SOCIAL NETWORK ADDRESS BOOK

摘要

A computer system for maintaining a social networking address book is provided. The computer system includes a user interface configured to present a social networking contact list to a user. The social networking contact list includes a plurality of contact entries related to a plurality of existing contacts of the user. The computer system further includes a search engine enabling the user to search the social networking contact list based on a user specified criteria. The computer system may store any desired contact information of personal connections the user may have, including not only conventional phone numbers, mailing addresses, and e-mail addresses, but also social networking user-names and account IDs. A social network created by the social networking address book may be implemented as a decentralized mesh network including a plurality of meshed nodes.

主权项

1. A method for adding a new contact to a social networking address book, the method comprising:
establishing, by a processor of a first node, a secure connection link with a processor of a second node, wherein the secure connection link is not an Internet-based communication link; exchanging, by the first and second nodes, handshake information using the secure connection link; generating, by the processor of the first node, an encryption key based on the exchanged handshake information; generating, by the processor of the first node, a first unique identifier corresponding to a relationship between the first node and the second node based on the generated encryption key; and adding the first unique identifier as a new contact information entry to the social networking address book.