Patent ID: 9406081
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: by one or more computing devices of a social-networking system, providing to a user of a wireless service provider a scannable reference code identifying the user, wherein the user is associated with the social-networking system; by the one or more computing devices, upon receiving a scan of the scannable reference code by a mobile computing device, providing, to the mobile computing device, an indication for the user to provide credentials to log in to the wireless service provider, wherein the credentials comprise a PIN provided by user input; by the one or more computing devices, after the user logs in to the wireless service provider, receiving first contact information for contacts of the user from the wireless service provider based at least on the scannable reference code, wherein the first contact information is maintained by the wireless service provider; and by the one or more computing devices, synchronizing the received first contact information with second contact information for contacts of the user, wherein the second contact information is maintained by the social-networking system.