Mobile information processing terminal, social networking service system, server, and processing method

A social networking service system comprising

• a mobile information processing terminal and a server are communicably connected with each other, wherein
• the mobile information processing terminal comprising:
• a close-range communication unit that perform close-range communications with other mobile information processing terminal;
• a reception unit that receives through the close-range communication unit a user identifier for uniquely identifying a user of an application for a social networking service on the other mobile information processing terminal;
• a determination unit configured to determine whether there is a match between the social networking service on the other mobile information processing terminal and a social networking service on the mobile information processing terminal;
• and
• a transmission unit that, when the determination unit determines that there is a match, transmits the received user identifier to a server of the social networking service so as to register a user identified by the user identifier as a friend, and
• the server comprising:
• a reception unit that receives the user identifier of the user to be registered as a friend transmitted from the mobile information processing terminal;
• and
• a registration unit that,registers the user identified by the user identifier as a friend of a user of the mobile information processing terminal.

A processing method performed by a mobile information processing terminal comprising a close-range communication unit that performs close-range communications with other mobile information processing terminal, a reception unit, a determination unit, and a transmission unit, the method comprising:

• receiving, by the reception unit and through the close-range communication unit, a user identifier for uniquely identifying a user of an application for a social networking service on the other mobile information processing terminal;
• determining, by the determination unit, whether there is a match between the social networking service on the other mobile information processing terminal and a social networking service on the mobile information processing terminal;
• and
• transmitting, by the transmission unit, when the determination unit determines that there is a match, the received user identifier to a server of the social networking service so as to register the user identified by the user identifier as a friend.

A computer readable storage medium having stored therein a program for allowing a computer to function as:

• a close-range communication unit that performs close-range communications with other mobile information processing terminal;
• a reception unit that receives through the close-range communication unit a user identifier for uniquely identifying a user of an application for a social networking service on the other mobile information processing terminal;
• a determination unit configured to determine whether there is a match between the social networking service on the other mobile information processing terminal and a social networking service on the mobile information processing terminal;
• and
• a transmission unit that, when the determination unit determines that there is a match, transmits the received user identifier to a server of the social networking service so as to register a user identified by the user identifier as a friend.