CLASSIFYING A PORTION OF USER CONTACT DATA INTO LOCAL CONTACTS

摘要

Contact data for contacts of a user is stored. Each of the contacts is ranked (e.g., based on stored profile information for each contact). In one embodiment, each of the contacts is classified as either a local contact or a directory contact based on the ranking to provide local contacts and directory contacts. The local contacts are provided for local storage on a user device of the user. A directory contact is provided to the user device from the directory contacts by the server (e.g., in response to a query from the user device).

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
storing contact data for each of a plurality of users including a first user, the contact data comprising a plurality of contacts for the first user; ranking each of the plurality of contacts to provide a first ranking associated with a first user device of the first user; classifying, by a server platform, each of the plurality of contacts as either a local contact or a directory contact based on the first ranking to provide a first set of local contacts and a first set of directory contacts; providing the first set of local contacts for local storage on the first user device, wherein the first set of local contacts includes a first local contact; and providing, by the server platform, to the first user device, a first directory contact from the first set of directory contacts.