And various address book / business card management applications are known. You can use this software to store various contact lists on your device.

Several prior art are known in this regard. First, there is the address book software installed by default on the smartphone. The second is a mobile application that has access to address book software and provides the ability to edit contact lists in different formats and designs, or to synchronize with the cloud. Third, there is a mobile application that scans business cards to manage contact information.

Whatever prior art is used, once human information is stored on the device, it is preserved as long as the user does not modify / delete the information. In general, people do not feel a problem about preserving this information. But over time, unexpected problems occurred. After several years or decades, the existing personal information contained in the contact list will still be stored. More human information will be added through the social activities of users. The problem is this: garbage information accumulates in the address book.

Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 10-2012-0071162 (Patent Document 1) discloses a method of transmitting a deletion request message requesting deletion of personal information of a user stored in a terminal of another person. This is not an "I" deletion, but a request that I delete it, and in the end, the subject that deletes my information is a "partner". Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 10-2013-0128665 (Patent Document 2), unlike Patent Document 1, handled information change, not deletion of information. However, if my information was changed, the subject that modified the corrected personal information and reflected on the device was still "others". Particularly, according to Patent Document 2, there is no solution to the problems of Items 3 and 4 below.

There are the following types of garbage information that the present invention deals with:

① The stored personal information does not match the fact. He / she changed the phone number, and everything is inconsistent.

② The stored personal information does not match the fact. His / her telephone number is the same, but additional information such as address / company / e-mail address has been changed.

③ The stored personal information is correct, but the user does not remember him / her.

④ The stored personal information matches the fact, and the user remembers him / her, but does not communicate any more.

In the above trash information, it is troublesome to ① and ②, but it may be necessary to confirm all the contact list and delete or modify it. However, ③ and ④ cause a special problem, and the user of the device is blocked from his or her right to be forgotten. That is, in the conventional system, there is no way for anyone to delete or modify their own information in the contact list of another user. This is because all human information is permanently fixed without being volatilized unless the holder of the device deletes or modifies it.

The inventor of the present invention has studied for a long time to solve the above-mentioned problem of accumulation of garbage information, and after trial and error, has come to complete the present invention.

The inventor of the present invention is to provide a contact list management method that is dynamically and voluntarily managed. It will be implemented in the form of electronic devices, applications, systems, and so on.

Dynamic means that the interdependencies of network relationships are reflected in the creation, modification and deletion of the data that make up the contact list. The specific meaning thereof will be described in detail in the present specification.

Volatile means that the data contained in the contact list is interpreted by the disconnect action of the relationship so that the data disappears from the user device account. And its specific meaning will be described in detail in this specification.

A contact management method in a device of the present invention imitates the actual relationship of people who are present and who are offline. People do not treat all relationships equally. It also changes the relationship depending on the psychological state. Also, not all memories are preserved. The characteristics (contact, occupation, name, hobby, preference, etc.) of 'I', the party of the relationship, also change. And I want the changed characteristics to be reflected in the relationship. This is a real human relationship. Therefore, the present invention proposes a contact management method closest to reality. Contact is a product of human relations.

The purpose of the present invention will be described more easily. I will be able to control my contact information that the other party can browse.

On the other hand, other unspecified purposes of the present invention will be further considered within the scope of the following detailed description and easily deduced from the effects thereof.

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In order to solve the above problems, a first aspect of the present invention is a contact list management method of an electronic device managed through interdependency of network relations, comprising:

Wherein the electronic device of the first network account accesses a contact list for N (N is an integer greater than 1) second network account previously registered in the address book management application,

Defining an item of human factor information of a first network account that is preconfigured in an application or shared by one or more contact grouping levels set by an input means of an electronic device;

Wherein the electronic device of the first network account specifies the contact grouping level for a second network account included in the contact list,

The item of the human factor information of the first network account shared by the second network account is differently set for each contact grouping level assigned to the address book management application of the first network account.

A method of managing a contact list of an electronic device managed through an interdependency of a network relationship according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the method comprising the steps of: When the contact grouping level for the network account P is changed, the item of the human factor information of the first network account shared by the second network account P is also changed.

In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of managing a contact list of an electronic device managed through an interdependency of a network relationship, the method comprising the steps of: Stopping the sharing of the human factor information of the first network account in the address book of the second network account (Q) when executing the disconnection event for the second network account (Q).

The method of the second aspect of the present invention comprises:

When the electronic device of the first network account generates an update action for the hunting factor information of the second network account registered in advance in the address book management application and notifies the service server, the service server automatically generates a corresponding update action, The electronic device of the network account providing human factor information of the changed first network account according to the corresponding update action,

Wherein the update action includes an information change event of a human factor of a first network account shared in the second network account, a change event of a contact grouping level to which the second network account belongs, It is good to be one.

A third aspect of the present invention is an electronic device of a first network account for managing an address book communicating with an external device and executing an address book management application,

At least one processor for performing a predetermined function of the electronic device; And

And at least one memory in communication with the processor,

Wherein the memory comprises instructions that make up the address book management application, the instructions causing the processor to:

Accessing a contact list for N pre-registered second network accounts (N is an integer greater than 1);

Defining an item of human factor information of a shared first network account for each of one or more contact grouping levels preset by an address book management application or set by an input means of an electronic device;

Designating the contact grouping level for a second network account included in the contact list; And

Performing an operation of communicating an item of human factor information of the first network account shared through the address book of the second network account with an external device that is differentiated by the contact grouping level designated to the address book management application of the first network account .

A fourth aspect of the present invention is a method of managing a contact list of an electronic device managed through interdependency of network relations,

(a) the electronic device input means of the first network account in the address book management application of the electronic device of the first network account generates an update action for the hunting factor information of the pre-registered second network account,

(b) the service server receives the update action and generates a corresponding update action for the human factor information of the first network account for the second network account,

(c) communicating with the service server when the electronic device of the second network account executes the address book management application to receive updated information so that the human factor information of the first network account before the step (a) is not displayed The method comprising the steps of:

In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the update action in the step (a) includes: an information change event of a human factor of a first network account shared in the second network account; a contact grouping level And a relation disconnection event for the second network account.

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The effect of the present invention is clear. I can control my information that is shared with others through contact list. I can categorize other people 's contacts and also level my information to be shared. The others are differentiated according to the levels set by me, and the items of my information shared by the differentiated levels are different. The level in the present invention means the level of the relationship made in the network. Therefore, I acquire the dynamism of shared information. My information is not static information, but its contents are changed and volatilized by interdependencies in the network. When I break a relationship with someone else, my information is volatilized by the other person.

On the other hand, even if the effects are not explicitly mentioned here, the effect described in the following specification, which is expected by the technical features of the present invention, and its potential effects are treated as described in the specification of the present invention.

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1 is a diagram showing a basic problem awareness of the present invention in a cartoon format.
2 is a diagram showing an example of the overall system configuration according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a diagram showing an electronic configuration of an electronic device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a diagram illustrating a process of defining a correlation between users in a contact list management method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating interdependencies among network users in the contact list management method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. FIG.
6 to 10 illustrate scenarios in a user interface of an address book management application according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
11 is a view schematically showing an aspect of the present invention in a relationship between two users.
* The accompanying drawings illustrate examples of the present invention in order to facilitate understanding of the technical idea of the present invention, and thus the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto.
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In the following description of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may obscure the subject matter of the present invention.

The inventor of the present invention intends to solve the problem through the present invention with reference to FIG. People exchange personal information through the exchange of a large number of offline business cards, and the address book that is exchanged and stored through the web and the app.

My information is stored in someone's storage (including the server's DB). Even though the data recorded in the storage device of another person is "information about me ", I can not control the data. Even if my information is changed, I can not modify the data recorded in the storage device of the other person unless the person directly corrects it. It was also a desire not to change my information, but to want to close my relationship with someone else, so that others would not want to know my contact information. Once the data about my contact information is handed over to someone else, the data will never be erased unless someone else deletes it.

It is relatively free from such fetters in the actual human relations of the human being performed offline. It is because we can continue the relationship, not contact, and forget it first of all. However, as FIG. 1 shows, the online contact information is likely to remain forever as long as the storage device does not disappear. "Once data sent, never it erased!"

However, in the present invention to be described below, the chain shown in Fig. 1 is cut off. I can control information about myself.

In this specification, the meaning of some words is defined in advance.

A contact list is an address book that records human factor information and refers to an address book that is connected to the memory or communication network of an electronic device such as a desktop computer, a smart phone, or a tablet PC, and is stored in a server storage .

The Human Factor is an item that indicates the user information stored in the contact list and includes a name, a workplace, a work phone number, a home phone number, a mobile phone number, an email address, a business address, a home address, .

The first network account refers to any user account that utilizes the services of the present invention. In the present invention, for convenience of description, the configuration, process, and scenario of the present invention will be described from the viewpoint of an electronic device of the first network account.

The second network account is a user account that uses the service of the present invention and refers to one or more user accounts connected to the first network account.

The Contact Grouping Level refers to the level at which the items of the human factors that are stored or shared for the contact accounts contained in the contact list are set to the same level. According to the present invention, if the level defined by the first network account is the same even if the second network account is different, the human factor item of the first network account shared by the second network account is the same. Also, if the contact grouping level defined by the first network account differs for each second network account, the human factor entry of the first network account shared with the second network account may be different.

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Now, the principle and constitution of the present invention will be described in earnest. 2 schematically shows a system configuration according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

The service server 10 provides the address book management application to the electronic device 20 of the first network account and the electronic devices 30 of the second network account. A service server 10 including one or more hardware / software devices may be comprised of a plurality of server groups. In addition, the service server 10 performs a series of electronic actions necessary for providing and operating services such as storing data, matching contact data, processing various updates, notification, inquiry, encryption, management, communication, and payment.

In addition, the service server 10 builds a plurality of databases in advance. Such a database includes a database 11 for encrypting and storing basic information about a user account. It also includes a database 12 for storing the groups that the user comprises. These databases 11 and 12 may be separately managed or integrated. Although not otherwise shown, it may further include a database of advertisements, logs, billing, security, and the like.

The electronic device 20 of the first network account and the electronic devices 30 of the second network account access the service server 10 through the address book management application 100 provided by the service server 10. [ Preferably, the address book management application 100 may be separately installed in the electronic devices 20 and 30 in advance. In the web-based embodiment, the service server 10 is accessed via the web, and web software may be provided in the form of web software of the address book management application 100. In another preferred embodiment of the present invention, the address book management application 100 may include a function of accessing an address book stored in a memory of the electronic device 20, 30.

The electronic device 20 of the first network account and the electronic device 30 of the second network account are preferably mobile devices such as smart phones. In a further embodiment of the present invention, the electronic device 20, 30 may be extended to a desktop computer.

3 schematically illustrates an internal electronic configuration of an electronic device 20, 30 according to some preferred embodiments of the present invention. In this embodiment, the user's electronic device is a smartphone.

The user electronics device includes a processor 200, an internal memory 210, a camera module 220, an input device 240, and a communication module 230. A variety of other well-known hardware / software devices may be included and function as needed.

The input device 240 is a means for making contact with the touch panel and performing input. This can usually be understood with the user's finger, but this is the physical characteristic that generates the touch event. It may be a stylus pen. It can also be a hardware input device.

The memory 210 provides a place to store computer code and data used in the device. For example, memory 210 may store firmware for a device, such as a basic input / output system, an operating system, various programs, applications, or any other routines including user interface functions, processor functions, Can be stored. Particularly, in the present invention, the address book management application 100 is stored in the memory 210. The commands constituting the address book management application 100 are stored in the memory. These instructions, which are comprised of program modules, cause the processor to perform the following actions set by the application 100 when executed by the processor 200:

In the address book management application 100 of the present invention, a function module for accessing a database of a server by communicating with a service server as an external device, a user interface for displaying data provided by the service server through a screen of the electronic device, Function modules are important. Other major modules include, by way of example:

A module that logs in and connects to a service server. Preferably, you can log in to your Facebook account and log in to your email account. The login account must be registered in the service server in advance.

A module that registers basic information to a service server. The user can register his / her human factor item in the service server in advance.

And a module for browsing the human factor information of the contact list for the second network account connected thereto.

Module for creating, modifying, and deleting a second network account and a new connection.

A contact grouping level is defined to designate a contact grouping level for the second network account, and an item of the disclosed human factor information is given according to the level.

A module for transmitting an update action event to a server via a communication network and requesting a corresponding update action when an update action for the second network account occurs in the user interface,

A module for displaying activity information of a connected second network account,

In addition, among the human factor information displayed in the graphical user interface of the application, a module for executing communication when the input means selects the telephone number, e-mail, and a web link, a module for exchanging messages between users, A module for uploading and editing a specific image by accessing a stored image gallery, and a module for outputting an alarm when important events such as message reception or connection request of a new user occur. It shall be in accordance with the regulations stipulated by the OS of the electronic device. Meanwhile, in another embodiment of the present invention, the address book management application 100 may access the address book 215 stored in the memory 210.

The application software 100 including these functional modules is executed through the processor 200. [

The processor 200 executes the computer code with the operating system and performs operations to generate and use the data. The processor 200 may also use a series of instructions to receive and process input and output data between components of the device. In addition, the processor 200 controls the processing of the process related to the installation, display, and execution of the application software, and particularly controls the change of the GUI element of the electronic device to be ensured by the operating system software and executed by the application software.

The processor 200 also activates the communication module 230 in response to the execution of the address book management application 100 and the event selected by the input means 240 in the executed application 100 and communicates with the service server, Allowing the method to be implemented in an electronic device.

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The general principle and configuration of the present invention has now been found. Now let's explain how a technology configuration implements a process. The process of the present invention proposes a contact list management method of a new electronic device through interdependency of network relations. The shared human factor item of the first network account user and the human factor shared item of the second network account user are mutually dependent. The best mode of the present invention is that the user account is registered in the service server in advance and that the address book is stored in the storage of the service server instead of the memory of the electronic device. In short, it is preferable to configure it as a server-based service. Thereby, even if the user device is lost or the application is deleted, information loss does not occur. It also makes it easier for users to access the address book of others.

4 illustrates a process of defining a correlation between users in a contact list management method of an electronic device managed through interdependency of network relations according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. The human factor items shared by that relationship are determined.

First, the electronic device of the first network account executes the address book management application and accesses the contact list registered in advance in the server (S100). This contact list means contact information for N (N is an integer greater than 1) second network account.

The user defines the item of the human factor information of the account (the first network account) (S200). This step defines my information to be shared for one or more contact grouping levels. In some preferred embodiments, the user may pre-specify one or more contact grouping levels. In another preferred embodiment, one or more contact grouping levels may be defined by default by the application. The default level can be modified by the user. For example, the contact grouping level can be designated as <non-classification connection>, <business>, <friendship relationship>, <family>. My human factor information shared for each level can be set differently.

In addition, the contact grouping level defined in step S200 may be specified for the second network account included in the contact list (S300). By doing this, it is possible to change the shared user information depending on which level is designated.

The steps S100 to S300 may be performed in a time-wise manner, but not always. It is natural that the step S100 is executed after the step S200 is executed first. Also, the items of the human factor of the first network account can be modified at any time, and artificial execution of step S300 is unnecessary in such a modification event. If S200 is executed first, it is also possible to execute only steps S100 and S300. Therefore, the order of each step is not important.

Figure 5 intuitively shows the interdependencies in the method of the present invention.

The user (the electronic device of the first network account) executes the address book management application to execute the update of the human factor information for the second network account registered in advance (S400). Such update actions include, for example:

Changing the information of the human factor of the first network account. For example, changing job information, modifying cell phone numbers, or changing email or address.

Change event of the contact grouping level to which the second network account belongs. For example, there may be an event such as upgrading the contact grouping level specified in any second network account (P) of the second network account from business to friend relationship or downgrading from friend relationship to non-classification. Then, in step S500, the shared human factor is changed according to the level. By doing so, you can change the sharing of e-mail addresses before or after this update action, or you can change the shared cell number.

A disconnection event for the second network account. If I disconnect the relationship with a particular network account (Q), then in step S500 below, information about me in the address book of the second network account (Q) may disappear. Sharing of my human factors is stopped for users of Q accounts.

When step S400 is executed, the electronic device of the first network account notifies the service server via the communication network of the corresponding update action request. Then, the service server automatically generates a corresponding update action for the second network account (account of Connections) related to the update action (S500). The data is modified on the server.

When the electronic device of the second network account accesses the service server, the service server provides the changed information at least for the first network account. The changed information may be displayed or the existence may disappear (in the case of the relationship disconnection event, the update action in step S400).

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Figures 6 to 10 illustrate scenarios in a user interface of an address book management application implementing the method of each step of the present invention.

6 illustrates a user interface 110 in which a user (a first network account) executes an application in an electronic device to enter and display basic information. The user information can be registered in the service server by inputting the user's human factor. A home telephone number, a company address, an e-mail address, and the like, in addition to the image area 112, the name area 114, the occupation area 116, the mobile phone number area 117, Address, web site address, and the like can be added as an additional area by selecting the add button 119. [ Further, a plurality of pieces of information may be added for each area.

In the image area 112, an image can be uploaded by selecting a camera icon. For example, by selecting a camera icon, a user can access a photo gallery of a device and select and upload an image stored in the gallery. By registering multiple images on the server, different images can be displayed according to the level.

In FIG. 6, three names are registered in the name area 114. By registering a plurality of names as described above, it is possible to display different names in the second network account according to the level. Similarly, a plurality of job information can be registered in the job area 116 as well.

The user interface 120 of FIG. 7 represents the status of the grouping level information of the second network account connected to the user (first network account). In this example, the contact grouping level is defined as Family, Best Friends, Business 1, Just People. A Family Area 121, a Best Friends Area 123, a Business 1 Area 125, and a Just Peaple Area 127 are allocated to the user. Connections pertaining to each level, i.e. the number of the second network account, may be displayed in these areas. Representative images may be displayed together.

Particularly important in the present invention is that the user's human factors described in FIG. 6 are displayed differently for each level. See FIG. 8 is a user interface 130 illustrating how my information (user information of the first network account) displayed on the user screen of the second network account belonging to the level of the Business 1 area 123 of FIG. 7 is displayed .

The user image in the profile photo area 132 is a user image displayed on the screen of the connection belonging to this level. And is preferably one of images shown at 112 in Fig. The background image area 131 can be edited using an image stored in the device using a camera icon.

The user identification area 133 displays name and workplace information. In Fig. 6, the name was 3 and the workplace information was 2. The user identification information designated in this level (Business 1 area) is displayed.

In the mobile phone number area 135, the telephone number of the user registered in advance and the e-mail information of the user registered in advance in the e-mail area 137 are displayed.

Thus, the information displayed in the areas 131, 132, 133, 135, and 137 will be displayed on the user screen of the second network account belonging to the Business 1 level. The user list area 139 shows a list of second network accounts belonging to this level. Preferably only images and names can be shown. And the specific second network account displayed in the list area 139 is selected. The user interface 140 of FIG. 9 is then displayed.

9 is an example of a user interface 140 showing the human factor information of another user (second network account) viewed by a user (first network account).

The human factor information displayed at this time is also determined in advance by the user of the second network account, that is, <Astro Boy> in FIG. An image displayed in the background image area 131, an image displayed in the profile photo area 144a, a name and work information displayed in the user identification area 145, a mobile phone number displayed in the mobile number area 146, The email information displayed in the email area 147 is all registered by Astro Boy in his account. I am only seeing it and I am not authorized to modify it. What I am able to correct is the update action area 141 only.

The update action area 141 includes a grouping level change icon 142 and a relationship disconnection icon 143. When the user selects the grouping level change icon 142, a UI for selecting any one of Family, Best Friends, Just People, and Cancel described in FIG. 7 can be displayed. My information displayed in the <Astro Boy> account is then changed to a predetermined human factor of the selected grouping level. On the other hand, the user can select the relationship disconnection icon 143 to disconnect the relationship. Then my account will not show up in the <Astro Boy> account.

FIG. 10 illustrates a user interface 150 for informing me of activity information of connected users. A profile image (e.g., 151a, 155a), a name, an activity content, and a time may be displayed for each of the activity lines 151, 153, 155,

On the other hand, there are five items in the menu bar commonly shown in the bottom part of FIG. 7 to FIG. These items can be replaced with icons or displayed with icons. For example, Connections (1), Groups (3), Connect (5), Activites (7), and Settings (9).

The Connections (1) menu invokes user information associated with me, such as a list of connected users, a history of communication with the other, a list of users who have made a connection request.

The Groups (3) menu has been described with reference to FIGS. 7 to 9, and the Activites (7) menu has been described with reference to FIG.

The Connect (5) menu invokes a user interface that allows the user to search for new connections in real time. The service server can provide a list so that users can match or find each other.

The Setting (9) menu can be used to reset the basic information as shown in FIG. 6 or to invoke functions related to the utility of the application.

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The hardware and software configuration of the present invention, and the scenarios involved in the process and the process are described in detail. The principles and configurations of the present invention have now been clearly set out by those skilled in the art. For the reader of this specification, let us summarize again only a few features. Figure 11 more clearly visualizes the process according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Assume that the first network account user and the second network account user exchanged business cards (Fig. 11 (a)). The business card at this time does not mean a paper business card. Software business card that is stored in the server using an application. The first network account user and the second network account user are connected.

As shown in FIG. 11 (b), the first network account user has assigned a level to the second network account user. The level was not high. The meaning of not being high means that the human factor information of the first network account user visible to the second network account user is limited.

As we interacted more with each other, we got better. The first network account user has modified the level assigned to the second network account user as shown in FIG. 11 (c), wishing to be more closely connected. The level assigned to the second network account user is higher. Higher means that there is more human factor information of the first network account user shown to the second network account user.

On the other hand, the user may not feel the necessity of exchanging any more. You want to block the contact. As shown in FIG. 11 (d), the first network account user disconnects the relationship with the second network account user. Then the information about each other disappears between the two users. They can not see each other's human factors.

For reference, the contact list management method of the electronic device managed through the interdependency of the network relations according to the embodiment of the present invention is implemented in the form of a program command which can be executed through various computer means, . The computer-readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, and the like, alone or in combination. The program instructions recorded on the medium may be those specially designed and constructed for the present invention or may be available to those skilled in the art of computer software. Examples of computer-readable media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape, optical recording media such as CD-ROMs, DVDs, magneto-optical media such as floptical disks, A hard disk drive, a flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter, as well as machine accords such as those produced by a compiler. The hardware devices described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the present invention, and vice versa.

The scope of protection of the present invention is not limited to the description and the expression of the embodiments explicitly described in the foregoing. It is again to be understood that the present invention is not limited by the modifications or substitutions that are obvious to those skilled in the art.

Claims (3)

An electronic device of a first network account that communicates with an external device and manages an address book that runs an address book management application,
At least one processor for performing a predetermined function of the electronic device; And
And at least one memory in communication with the processor,
Wherein the memory comprises instructions that make up the address book management application, the instructions causing the processor to:
Accessing a contact list for N pre-registered second network accounts (N is an integer greater than 1);
Defining an item of human factor information of a shared first network account for each of one or more contact grouping levels preset by an address book management application or set by an input means of an electronic device;
Designating the contact grouping level for a second network account included in the contact list; And
Performing an operation of communicating an item of human factor information of the first network account shared through the address book of the second network account with an external device that is differentiated by the contact grouping level designated to the address book management application of the first network account .
Wherein the contact list is stored in a repository of a service server providing the address book management application and the human factor information is an item representing user information stored in a contact list, Wherein the items of the human factor information to be stored or shared are at the same level. (a) the electronic device input means of the first network account in the address book management application of the electronic device of the first network account generates an update action for the human factor information of the pre-registered second network account,
(b) the service server receives the update action and generates a corresponding update action for the human factor information of the first network account for the second network account,
(c) communicating with the service server when the electronic device of the second network account executes the address book management application to receive updated information so that the human factor information of the first network account before the step (a) is not displayed &Lt; / RTI &gt;
Wherein the human factor information is an item indicating user information stored in a contact list, the contact list is stored in a storage of a service server providing the address book management application, and the contact grouping level is stored in a contact account Or an item of shared human factor information is at a level determined at the same level. 3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the update action of step (a) includes: an information change event of a human factor of a first network account shared in the second network account; a change event of a contact grouping level to which the second network account belongs; Wherein the contact information is managed through an interdependency of a network relationship, which is one of association disconnection events.

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