Method, device and storage media for adding a friend in a social network

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10237367-B2
Application number	US-201414245605-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 4, 2014
Priority date	May 15, 2012
Publication date	Mar 19, 2019
Grant date	Mar 19, 2019

Abstract

The current application describes adding a friend in a social network. A friend adding request corresponding to a first user identification is obtained. Further, a second user identification is obtained according to the friend adding request. The invention then obtains a group that includes the first user identification and the second user identification. A verification request is generated according to information corresponding to the first user identification and sent to a terminal corresponding to the second user identification. After a friend adding confirmation request corresponding to the second user identification is obtained, the second user identification is added to a friend list corresponding to the first user identification. The current application also describes a device and a storage medium for adding a friend in a social network. The invention of the current application improves the operation convenience of adding a friend.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for adding a friend in a social network performed by a processor controlled by executable machine readable instructions provided on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, comprising:
obtaining by the processor a friend adding request from a first user identification, wherein the friend adding request includes a second user identification selected by the first user identification from a group to be added to a friend list of the first user identification, and wherein the first user identification and the second user identification are participants of the group for exchanging group communication, but not on each other's friend list;
automatically generating by the processor a verification request including (1) a first alias of the first user identification that is selected from one or more a plurality of aliases of the first user identification that are respectively chosen for the first user identification by other user identifications excluding the first user identification of the group on their respective friend lists and (2) a group name of the group;
sending by the processor the verification request to a terminal corresponding to the second user identification;
obtaining a friend adding confirmation request in response to the verification request from the second user identification;
obtaining by the processor a plurality of aliases of the second user identification that are set by other user identifications excluding the second user identification of the group on their respective friend lists;
sending the plurality of aliases of the second user identification to a terminal corresponding to the first user identification for a user selection of a second alias of the second user identification by the first user identification; and
adding by the processor the second alias of the second user identification to the friend list of the first user identification and storing the second alias of the second user identification.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first alias of the first user identification comprises at least a user name corresponding to the first user identification; and
wherein the first alias of the first user identification is obtained by at least one selected from the group consisting of:
obtaining by the processor the first alias of the first user identification according to user data corresponding to the first user identification; and
obtaining by the processor the first alias of the first user identification according to group card information of a first user corresponding to the first user identification in the group.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein adding the second user identification to a friend list of the first user identification further comprises:
obtaining by the processor subgroup information of a user identification in the group in the friend list of the first user identification; and
adding by the processor the second user identification to a corresponding subgroup in the friend list of the first user identification according to the subgroup information.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein adding the second user identification to a corresponding subgroup in the friend list of the first user identification according to the subgroup information comprises:
extracting by the processor a subgroup containing the largest number of user identifications, and
adding by the processor the second user identification to the subgroup containing the largest number of user identifications.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the verification request comprises:
generating by the processor verification information according to the plurality of aliases of the first user identification, and returning the verification information to a terminal corresponding to the first user identification;
obtaining by the processor a selection of the verification information; and
generating by the processor the verification request according to the selection of the verification information.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein generating the verification information comprises:
determining by the processor whether an alias of the one or more aliases of the first user identification is obtained;
if yes, generating by the processor the verification information according to the obtained alias of the one or more aliases of the first user identification; and
otherwise, generating by the processor the verification information according to user data corresponding to the first user identification.

7. A device for adding a friend in a social network, wherein the device comprises:
a processor;
a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium; and
a plurality of executable instructions stored in the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, wherein the processor is configured to execute the plurality of executable instructions to cause the device to:
obtain by the processor a friend adding request from a first user identification, wherein the friend adding request includes a second user identification selected by the first user identification from a group to be added to a friend list of the first user identification, and wherein the first user identification and the second user identification are participants of the group for exchanging group communication, but not on each other's friend list;
automatically generate by the processor a verification request including (1) a first alias of the first user identification that is selected from a plurality of aliases of the first user identification that are respectively chosen for the first user identification by other user identifications excluding the first user identification of the group on their respective friend lists and (2) a group name of the group;
send by the processor the verification request to a terminal corresponding to the second user identification;
obtain a friend adding confirmation request in response to the verification request from the second user identification;
obtain by the processor a plurality of aliases of the second user identification that are set by other user identifications excluding the second user identification of the group on their respective friend lists;
send the plurality of aliases of the second user identification to a terminal corresponding to the first user identification for a user selection of a second alias of the second user identification by the first user identification; and
add by the processor the second alias of the second user identification to the friend list of the first user identification and store the second alias of the second user identification.

8. The device of claim 7 , wherein the first alias of the first user identification comprises at least a user name corresponding to the first user identification; and
wherein the first alias of the first user identification is obtained by at least one selected from the group consisting of:
obtaining by the processor the first alias of the first user identification according to user data corresponding the first user identification; and
obtaining by the processor the first alias of the first user identification according to group card information of a first user corresponding to the first user identification in the group.

9. The device of claim 7 , wherein adding the second user identification to a friend list of the first user identification further comprises:
obtaining by the processor subgroup information of a user identification in the group in the friend list of the first user identification;
adding by the processor the second user identification to a corresponding subgroup in the friend list of the first user identification according to the subgroup information.

10. The devic

Assignees

• Tencent Tech Shenzhen Co Ltd

Inventors

• Mai Junming
• Li Yuhuang
• Liu Yuewen
• He Peng
• Chen Chuan
• Chen Weihua

Classifications

• H04L51/18 Primary

  Commands or executable codes · CPC title

• H04L67/306 Primary

  User profiles · CPC title

• H04L51/32

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L51/52 Primary

  for supporting social networking services · CPC title

• H04L9/32

  including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system {or for message authentication, e.g. authorization, entity authentication, data integrity or data verification, non-repudiation, key authentication or verification of credentials} · CPC title