Method and device for marking an unrecognized number

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9826088-B2
Application number	US-201615209959-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 14, 2016
Priority date	Jul 28, 2015
Publication date	Nov 21, 2017
Grant date	Nov 21, 2017

Abstract

Described are method and devices for marking an unrecognized number. A method may include receiving an information acquisition request sent from a terminal when a first phone number of a correspondent node communicating with the terminal is detected to be an unrecognized number. The method may further include identifying a first social account corresponding to the first phone number by querying a preset corresponding relationship between at least one phone number and at least one social account. The method may further include detecting whether the first social account is a friend account of a second social account corresponding to a second phone number of the terminal. The method may further include, when the first social account is detected to be a friend account of the second social account, obtaining account information, and sending the account information to the terminal to mark the unrecognized number.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for marking an unrecognized phone number, comprising:
receiving, with a server, an information acquisition request sent from a terminal when a first phone number of a correspondent node communicating with the terminal is detected to be an unrecognized number, the information acquisition request including the first phone number;
identifying, with a server, at least one pre-existing first social account corresponding to the first phone number by querying a preset corresponding relationship between at least one phone number and at least one social account;
detecting, with a server, whether the at least one pre-existing first social account is a friend account of at least one pre-existing second social account corresponding to a second phone number of the terminal; and
when the at least one pre-existing first social account is detected to be a friend account of the at least one pre-existing second social account:
obtaining, with a server, account information of the at least one pre-existing first social account, and
sending, with a server, the account information to the terminal, wherein the account information is used for marking the unrecognized number.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein when a plurality of pre-existing first social accounts in a plurality of social application systems are identified as corresponding to the first phone number, detecting whether the at least one pre-existing first social account is a friend account of the at least one pre-existing second social account comprises:
for a given pre-existing first social account which belongs to a same social application system as a pre-existing second social account:
selecting a respective pre-existing second social account which belongs to the same respective social application system, and
detecting whether the pre-existing first social account is a friend account of the selected respective pre-existing second social account.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
when a plurality of respective pre-existing second social accounts are selected, before detecting whether a pre-existing first social account is a friend account of a selected respective pre-existing second social account:
selecting one of the plurality of selected respective pre-existing second social accounts which is most frequently used by the terminal;
selecting one of the plurality of selected respective pre-existing second social accounts which most recently logged onto the terminal; or
selecting one of the plurality of selected respective pre-existing second social accounts which is in a default social application system.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein obtaining the account information of the at least one pre-existing first social account comprises at least one of:
obtaining note information corresponding to the at least one pre-existing first social account from related information corresponding to the at least one pre-existing second social account; or
obtaining at least one of an account name, a nickname, or an icon of the at least one pre-existing first social account.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, from the correspondent node, a sharing instruction to share the account information of the at least one pre-existing first social account; and
setting an attribute of the account information of the at least one pre-existing first social account as allowing for sharing, wherein the account information of the at least one pre-existing first social account whose attribute is set as allowing for sharing is allowed to be shared to a terminal on which a friend account of the at least one pre-existing first social account is logged in.

6. A device for marking an unrecognized phone number, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory configured to store processor executable instructions;
wherein, the processor is configured to:
receive, with a server, an information acquisition request sent from a terminal when a first phone number of a correspondent node communicating with the terminal is detected to be an unrecognized number, the information acquisition request including the first phone number;
identify, with a server, at least one pre-existing first social account corresponding to the first phone number by querying a preset corresponding relationship between at least one phone number and at least one social account;
detect, with a server, whether the at least one pre-existing first social account is a friend account of at least one pre-existing second social account corresponding to a second phone number of the terminal; and
when the at least one pre-existing first social account is detected to be a friend account of the at least one pre-existing second social account:
obtain, with a server, account information of the at least one pre-existing first social account, and
send, with a server, the account information to the terminal, wherein the account information is to be used for marking the unrecognized number.

7. The device of claim 6 , wherein the processor is configured to, when a plurality of pre-existing first social accounts in a plurality of social application systems are identified as corresponding to the first phone number:
for a given pre-existing first social account which belongs to a same social application system as a pre-existing second social account:
select a respective pre-existing second social account which belongs to the same respective social application system, and
detect whether the pre-existing first social account is a friend account of the selected respective pre-existing second social account.

8. The device of claim 7 , wherein the processor is configured to, when a plurality of respective pre-existing second social accounts are selected, before detecting whether a pre-existing first social account is a friend account of a selected respective pre-existing second social account:
select one of the plurality of selected respective pre-existing second social accounts which is most frequently used by the terminal;
select one of the plurality of selected respective pre-existing second social accounts which most recently logged onto the terminal; or
select one of the plurality of selected respective pre-existing second social accounts which is in a default social application system.

9. The device of claim 6 , wherein the processor is configured to:
obtain note information corresponding to the at least one pre-existing first social account from related information corresponding to the at least one pre-existing second social account; or
obtain at least one of an account name, a nickname, or an icon of the at least one pre-existing first social account.

10. The device of claim 6 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
receive, from the correspondent node, a sharing instruction to share the account information of the at least one pre-existing first social account; and
set an attribute of the account information of the at least one pre-existing first social account as allowing for sharing, wherein the account information of the at least one pre-existing first social account whose attribute is set as allowing for sharing is allowed to be shared to a terminal on which a friend account of the at least one pre-existing first social account is logged in.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein instructions for marking an unrecognized phone number, the instructions configured to, when executed by a processor of a mobile terminal, cause the server to:
receive an information acquisition request sent from a terminal when a first phone number of a correspondent node communicating with the terminal is detec

Assignees

• Xiaomi Inc

Inventors

• Chen Zhijun
• Long Fei
• Zhang Tao

Classifications

• G06Q10/40

  Business processes related to social networking or social networking services · CPC title

• G06Q10/00

  Administration; Management · CPC title

• H04W4/16 Primary

  Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold · CPC title

• H04M3/42068 Primary

  where the identifier is used to access a profile · CPC title

• H04L67/306

  User profiles · CPC title