WO2012162939A1

WO2012162939A1 - Method for providing contact information based on verification information

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Publication number: WO2012162939A1
Application number: PCT/CN2011/077959
Authority: WO
Inventors: 镇立新; 龙腾; 陈青山; 罗希平; 曹璐
Original assignee: 上海合合信息科技发展有限公司
Priority date: 2011-05-30
Filing date: 2011-08-03
Publication date: 2012-12-06
Also published as: CN102333302A

Abstract

Provided is a method for providing contact information based on verification information. According to the method: receiving a request message from a request device for requesting personal related information of a contact and first verification information, the request message comprises requester information and confirmation information for confirming the identity of the contact; querying in an information base storing the personal related information of a plurality of contacts and a plurality of second verification information respectively corresponding to the personal related information, to confirm that the personal related information contains the confirmation information and a matched contact that the second verification information corresponding to the personal related information is identical with the first verification information; and providing the personal related information of the matched contact to the request device, thereby saving manual input of contact information.

Description

Method for providing contact information based on verification information

The present invention belongs to the field of networks, and in particular, to a method for providing contact information based on verification information. Background technique

With the popularity of mobile phones, it has become one of the most commonly used electronic devices in people's daily lives. Calls and text messages are the two most basic functions of a mobile phone, and the two most basic functions are inseparable from the contact list in the phone. Whether you are calling the other party or sending a text message to the other party, you often need to activate your contact list to find the contact you need. Usually, the contact list is not originally available, but requires the user to create it. A common way for users to create a new contact is to first select the "Add Contact" function bar, then enter the contact's name, then enter the contact's phone number, email, and more. This way of establishing contacts is extremely inconvenient. On the one hand, because the contact information is completely manual input, it is both cumbersome and time consuming; on the other hand, the user may only know the other party's mobile phone number when establishing the contact, but does not know the other party's E-mail, if you need to enter the other party's e-mail, you need to ask the other party first, and then add it after you know it. This operation is also extremely inconvenient. Also, many mobile phone contact lists now have saved contact avatars. The function, and to get the contact avatar, is also extremely inconvenient at the moment.

How to solve the above problems has become a technical problem to be solved by those skilled in the art. Summary of the invention

It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for providing contact information based on verification information to facilitate a requester to establish a contact list.

In order to achieve the above and other objects, the present invention provides a method for providing contact information based on verification information, including the following steps: 1) receiving request information from the requesting device for requesting personal related information of the contact, wherein the request information includes confirmation information for determining the identity of the contact;

X) receiving first verification information from the requesting device for verifying whether the corresponding contact authorization is obtained;

I) inquiring in a database of personal related information storing a plurality of contacts and a plurality of second verification information respectively corresponding to the personal related information, to determine whether the personal related information includes the confirmation information And the second verification information corresponding to the personal related information is the same matching contact as the first verification information;

I I ) When it is determined that the matching contact is present, the personal related information of the matching contact is provided to the requesting device.

In summary, the method for providing contact information of the present invention provides the contact personal related information in the information base to the requester according to the requester's request and the verification information, so as to facilitate the requester to establish the contact list. DRAWINGS

1 is a flow chart of a method for providing contact information based on verification information according to an aspect of the present invention;

2 is a flow diagram of a method for providing contact information based on verification information in accordance with another aspect of the present invention. detailed description

1 is a flow diagram of a method for providing contact information based on verification information in accordance with an aspect of the present invention. The method according to the present invention is mainly implemented in a processor or an operating system of a computer, and therefore, the processor or operating system will be collectively referred to as a contact information providing device hereinafter.

First, in step S11, the contact information providing device receives request information from a requesting device for requesting personal related information of a contact, wherein the requesting device includes Not limited to: mobile phones, PDAs, etc. The request information includes confirmation information for determining the identity of the contact. The confirmation information for determining the identity of the contact includes, but is not limited to, at least one of the following: 1) the name of the contact; 2) the telephone number of the contact; 3) the email address of the contact; 4) the instant of the contact Communication account number, such as QQ number, MSN account number, etc.; 5) contact company name; 6) contact department; 7) contact person's position; 8) contact address and so on.

For example, when the requester A wants to add the contact B to the contact list of his mobile phone, the requester A transmits a request message including the name of the contact B to the contact information providing device via the mobile phone.

Next, in step S12, the contact information providing device performs an inquiry in an information base storing personal related information of a plurality of contacts and a plurality of second verification information respectively corresponding to the personal related information, to determine Whether there is a matching contact in the personal related information that contains the confirmation information.

For example, the request information providing device receives the request information from the requesting device X in step S11, including: the confirmation information "name is Wang San", and the contact information providing device obtains the query in the information base, and obtains The personal contact information includes the matching contact of "Name is Wang San" as contact a and contact! ).

For example, the request information providing device receives the request information from the requesting device Y in step S11, including: the confirmation information "QQ number is 123456", after the contact information providing device queries the information base, The matching contact that contains the "QQ number is 123456" in the personal related information is the contact c.

It should be noted that those skilled in the art should understand that the information base may be a information base set in any device accessible by the contact information providing device, for example, the information base is set in contact information. Providing a repository of information in a web server accessible by the device; for example, the repository is a repository located in a computer where the contact information providing device is located. In addition, the second verification information corresponding to the personal related information of each contact is usually preset by the corresponding contact, and may be updated at any time. The second verification information may be letters, numbers, Chinese characters, and the like. Also, as a preference, the same contact can submit multiple groups when submitting personal related information. Personal related information, each set of related information corresponds to a second verification information. For example, the personal information about contact a is as follows:

The first group of personal related information: Name Li Yi, QQ number is 22222, the manager of company A, the corresponding second verification information is: SSSS;

The second group of personal related information: Name Li Yi, MSN user name is fff iL com, the corresponding second verification information is: 5555.

Next, in step S13, the contact information providing device determines whether the number of the matching contacts is 1, and if so, proceeds to step S14, otherwise proceeds to step S18.

For example, the contact information providing device obtains the matching contact as the contact a and the contact b in step S12, and the contact information providing device determines that the number of matching contacts is not 1, and proceeds to step S18.

For example, the contact information providing device obtains the matching contact as the contact c in step S22, and the contact information providing device determines that the number of matching contacts is 1, and proceeds to step S14.

Next, in step S14, the contact information providing device transmits request information requesting the provision of the first verification information to the requesting device.

For example, the contact information providing device obtains the number of matching contacts after the information database query is 1 based on the confirmation information from the requesting device X, and the contact information providing device sends a request to the requesting device X to provide the first school. Information request information.

Next, in step S15, the contact information providing device determines whether the first verification information sent back by the requesting device is received, and if yes, proceeds to step S16, otherwise ends.

In step S16, the contact information providing device determines whether the received first verification information is the same as the second verification information corresponding to the personal related information of the matching contact, and if yes, proceeds to step S17, otherwise Go to step S19.

In step S17, the contact information providing device provides personal related information of the matching contact to the requesting device. The personal related information includes but is not limited to at least one of the following Items: 1) Contact information; such as phone number, email, instant messaging account such as QQ number, address, etc. 2) avatar information; 3) business card image information; 4) audio and video information and so on.

For example, the matching contact selected by the contact information providing device is the contact a, and the second verification information corresponding to the personal information of the contact a is determined to be the same as the first verification information from the requesting device X2. Then, the contact information providing device transmits the personal information of the contact a to the requesting device X2.

In step S18, the contact information providing device transmits information confirming the identity failure to the requesting device.

For example, in step S12, the contact information providing device selects, from the information base, a matching contact including the confirmation information "name is Zhang San" from the requesting device X4 in the personal information as the contact el and the contact. E2, the contact information providing device sends a message to the requesting device X4 to confirm that the contact identity has failed.

In step S19, the contact information providing device transmits information of the verification information error to the requesting device.

For example, the contact information providing device determines in step S16 that the first verification information from the requesting device X5 is different from the second verification information corresponding to the personal related information that the matching contact is the contact f, then the contact The person information providing device transmits information indicating that the verification information is incorrect to the requesting device X5.

In addition, as a preferred manner, when the contact information providing device includes the requester information in the request information received in step S11, the method further includes issuing a contact information based on the matching contact between steps S16 and S17. a step of inquiring whether the matching contact agrees to provide the personal related information to the requesting information of the requester corresponding to the requester information, and after receiving the agreed reply information, proceeding to step S17, and After receiving the disagreement reply message, the personal related information of the matching contact is not provided to the requesting device. The requester information includes but is not limited to at least one of the following: 1) the name of the requester; 2) the telephone number of the requester; 3) the email address of the requester; 4) the instant messaging account of the requester, such as QQ number, MSN account No.; 5) the name of the company of the requester; 6) the department of the requester; 7) the position of the requester; 8) the address of the requester, etc. The manner in which the contact information providing device determines the contact manner of the matching contact includes, but is not limited to: 1) being directly obtained from the personal related information of the matching contact; 2) based on the reservation of the matching contact. Get the contact information you specified, and more.

In addition, as another preferred manner, when the requesting device does not provide the requester information, the contact information providing device determines, in step S16, the received first verification information and the personal related information of the matching contact. After the corresponding second verification information is the same, the requesting device is again requested to provide the requester information, and after receiving the requestor information sent by the requesting device, and then issuing a request for inquiry based on the contact information of the matching contact. Whether the matching contact agrees to provide its personal related information to the inquiry information of the requester corresponding to the requester information, and after receiving the agreed reply information, proceeds to step S17, and when receiving the disagreement After replying to the information, the notification device that refuses to provide the personal related information is sent to the requesting device that sent the request information.

2 is a flow diagram of a method of providing contact information based on verification information in accordance with another aspect of the present invention.

In step S21, the contact information providing device receives the request information and the first verification information of the personal related information of the requesting contact from the requesting device, where the request information includes the identifier for determining the identity of the contact. Confirmation information.

Next, in step S22, the contact information providing device performs an inquiry in the information base to determine whether the personal information includes the confirmation information and the second verification information corresponding to the personal related information is The matching contact with the same first verification information, if yes, proceeds to step S23, otherwise proceeds to step S24. The information base has been described in detail in step S12 shown in FIG. 1, and is hereby incorporated by reference.

For example, the contact information providing device receives the request information from the requesting device X6 in step S21, including the requester information "aaa" and the confirmation information "bbb3⁄4123.com", and the first verification information is "cl 23". The contact information providing device queries the information base whether the personal information of the contact includes "bbb3⁄412 3.com", and the second verification information corresponding to the personal information of the contact Whether it is the same as the first verification information "cl 23", and when the personal information of the contact contains "bbb3⁄4123.com", and the second verification information corresponding to the personal information of the contact and the first verification information" When cl 23" is the same, the contact information providing device determines that the contact is a matching contact, and proceeds to step S23, otherwise proceeds to step S24.

In step S23, the contact information providing device provides the personal related information of the matching contact to the requesting device.

For example, the contact information providing device queries the determined matching contact as the contact a5 in the information base based on the request information from the requesting device X8 and the first verification information, where the first group of the contacts a 5 The second verification information corresponding to the personal related information is the same as the first verification information, and the contact information providing device sends the first group of personal related information of the contact a5 to the requesting device X8.

In step S24, the contact information providing device transmits information confirming that the contact has failed to the requesting device.

For example, the contact information providing device queries the information base based on the request information from the requesting device X9 and the first verification information, and the personal related information that does not query the contact includes the request information from the requesting device X9. In the confirmation information, the contact information providing device transmits information confirming the contact failure to the requesting device X9.

For another example, the contact information providing device queries the information library based on the request information from the requesting device X0 and the first verification information, and the personal related information of the contact a1 is included in the request information from the requesting device X0. The confirmation information in the middle, but the second verification information corresponding to the personal information of all the groups of the contacts a1 is different from the first verification information, and the contact information providing device sends a confirmation to the requesting device X0. Contact failed information.

As still another preferred manner, the method of the present invention further includes the step of updating the information base based on personal related information submitted by the contact. For example, the contact information providing device stores the personal related information submitted by the new contact into the information base. For another example, the contact information providing device replaces the modified personal related information submitted by the contact c with the stored in the information base. Contact C's personal information.

As another preferred mode, the method of the present invention further includes providing the updated personal related information to the requesting device automatically or based on a request of the requesting device after the personal related information of the matching contact is updated.

For example, after the contact information providing device provides the personal related information of the contact d2 to the requesting device XI, and updates the information base based on the modified personal related information submitted by the contact d2, the contact is After updating the personal information of the contact d2, the person information providing device automatically transmits the updated personal information of the contact d2 to the requesting device XI.

For another example, after the contact information providing device provides the personal related information of the contact d3 to the requesting device X2, and further updates the information base based on the modified personal related information submitted by the contact d3, The contact information providing device updates the personal information of the contact d3. When the requesting device X2 activates the contact list, the update information for requesting the updated personal related information is issued, whereby the contact information providing device provides the personal related information of the updated contact d3 to the The request device X2.

In summary, the method for providing contact information based on the verification information of the present invention automatically provides the personal related information of the contact stored in the information base to the requester based on the request of the requester and the verification of the verification information. In order to save the trouble of the requester's own input, at the same time, storing the personal related information of the contact in the information base can also save the trouble of the contact distributing the paper business card. The above-described embodiments are merely illustrative of the principles and effects of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention. Any of the above-described embodiments may be modified by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Therefore, the scope of protection of the present invention should be as set forth in the claims.

Claims

Claim

A method for providing contact information based on verification information, comprising the steps of:

Receiving request information from the requesting device for providing personal related information of the contact, wherein the request information includes confirmation information for determining the identity of the contact;

The method also includes the steps of:

Receiving first verification information sent from the requesting device;

1) performing a query in a repository storing personal related information of a plurality of contacts and a plurality of second verification information respectively corresponding to the personal related information, to determine whether the personal related information includes the confirmation information and The second verification information corresponding to the personal related information is the same matching contact as the first verification information;

2) When it is determined that the matching contact is available, the personal related information of the matching contact is provided to the requesting device.

2. The method for providing contact information based on verification information according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

The repository is updated based on personally relevant information submitted by the contact.

3. The method for providing contact information based on verification information according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

After the personal related information of the matching contact is updated, the updated personal related information is automatically provided to the requesting device based on the request of the requesting device.

4. The method for providing contact information based on verification information according to claim 1, wherein: the method further comprises the following steps:

When it is determined that the matching contact is not available, the requesting device is sent a message confirming that the contact failed.

5. The method for providing contact information based on verification information according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises the following steps: Receiving requester information from the requesting device;

The step 2) further includes the following steps:

When it is determined that the matching contact is found, based on the contact manner of the matching contact, an inquiry is issued for inquiring whether the matching contact agrees to provide its personal related information to the requester corresponding to the requester information. Information, and after receiving the agreed reply message, providing the personal related information of the matching contact to the requesting device.

6. The method for providing contact information based on verification information according to claim 1, wherein: the confirmation information for determining the identity of the contact comprises at least one of the following:

The name of the contact person;

The phone number of the contact person;

Contact's email address;

Contact's instant messaging account;

The company name of the contact;

The department of the contact;

The position of the contact person;

The address of the contact.

7. The method for providing contact information based on verification information according to claim 1, wherein: the personal related information comprises at least one of the following:

Contact information;

Avatar information;

Business card image information;

Audio and video information.