Patent ID: 9043419
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: subscribing, using at least one processor, a user of a first communication service to a second communication service; requesting a first user identifier for the user, wherein the first user identifier is associated with the first communication service; receiving the first user identifier; storing the first user identifier; storing a second user identifier after the user has subscribed to a second communication service, wherein the second user identifier is associated with the second communication service; associating the first user identifier with the second user identifier; receiving, from the first communication service, contact list information representative of a first contact list associated with the user and the first communication service; identifying user identities associated with the second communication service that correspond to user identities in the first contact list; and populating a second contact list with the identified user identities associated with the second communication service.