Automated Contact Import via Cross-Platform Data Extraction

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users face inefficiencies in manually obtaining contact accounts from social platforms, as it is time-consuming and impractical to manually retrieve all historical connections.

Innovation Solution

A computer system and method that allows a user to access contact information from a third-party account by providing a user account on one platform, acquiring associated contact identifications from another platform, and retrieving account information to facilitate easy addition of contacts to the user's contact list.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If users manually obtain contact accounts from social platforms, then they can add contacts to their contact list, but it is time-consuming and impractical to retrieve all historical connections

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveease of adding contactsVSAvoidtime to retrieve contact accounts

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by automatically retrieving contact accounts from the social platform in the background before the user needs them. The contact information is pre-fetched and prepared, so when the user wants to add contacts, the data is already available, eliminating the time-consuming manual retrieval process.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system enables self-service by automatically performing the contact retrieval and addition process without requiring user intervention. The system autonomously accesses the social platform, extracts contact information, and populates the contact list, allowing the process to serve itself rather than requiring manual user actions.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

2Productivity

If users manually add contacts one by one, then they can build their contact list, but the process is impractical for historical connections

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecontact list building efficiencyVSAvoidtime to add historical connections

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system uses copying by retrieving contact information from the social platform and creating copies of this data locally in the contact list application. Instead of manually adding each contact individually, the system copies bulk contact data from the external platform and stores it locally, dramatically improving productivity in building the contact list.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

Solution Approach 2:

The system merges the contact management functionality of the local application with the contact data from the social platform. By combining these two sources and integrating the data, the system enables efficient bulk import of historical connections, transforming the impractical manual process into an automated efficient operation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Data Source

PatentUS9825929B2Systems and methods for importing relation chain and providing contact information

Publication Date: 2017.11.21 TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) CO LTD

AI summary

A computer system, serves as a first platform, provides a user with a first user account on the first platform. The user has a second user account on a second platform; the second user account includes a second contact identification associated with a contact of the user on the second platform; and the contact has a first contact account on the first platform associated with a first contact identification. The computer system also acquires the second contact identification from the second platform; acquires account information of the first contact account based on the second contact identification; and provides the account information of the first contact account to the user.