Cloud-Mediated Contact Establishment Without Sharing User IDs

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing communication methods require users to know the mobile phone numbers or network IDs of the other party, leading to inconvenience and privacy leakage when sharing contact information.

Innovation Solution

A communication establishment method and apparatus that allows users to establish connections through a second user, using a cloud service to facilitate communication without revealing the target user's personal information, and enabling the option to save or display this information later with consent.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If users share mobile phone numbers or network IDs directly to establish communication, then communication can be established quickly, but the target user's personal information is leaked and the assistant user feels embarrassed

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecommunication establishment convenienceVSAvoidpersonal information leakage

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a cloud service as an intermediary to establish communication connections. Instead of directly sharing personal contact information between users, the cloud service mediates the connection process by generating temporary communication codes and managing the connection establishment, thereby protecting users' personal information while enabling communication.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent uses virtual communication codes as copies of actual contact information. These codes can be shared instead of real phone numbers or IDs, serving the same communication establishment function while not revealing sensitive personal data. The codes are temporary and can be revoked, providing an additional layer of privacy protection.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

2Reliability

If users must know the other party's contact information before communication, then direct communication is possible, but user convenience is reduced when contacting new people

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecommunication connection stabilityVSAvoiduser operation convenience

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements preliminary actions by pre-generating virtual communication codes and establishing cloud service connections before actual communication needs arise. Users can prepare their communication profiles and codes in advance, so when they need to contact someone new, the process is simplified to just sharing the code rather than exchanging full contact information.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The cloud service platform provides universal communication establishment capabilities that work across different scenarios. The same virtual code mechanism can be used for various types of communication (voice, text, video) and different social contexts, eliminating the need for different approaches when contacting different types of people.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS12588082B2Communication establishment method and apparatus and storage medium

Publication Date: 2026.03.24 VIVO MOBILE COMM CO LTD

AI summary

The present application discloses a communication establishment method and apparatus and a storage medium, and belongs to the technical field of communication. The method includes: establishing a target communication connection with a target user through a second user in a process of communicating with the second user, and communicating with the target user based on the target communication connection. The personal information of the target user is hidden in the target communication connection.