METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SYNCHRONIZING INFORMATION TO CONTACTS ON CLOUD PLATFORM

• US 20160191618A1
• Filed: 05/21/2014
• Published: 06/30/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Columbia Peak Ventures, LLC (Dominion Harbor Enterprises, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Huizhou TCL Mobile Communication Company Limited (TCL Technology Group Corp.)
• Inventors: SHI, Zhen
• Granted Patent: US 10,079,882 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/23 Updating
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/27 Replication, distribution or synchronisation of data between databases or within a distributed database system; Distributed database system architectures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1097 for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]

Abstract

The present invention relates to register a cloud account and allocate a cloud storage space. Information about contact people in the directory at each user'"'"'s terminal is backed up to the cloud storage space for each user'"'"'s terminal The contact information of each user'"'"'s terminal is stored in its cloud storage space. Once the contact information is changed, the changed contact information is updated in the cloud storage space for each user'"'"'s terminal and simultaneously in the cloud storage space for all of the contact people in the directory at the user'"'"'s terminal. The updated contact information about the user'"'"'s terminal can be downloaded from the cloud storage space. The information about the contact people among the user'"'"'s terminals can be transferred with one another.

Claims

1. A method for synchronizing information on a cloud platform, comprising:

receiving a request of registering an account from a first user'"'"'s terminal and a second user'"'"'s terminal;

allocating a single ID marker and a cloud storage space to the first user'"'"'s terminal and the second user'"'"'s terminal and sending a message of successful registration to each of the user'"'"'s terminals after receiving the request of registering the account, and the cloud storage space at each of the user'"'"'s terminals comprising a permanent IDentity (ID) marker and a permanent station address;

backing up information about contact people in a directory at each of the user'"'"'s terminals to each of the respective applied cloud storage spaces, and storing each of the users'"'"' contact information to his/her own cloud storage space; and

updating the contact information in the cloud storage space belonging to the first user'"'"'s terminal as the contact information at the first user'"'"'s terminal changes, synchronizing the renewed contact information with each of the contact people'"'"'s cloud storage spaces in the directory at the first user'"'"'s terminal automatically, and automatically downloading, from the contact people'"'"'s cloud storage spaces, the first user'"'"'s renewed contact information to the contact people listed in the directory at the first user'"'"'s terminal.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein updating the contact information in the cloud storage space belonging to the first user'"'"'s terminal as the contact information at the first user'"'"'s terminal changes and synchronizing the renewed contact information with each of the contact people'"'"'s cloud storage spaces in the directory at the first user'"'"'s terminal automatically comprises following steps of:

changing and updating the first user'"'"'s terminal'"'"'s renewed contact information to the cloud storage space at the first user'"'"'s terminal simultaneously once the first user'"'"'s terminal'"'"'s contact information changes;

sending the renewed contact information at the first user'"'"'s terminal automatically to the cloud storage spaces belonging to the contact people in the directory at the first user'"'"'s terminal after the information about the contact people in the cloud storage space belonging to the first user'"'"'s terminal is synchronized.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein downloading the first user'"'"'s renewed contact information to the contact people in the directory at the first user'"'"'s terminal from their individual cloud storage spaces automatically comprises following steps of:

identifying the first user'"'"'s cloud account, changing the first user'"'"'s contact information after identification, and sending a message notifying the first user'"'"'s cloud storage space of success after the cloud storage space of the contact information in the directory at the first user'"'"'s terminal receives the update of first user'"'"'s contact information;

sending a simultaneous request to each of the user'"'"'s terminals corresponding to the cloud storage spaces of the contact information in the directory at the first user'"'"'s terminal after the cloud storage spaces of the contact information in the directory atat the first user'"'"'s terminal are updated completely; and

executing simultaneous operation of updating the first user'"'"'s new contact information to each of the users'"'"' directories simultaneously after each of the user'"'"'s terminals receives the simultaneous request.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein synchronizing the renewed contact information with each of the contact people'"'"'s cloud storage spaces in the directory at the first user'"'"'s terminal automatically comprises following steps of:

sending a request of obtaining the address of the cloud storage space at the second user'"'"'s terminal to the central server from the cloud storage at the first user'"'"'s terminal when the cloud storage space at the first user'"'"'s terminal communicates with the cloud storage space at the second user'"'"'s terminal;

authenticating the cloud storage space at the first user'"'"'s terminal once the central server receives the request of obtaining the address of the cloud storage space at the second user'"'"'s terminal, and sending the single ID marker and the address of the cloud storage space at the second user'"'"'s terminal to the cloud storage space at the first user'"'"'s terminal after the authentication is proven successful;

sending the first user'"'"'s renewed phone number and business type at the first user'"'"'s terminal to the cloud storage space at the second user'"'"'s terminal after the cloud storage space at the first user'"'"'s terminal receives the information about the address of the cloud storage space at the second user'"'"'s terminal; and

deciding if the phone number at the first user'"'"'s terminal is simultaneously operated according to a permission issued to the user by an interior system after the cloud storage space at the second user'"'"'s terminal receives the message, and if the first user'"'"'s terminal is one of the second user'"'"'s friend'"'"'s terminals and owns a super permission, the cloud storage space at the second user'"'"'s terminal being going to receive all of simultaneous update commands sent by the cloud storage space at the first user'"'"'s terminal unconditionally and being going to obtain and save the latest phone number at the first user'"'"'s terminal.

5. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein synchronizing the renewed contact information with the cloud storage spaces of all of the contact people in the directory at the first user'"'"'s terminal comprises following steps of:

sending a request of obtaining the address of the cloud storage space at the second user'"'"'s terminal to the central server from the first user'"'"'s terminal when the cloud storage space at the first user'"'"'s terminal communicates with the cloud storage space at the second user'"'"'s terminal;

authenticating the cloud storage space at the first user'"'"'s terminal once the central server receives the request of obtaining the address of the cloud storage space at the second user'"'"'s terminal, and sending the single ID marker and the address of the cloud storage space at the second user'"'"'s terminal to the cloud storage space at the first user'"'"'s terminal after the authentication is proven successful;

sending the first user'"'"'s renewed phone number and business type at the first user'"'"'s terminal to the cloud storage space at the second user'"'"'s terminal after the cloud storage space at the first user'"'"'s terminal receives the information about the address of the cloud storage space at the second user'"'"'s terminal; and

deciding if the phone number at the first user'"'"'s terminal is simultaneously operated according to a permission issued to the user by an interior system after the cloud storage space at the second user'"'"'s terminal receives the message, and if the first user'"'"'s terminal is one of the second user'"'"'s friend'"'"'s terminals and owns a super permission, the cloud storage space at the second user'"'"'s terminal being going to receive all of simultaneous update commands sent by the cloud storage space at the first user'"'"'s terminal unconditionally and being going to obtain and save the latest phone number at the first user'"'"'s terminal.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein deciding if a phone number at the first user'"'"'s terminal is simultaneously operated according to a permission issued to the user by an interior system after the cloud storage space at the second user'"'"'s terminal receives the message further comprises following steps of:

suspending the execution of every command sent by the cloud storage space at the first user'"'"'s terminal at the second user'"'"'s terminal if the first user'"'"'s terminal is on the blacklist of the second user'"'"'s terminal.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein deciding if a phone number at the first user'"'"'s terminal is simultaneously operated according to a permission issued to the user by an interior system after the cloud storage space at the second user'"'"'s terminal receives the message further comprises following steps of:

suspending the execution of every command sent by the first user'"'"'s terminal at the second user'"'"'s terminal if the first user'"'"'s terminal is on the blacklist of the second user'"'"'s terminal.

8. A method for synchronizing information on a cloud platform, comprising:

receiving a user'"'"'s operational command, registering a cloud account belonging to the user, and automatically allocating a cloud storage space to each of the cloud accounts belonging to each of the users;

receiving the user'"'"'s operational command at each user'"'"'s terminal, information about contact people in a directory at each of the user'"'"'s terminals is backed up and stored in each of the respective applied cloud storage spaces, and each of the users'"'"' contact information is stored in his/her own cloud storage space; and

updating the contact information in the cloud storage space belonging to the first user'"'"'s terminal as the contact information at the first user'"'"'s terminal changes, synchronizing the renewed contact information with each of the contact people'"'"'s cloud storage spaces in the directory at the first user'"'"'s terminal automatically, and automatically downloading, from the contact people'"'"'s cloud storage spaces, the first user'"'"'s renewed contact information to the contact people listed in the directory at the first user'"'"'s terminal.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein receiving the user'"'"'s operational command, registering the cloud account belonging to the user, and automatically allocating the cloud storage space to each of the cloud accounts belonging to each of the users further comprises following steps of:

supplying each of the users with a permanent ID marker and a permanent station address.

10. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein receiving the user'"'"'s operational command, registering the cloud account belonging to the user, and automatically allocating the cloud storage space to each of the cloud accounts belonging to each of the users comprises following steps of:

sending a request of registering an account to a cloud server from a first user'"'"'s terminal and a second user'"'"'s terminal; and

allocating a single ID marker and a cloud storage space to the first user'"'"'s terminal and the second user'"'"'s terminal and sending a message of successful registration to each of the user'"'"'s terminals after the cloud server receives the request.

11. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein updating the contact information in the cloud storage space belonging to the first user'"'"'s terminal as the contact information at the first user'"'"'s terminal changes and synchronizing the renewed contact information with each of the contact people'"'"'s cloud storage spaces in the directory at the first user'"'"'s terminal automatically, automatically downloading, from the contact people'"'"'s cloud storage spaces, the first user'"'"'s renewed contact information to the contact people listed in the directory at the first user'"'"'s terminal comprise following steps of:

changing and updating the first user'"'"'s terminal'"'"'s renewed contact information to the cloud storage space at the first user'"'"'s terminal simultaneously once the first user'"'"'s terminal'"'"'s contact information changes;

sending the renewed contact information at the first user'"'"'s terminal automatically to the cloud storage spaces belonging to the contact people in the directory at the first user'"'"'s terminal after the information about the contact people in the cloud storage space belonging to the first user'"'"'s terminal is synchronized;

identifying the first user'"'"'s cloud account, changing the first user'"'"'s contact information after identification, and sending a message notifying the first user'"'"'s cloud storage space of success after the cloud storage space of the contact information in the directory at the first user'"'"'s terminal receives the update of first user'"'"'s contact information;

sending a simultaneous request to each of the user'"'"'s terminals corresponding to the cloud storage spaces of the contact information in the directory at the first user'"'"'s terminal after the cloud storage spaces of the contact information in the directory at the first user'"'"'s terminal are updated completely; and

executing simultaneous operation of updating the first user'"'"'s new contact information to each of the users'"'"' directories simultaneously after each of the user'"'"'s terminals receives the simultaneous request.

12. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein synchronizing the renewed contact information with each of the contact people'"'"'s cloud storage spaces in the directory at the first user'"'"'s terminal automatically comprises following steps of:

sending a request of obtaining the address of the cloud storage space at the second user'"'"'s terminal to the central server from the first user'"'"'s terminal when the cloud storage space at the first user'"'"'s terminal communicates with the cloud storage space at the second user'"'"'s terminal;

authenticating the cloud storage space at the first user'"'"'s terminal once the central server receives the request of obtaining the address of the cloud storage space at the second user'"'"'s terminal, and sending the single ID marker and the address of the cloud storage space at the second user'"'"'s terminal to the cloud storage space at the first user'"'"'s terminal after the authentication is proven successful;

sending the first user'"'"'s renewed phone number and business type at the first user'"'"'s terminal to the cloud storage space at the second user'"'"'s terminal after the cloud storage space at the first user'"'"'s terminal receives the information about the address of the cloud storage space at the second user'"'"'s terminal; and

deciding if the phone number at the first user'"'"'s terminal is simultaneously operated according to a permission issued to the user by an interior system after the cloud storage space at the second user'"'"'s terminal receives the message, and if the first user'"'"'s terminal is one of the second user'"'"'s friend'"'"'s terminals and owns a super permission, the cloud storage space at the second user'"'"'s terminal being going to receive all of simultaneous update commands sent by the cloud storage space at the first user'"'"'s terminal unconditionally and being going to obtain and save the latest phone number at the first user'"'"'s terminal.

13. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein deciding if a phone number at the first user'"'"'s terminal is simultaneously operated according to a permission issued to the user by an interior system after the cloud storage space at the second user'"'"'s terminal receives the message further comprises following steps of:

suspending the execution of every command sent by the cloud storage space at the first user'"'"'s terminal at the second user'"'"'s terminal if the first user'"'"'s terminal is on the blacklist of the second user'"'"'s terminal.

14. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein deciding if a phone number at the first user'"'"'s terminal is simultaneously operated according to a permission issued to the user by an interior system after the cloud storage space at the second user'"'"'s terminal receives the message further comprises following steps of:

suspending the execution of every command sent by the first user'"'"'s terminal at the second user'"'"'s terminal if the first user'"'"'s terminal is on the blacklist of the second user'"'"'s terminal.

15. A system for synchronizing information on a cloud platform, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory connected with the processor, the memory comprising a plurality of program instructions executable by the processor, the plurality of program instructions comprising;

a cloud storage space registering module, configured to cause the processor to receive a user'"'"'s operational command, to register a cloud account, and to allocate a cloud storage space automatically to a cloud account belonging to each user'"'"'s terminal;

a information uploading module, configured to cause the processor to control each of the user'"'"'s terminals to receive the user'"'"'s operational command, to back up contact information in the directory at each user'"'"'s terminal to every cloud storage space applied by each of the users, and to store the user'"'"'s contact information to his/her own cloud storage space; and

a synchronization module, configured to cause the processor to update the contact information at the first user'"'"'s terminal in the cloud storage space belonging to the first user'"'"'s terminal as the contact information at the first user'"'"'s terminal changes, to synchronize the renewed contact information with each of the contact people'"'"'s cloud storage spaces in the directory at the first user'"'"'s terminal automatically, and to automatically download, from the contact people'"'"'s cloud storage spaces, the first user'"'"'s renewed contact information to the contact people listed in the directory at the first user'"'"'s terminal.

16. The system as claimed in claim 15, wherein the processing module for registering the cloud storage space comprises:

a register command unit, configured to cause the processor to deal with requests of registering an account to the cloud server from the first user'"'"'s terminal and the second user'"'"'s terminal; and

a cloud storage space allocating unit, configured to cause the processor to allocate a single ID marker and a cloud storage space to the first user'"'"'s terminal and the second user'"'"'s terminal and to send a message notifying successful registration to each of the corresponding user'"'"'s terminals after controlling the cloud server to receive the request.

17. The system as claimed in claim 15, wherein the synchronization module comprises:

an individual synchronization unit, configured to cause the processor to change and update the first user'"'"'s terminal'"'"'s renewed contact information to the cloud storage space at the first user'"'"'s terminal simultaneously once the first user'"'"'s terminal'"'"'s contact information changes;

an identifying unit, configured to cause the processor to identify the cloud account at the first user'"'"'s terminal after the cloud storage spaces belonging to the contact people in the directory at the first user'"'"'s terminal receive the message notifying the renewed information at the first user'"'"'s terminal, to perform the update of the contact information at the first user'"'"'s terminal after successful identification, and to send a message notifying a successful update to the cloud storage space at the first user'"'"'s terminal; and

a synchronization processing unit, configured to cause the processor to send the renewed contact information at the first user'"'"'s terminal automatically to the cloud storage spaces belonging to the contact people in the directory at the first user'"'"'s terminal after the information about the contact people in the cloud storage space belonging to the first user'"'"'s terminal is synchronized.

18. The system as claimed in claim 17, wherein the synchronization module further comprises:

an address request unit, configured to cause the processor to send a request of obtaining the address of the cloud storage space at the second user'"'"'s terminal to the central server from the first user'"'"'s terminal when the cloud storage space at the first user'"'"'s terminal communicates with the cloud storage space at the second user'"'"'s terminal;

an authentication unit, configured to cause the processor to authenticate the cloud storage space at the first user'"'"'s terminal once the central server receives the request of obtaining the address of the cloud storage space at the second user'"'"'s terminal, and to send the single ID marker and the address of the cloud storage space at the second user'"'"'s terminal to the cloud storage space at the first user'"'"'s terminal after the authentication is proven successful;

a sending unit, configured to cause the processor to send the first user'"'"'s renewed phone number and business type at the first user'"'"'s terminal to the cloud storage space at the second user'"'"'s after the cloud storage space at the first user'"'"'s terminal receives the information about the address of the cloud storage space at the second user'"'"'s terminal; and

an updating unit, configured to cause the processor to decide if the cellphone at the first user'"'"'s terminal is simultaneously operated according to the permission issued to the user by the interior system after the cloud storage space at the second user'"'"'s terminal receives the message, and if the first user'"'"'s terminal is one of the second user'"'"'s friend'"'"'s terminals and owns a super permission, the cloud storage space at the second user'"'"'s terminal being going to receive all of simultaneous update commands sent by the cloud storage space at the first user'"'"'s terminal unconditionally and being going to obtain and save the latest phone number at the first user'"'"'s terminal.

19. The system as claimed in claim 15, wherein the synchronization module is further used in:

suspending the execution of every command sent by the cloud storage space at the first user'"'"'s terminal at the second user'"'"'s terminal if the first user'"'"'s terminal is on the blacklist of the second user'"'"'s terminal.

20. The system as claimed in claim 15, wherein deciding if a phone number at the first user'"'"'s terminal is simultaneously operated according to a permission issued to the user by an interior system after the cloud storage space at the second user'"'"'s terminal receives the message further comprises steps of:

suspending the execution of every command sent by the first user'"'"'s terminal at the second user'"'"'s terminal if the first user'"'"'s terminal is on the blacklist of the second user'"'"'s terminal.