METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY MATCHING CONTACTS
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1. A method comprising:
- retrieving one or more entries from a contact list;
retrieving one or more entries from a members list of a social networking service; and
automatically matching the one or more entries of the contact list with one or more respective entries of the members list according to predetermined criteria.
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Abstract
An approach is provided for automatically matching contacts between a contact list and a members list of a social networking service. A contact matching platform retrieves one or more entries from a contact list and one or more entries from a members list of a social networking service. The platform then automatically determines matches between the entries from the contact list and the entries from the members list according to predetermined criteria.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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retrieving one or more entries from a contact list; retrieving one or more entries from a members list of a social networking service; and automatically matching the one or more entries of the contact list with one or more respective entries of the members list according to predetermined criteria. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following, retrieve one or more entries from a contact list, retrieve one or more entries from a members list of a social networking service, and automatically match the one or more entries from the contact list with one or more respective entries in the members list according to predetermined criteria. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer-readable storage medium carrying one or more sequences of one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause an apparatus to perform at least the following:
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retrieving one or more entries from a contact list; retrieving one or more entries from a members list of a social networking service; and automatically matching the one or more entries of the contact list with one or more respective entries of the members list according to predetermined criteria. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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