Method and system for providing communication party related information

摘要

Method of sharing contact lists, address books, buddy list between users that subscribe to a social networking service via voice calls, data calls, (SMS/MMS) or instant messages/chat. Alledged goal is to provide an improved mechanism of providing communication party related information similar to caller ID for voice calls, the information being more than the telephone number. Only example given of this information is number, name, relationship and degree of seperation.

主权项

1. A method of providing communication party related information to a party of a communication that comprises a first and a second party, said method comprising:
a procedure for automatically determining a party identifier of a third party, which is different from said first and said second party, on the basis of a contact list associated with said second party, and for automatically accessing a contact list of said third party, a procedure for automatically deriving an information element on the basis of said contact list of said third party and at least one of a party identifier of said first party and a party identifier of said second party, and a procedure for automatically providing said information element to one or both of said first and second party, wherein said procedure for automatically determining a party identifier of a third party comprises determining a common party identifier found in both a contact list associated with said first party and said contact list associated with said second party, the common party identifier being the third party identifier.