System and method for managing contact information requests in a network
OwnerBhavin Turakhiainventor
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Abstract
In example embodiments, a system and method for managing contact information requests in a network are provided. When a first user does not have a particular value for a contact, the first user may trigger a process to obtain the value. Accordingly, a request is received at a contact management system from a user device of the first user that requests the value. A second user that is socially connected to the first user and having the value for the contact in an address book of the second user is determined. An electronic message is sent to a user device of the second user requesting the second user to provide the value to the first user. The value is provided to the first user based on an approval by the second user in response to the electronic message.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving, at a contact management system from a user device of a first user, a request requesting a value for a contact;
- selecting, using a processor of a machine, a second user socially connected to the first user and having the value for the contact in an address book of the second user;
- sending an electronic message to a user device of the second user requesting the second user to provide the value to the first user;
- and
- providing the value to the first user based on an approval by the second user in response to the electronic message.
A tangible machine-readable storage medium having instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, performs operations comprising:
- receiving, at a contact management system from a user device of a first user, a request requesting a value for a contact;
- selecting a second user socially connected to the first user and having the value for the contact in an address book of the second user;
- sending an electronic message to a user device of the second user requesting the second user to provide the value to the first user;
- and
- providing the value to the first user based on an approval by the second user in response to the electronic message.
A system comprising:
- a processor of a machine;
- a request module to receive, at a contact management system from a user device of a first user, a request requesting a value for a contact in an address book of the first user;
- a social contact module to select, using the processor of a machine, a second user socially connected to the first user and having the value for the contact in an address book of the second user;
- a data exchange module to send an electronic message to a user device of the second user requesting the second user to provide the value to the first user;
- and
- a value provision module to provide the value to the first user based on an approval by the second user in response to the electronic message.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.