Patent ID: 9219808
Filing Date: 2015-12-22
Classification: G06F,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for synchronizing between a first address book on a user terminal and a second address book on a social network service (SNS) network maintained by an SNS server containing at least a processor, comprising: determining, by the user terminal containing at least a processor, a synchronization target; when the synchronization target is determined as the first address book, downloading contact information from the second address book to the user terminal; when the synchronization target is determined as the SNS network address book, uploading, by the user terminal, contact information from the first address book to the SNS network; matching, by one of the user terminal and the SNS server, contact information in the first address book against contact information in the second address book; identifying, by one of the user terminal and the SNS server, based on the matching, a contact person having same contact information in the first address book and the second address book; and after the contact person is identified, synchronizing, by one of the user terminal and the SNS server, information of the contact person in the first address book and information of the contact person in the second address book; wherein before matching contact information in the first address book against contact information in the second address book, and when the contact information includes a phone number, the phone number is standardized according to one or more processing rules, including: wherein the synchronizing further includes: wherein when the synchronization target is the SNS network address book, wherein when the synchronization target is the terminal address book,