Method and Apparatus for Importing and Exporting Contact

• US 20150112993A1
• Filed: 12/30/2014
• Published: 04/23/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Yang, Fen
• Application Number:
  US14/586,422
• Publication Number:
  US 20150112993A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/737
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2358 Change logging, detection, and notification replication G06F16/27
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2746 Sorting, e.g. according to history or frequency of use
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2757 by data transmission, e.g. downloading

Abstract

A method and an apparatus for importing and exporting a contact. The method includes: receiving a user identifier of a user and a data package sent by a terminal, where the data package includes a configuration file and a contact file corresponding to a contact group, the configuration file is used to store a correspondence between a group identifier (ID) and a file ID of the contact file, and the contact file is used to store contact information of a contact included in the contact group; acquiring, from the data package, the group ID and the file ID corresponding to the contact group; acquiring, from the data package according to the file ID, the contact information included in the contact group; and storing a correspondence between the user identifier, the group ID, and the contact information. In the present invention, group information can be retained.

Claims

1. A method for importing a contact comprising:

receiving a user identifier of a user and a data package that are sent by a terminal, wherein the data package comprises a configuration file and a contact file corresponding to a contact group, wherein the configuration file is used to store a correspondence between a group identifier (ID) of the contact group and a file ID of the contact file, and wherein the contact file corresponding to the contact group is used to store contact information of a contact that is part of the contact group;

acquiring, from the data package, the group ID of the contact group and the file ID of the contact file corresponding to the contact group;

acquiring, from the data package according to the file ID of the contact file, the contact information of the contact that is part of the contact group; and

storing a correspondence between the user identifier of the user, the group ID of the contact group, and the contact information of the contact that is part of the contact group.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein acquiring, from the data package, the group ID of the contact group and the file ID of the contact file corresponding to the contact group comprises:

acquiring the configuration file from the data package; and

acquiring, from the configuration file, the group ID of the contact group and the file ID of the contact file corresponding to the contact group.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein acquiring, from the data package according to the file ID of the contact file, the contact information of the contact that is part of the contact group comprises:

acquiring, from the data package according to the file ID of the contact file corresponding to the contact group, the contact file corresponding to the contact group; and

acquiring, from the contact file corresponding to the contact group, the contact information of the contact that is part of the contact group.

4. The method according to claim 1 further comprising:

receiving an export request message sent by the terminal, wherein the export request message carries the user identifier of the user and a contact export manner;

acquiring, when the contact export manner is a manner of exporting all contacts, the group ID of a corresponding contact group and contact information that is part of the contact group from a stored correspondence between the user identifier, the group ID of the contact group, and the contact information according to the user identifier of the user; and

sending the group ID of the contact group and the contact information that is part of the contact group to the terminal.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein sending the group ID of the contact group corresponding to the user and the contact information that is part of the contact group corresponding to the user to the terminal comprises:

creating a contact file corresponding to the contact group according to the contact information that is part of the contact group, wherein the contact file corresponding to the contact group is used to store contact information of a contact that is part of the contact group;

storing, in the configuration file, the correspondence between the group ID of the contact group and a file ID of the contact file corresponding to the contact group; and

packaging the configuration file and the contact file corresponding to the contact group into a data package, and sending an export response message to the terminal, wherein the export response message carries the data package.

6. The method according to claim 4, wherein, when the contact export manner is a manner of exporting one or more contacts, the export request message further carries contact ID(s) of the one or more contacts who need to be exported, and wherein before the sending the group ID of the contact group and the contact information that is part of the contact group to the terminal, the method further comprises acquiring, from the stored correspondence between the user identifier, the group ID of the contact group, and the contact information according to the user identifier of the user and the contact ID of the contact who needs to be exported, contact information of the contact who needs to be exported and the group ID of the contact group to which the contact who needs to be exported belongs.

7. The method according to claim 4, wherein, when the contact export manner is a manner of exporting a contact group, the export request message further carries the group ID of one or more contact groups that need to be exported;

and wherein before the sending the group ID of the contact group and the contact information that is part of the contact group to the terminal, the method further comprises acquiring contact information of a contact that is part of the contact group from the stored correspondence between the user identifier, the group ID of the contact group, and the contact information according to the user identifier of the user and the group ID of the contact group.

8. An apparatus for importing a contact, wherein the apparatus comprises a memory and a processor which are jointly configured to:

receive a user identifier of a user and a data package that are sent by a terminal, wherein the data package comprises a configuration file and a contact file that is corresponding to a contact group, wherein the configuration file is used to store a correspondence between a group identifier (ID) of the contact group and a file ID of the contact file, and wherein the contact file corresponding to the contact group is used to store contact information of a contact that is part of the contact group;

acquire, from the data package, the group ID of the contact group and the file ID of the contact file corresponding to the contact group;

acquire, from the data package according to the file ID of the contact file, the contact information of the contact that is part of the contact group; and

store a correspondence between the user identifier of the user, the group ID of the contact group, and the contact information of the contact that is part of the contact group.

9. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein acquiring the group ID of the contact group and the file ID of the contact file corresponding to the contact group comprises:

acquiring the configuration file from the data package; and

acquiring, from the configuration file, the group ID of the contact group and the file ID of the contact file corresponding to the contact group.

10. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein acquiring the contact information of the contact that is part of the contact group comprises:

acquiring, from the data package according to the file ID of the contact file corresponding to the contact group, the contact file corresponding to the contact group; and

acquiring, from the contact file corresponding to the contact group, the contact information of the contact that is part of the contact group.

11. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the memory and the processor are further jointly configured to:

receive an export request message sent by a terminal, wherein the export request message carries a user identifier of a user and a contact export manner;

acquire a group ID of a corresponding contact group and contact information that is part of the contact group from a stored correspondence between a user identifier, a group identifier (ID) of a contact group, and contact information according to the user identifier of the user when the contact export manner is a manner of exporting all contacts; and

send the group ID of the contact group and the contact information that is part of the contact group to the terminal.

12. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the memory and the processor are further jointly configured to:

create a contact file corresponding to the contact group according to the contact information that is part of the contact group, wherein the contact file corresponding to the contact group is used to store contact information of a contact that is part of the contact group;

store, in a configuration file, a correspondence between the group ID of the contact group and a file ID of the contact file corresponding to the contact group;

package the configuration file and the contact file that is corresponding to the contact group into a data package; and

send an export response message to the terminal, wherein the export response message carries the data package.

13. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein, when the contact export manner is a manner of exporting one or more contacts, the export request message further carries a contact ID of the one or more contacts who need to be exported, and wherein the memory and the processor are further jointly configured to acquire, from the stored correspondence between a user identifier, a group ID of a contact group, and contact information according to the user identifier of the user and the contact ID of the contact who needs to be exported, contact information of the contact who needs to be exported and a group ID of a contact group to which the contact who needs to be exported belongs.

14. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein, when the contact export manner is a manner of exporting a contact group, the export request message further carries group ID(s) of one or more contact groups that need to be exported, and wherein the memory and the processor are jointly further configured to acquire contact information of a contact that is part of the contact group from the stored correspondence between a user identifier, a group ID of a contact group, and contact information according to the user identifier of the user and the group ID of the contact group.