Method and device for adding contact information

A method for adding contact information, comprising:

• receiving, by a server, a contact information sharing request for providing contact information of a target contact in an address book of a first terminal device to a second terminal device from the first terminal device;
• wherein the contact information sharing request carries the contact information of the target contact, and the contact information of the target contact comprises:
• a name and an account ID of the target contact, and an ID of the second terminal device;
• generating, by the server, contact displaying information of the target contact, which comprises the contact information of the target contact, wherein the contact displaying information comprises a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of a contact information page, which comprises the contact information of the target contact;
• and
• sending, by the server, a communication message, which carries the contact displaying information, to the second terminal device using the ID of the second terminal device;
• wherein the second terminal device displays the contact displaying information on a communication interface, obtains the contact information of the target contact when a select instruction corresponding to the contact displaying information of the target contact is received and adds the contact information of the target contact to an address book,
• wherein the contact displaying information comprises:
• partial or all of the contact information of the target contact;
• the communication interface is a communication interface of WeChat;
• the target contact is a WeChat contact and the address book is a WeChat book.

A terminal device, comprising:

• a reception module, to receive a communication message, which carries contact displaying information of a target contact, from a server;
• wherein the contact displaying information of the target contact is generated by the server using contact information of the target contact obtained from a contact information sharing request, and
• wherein the contact information sharing request is used for a first terminal device to provide the contact information of the target contact in an address book of the first terminal device to a second terminal device and the contact information of the target contact comprises:
• a name and an account ID of the target contact, and an ID of the second terminal device;
• a displaying module, to display the contact displaying information comprising the contact information of the target contact on a communication interface, wherein the contact displaying information comprises a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of a contact information page, which comprises the contact information of the target contact;
• and
• an adding module, to obtain contact information of the target contact when a select instruction corresponding to the contact displaying information of the target contact is received and add the contact information of the target contact to an address book,
• wherein the contact displaying information comprises:
• partial or all of the contact information of the target contact;
• the communication interface is a communication interface of WeChat;
• the target contact is a WeChat contact and the address book is a WeChat book.

A server, comprising:

• a reception module, to receive a contact information sharing request for providing contact information of a target contact in an address book of a first terminal device to a second terminal device from the first terminal device,
• wherein the contact information sharing request carries the contact information of the target contact, and the contact information of the target contact comprises:
• a name and an account ID of the target contact, and an ID of the second terminal device;
• a generation module, to generate contact displaying information of the target contact, which comprises the contact information of the target contact wherein the contact displaying information comprises a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of a contact information page, which comprises the contact information of the target contact;
• and
• a transmission module, to send a communication message, which carries the contact displaying information, to the second terminal device using the ID of the second terminal device;
• wherein the second terminal device displays the contact displaying information on a communication interface, obtains the contact information of the target contact when a select instruction corresponding to the contact displaying information of the target contact is received and adds the contact information of the target contact to an address book,
• wherein the contact displaying information comprises:
• partial or all of the contact information of the target contact;
• the communication interface is a communication interface of WeChat;
• the target contact is a WeChat contact and the address book is a WeChat book.