# US 2014/0195608 A1 · Mobile information processing terminal, social networking service system, server, and processing method

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- Number: US 2014/0195608 A1
- Document ID: US20140195608A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/149,163
- Filed: 2014-01-07
- Published: 2014-07-10
- Earliest claimed: 2013-01-09
- Assignees: Yahoo Japan Corporation
- Applicants: Yahoo Japan Corporation
- Inventors: Tomohito TAKUSARI; Hiromoto ONE
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140195608A1

## CPC

- G06Q 10/025: {Coordination of plural reservations, e.g. plural trip segments, transportation combined with accommodation}
- G06Q 10/40: Business processes related to social networking or social networking services
- H04L 51/52: for supporting social networking services
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M)

## Abstract

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

## Claims

### Claim 1

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 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.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The mobile information processing terminal according to claim 1, wherein
the reception unit receives an application identifier for uniquely identifying the application for the social networking service on the other mobile information processing terminal and the user identifier, and
the determination unit is configured to further determines whether the application identifier matches an application identifier of the social networking service on the mobile information processing terminal.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The mobile information processing terminal according to claim 1, comprising:
a second reception unit that receives through the close-range communication unit an attribute of a user identified by the user identifier received from the other mobile information processing terminal;
an extraction unit configured to extract data related to the attribute from data stored in the mobile information processing terminal; and
a second transmission unit that transmits through the close-range communication unit the data extracted by the extraction unit to the other mobile information processing terminal.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The mobile information processing terminal according to claim 1, wherein
the other mobile information processing terminal has a third transmission unit having a same function as the transmission unit of the mobile information processing terminal, and
the transmission unit of the mobile information processing terminal and the third transmission unit independently transmit a received user identifier to the server of the social networking service so as to register a user identified by the user identifier as a friend.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The mobile information processing terminal according to claim 1, wherein
when the user logs in on the mobile information processing terminal, the transmission unit transmits through the close-range communication unit the user identifier of the user who logs in, to the other mobile information processing terminal.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

A server comprising:
a reception unit that receives a user identifier of a user to be registered as a friend transmitted from a mobile information processing terminal according to claim 1; and
a registration unit that registers the user identified by the user identifier received by the reception unit as a friend of a user of the mobile information processing terminal.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

A processing method performed by a server comprising a reception unit and a registration unit, the method comprising:
receiving, by the reception unit, a user identifier of a user to be registered as a friend transmitted from the mobile information processing terminal according to claim 1; and
registering, by the registration unit, the user identified by the user identifier received in the receiving as a friend of a user of the mobile information processing terminal.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

A computer readable storage medium having stored therein a program for allowing a computer to function as:
a reception unit that receives a user identifier of a user to be registered transmitted from a mobile information processing terminal according to claim 1; and
a registration unit that registers the user identified by the user identifier received by the reception unit as a friend of a user of the mobile information processing terminal.

### Claim 9

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.

### Claim 10

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.

### Claim 11

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.