Portable Terminal Phone Book SNS Interlocking System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current messaging services between social network service (SNS) and phone book entries on portable terminals are inconvenient, requiring users to manually input or search for friend information across different platforms, and do not allow seamless integration of friends lists between the phone book and SNS.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that interlocks the phone book of a portable terminal with SNS, allowing users to search, extract, and transmit information in a standardized format to SNS servers, enabling access to friends without logging into each SNS individually, and updates the phone book with matching SNS IDs and subscription status information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users manually input or search for friend information on SNS platforms, then friend information can be added to SNS, but user convenience deteriorates and operation complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary mechanism that automatically matches phone book information with SNS friend information. The system acts as a mediator between the phone book and SNS platforms, performing automatic information matching and friend addition without requiring manual user input, thereby resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and operation complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent performs preliminary actions by pre-storing and pre-processing friend information in the phone book before SNS interaction. The system prepares the information in advance in a standardized format, so that when SNS friend addition is needed, the matching and addition process can occur automatically without requiring users to manually search or input information, thus improving ease of operation
2Loss of information
If users log into each SNS individually to access friends, then complete friend information can be obtained, but time consumption increases and service efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple SNS friend information accesses into a single unified operation. By establishing a one-time correspondence relationship between the phone book and SNS platforms, the system combines the information retrieval function of multiple SNS logins into a single phone book-based access point, thereby obtaining complete friend information without the time loss of individual logins
Solution Approach 2:
The patent makes the phone book serve multiple functions by enabling it to not only store contact information but also to directly access and manage friends across multiple SNS platforms. This multi-functional approach allows the phone book to universally access friend information from different SNS services without requiring separate login operations for each platform, reducing time consumption while maintaining information completeness
3Adaptability or versatility
If phone book and SNS friends lists are kept separate, then each service maintains its independence, but service integration deteriorates and user experience decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a copied correspondence relationship between phone book information and SNS friend information. Instead of directly merging the two separate systems, the system establishes a mapping relationship where phone book entries are copied and matched with corresponding SNS friend data. This approach maintains the independence and stability of both services while achieving effective integration, as each service retains its original structure but can access and share friend information through the established correspondence
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AI summary
A method and system of providing a Social Network Service (SNS) interlocking with a phone book of a portable terminal are provided. The method includes searching for an item that corresponds to subscriber information of the SNS, extracting information that corresponds to the searched item from the phone book of the portable terminal, converting the information into a specified data format, transmitting the information to an SNS server, searching for values that coincide with the received information converted into the specified data format, converting the searched values and corresponding SNS IDs into the specified data format, and transmitting the converted values and the corresponding SNS IDs to the portable terminal.