Method and device for intercommunicating address book information between different networks

• US 8,554,839 B2
• Filed: 05/18/2011
• Issued: 10/08/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/19/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Device Company Limited (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Device Company Limited (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Wang, Lei, Fan, Shunan, Dong, Ting, Yang, Jian
• Primary Examiner(s): DONAGHUE, LARRY D
• Application Number:
  US13/110,525
• Publication Number:
  US 20110219074A1
• Time in Patent Office: 874 Days
• Field of Search: 709/204
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals

Abstract

A method for intercommunicating address book information between different networks is provided, which includes the following steps: an interworking request carrying address book information is received, in which the interworking request comes from a network address book system other than a Converged Address Book (CAB) system; the address book information is converted according to an address book format supported by a server of the CAB system; the converted address book information is sent to the CAB system. A device and a system for implementing the method are further provided.

Claims

1. A method for intercommunicating address book information between different address book systems, comprising:

receiving an interworking request carrying address book information, wherein the interworking request comes from a network address book system other than a Converged Address Book (CAB) system;

converting the address book information according to an address book format supported by a server of the CAB system, wherein a format of the address book information carried in the interworking request is a vCard format or an hCard format, the converting step further comprises;

reading information of key fields in the vCard or the hCard;

writing the information of the key fields into corresponding fields of a CAB in a predetermined format; and

generating a beginning row and an end row according to format requirements of Personal Communication Information (PCI), so as to obtain complete address book information in the predetermined format; and

sending the converted address book information to the CAB system.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the interworking request further carries account information of a user;

and

the sending the converted address book information to the CAB system comprises;

determining account information of the user in the CAB system according to the account information of the user carried in the interworking request and a predetermined corresponding relation between the account information of the user in different network systems; and

sending the account information of the user in the CAB system and the converted address book information to the CAB system together.

3. The method according to claim 2, further comprising:

before the sending the converted address book information to the CAB system, authenticating the account information of the user in the CAB system, and implementing the sending of the converted address book information to the CAB system if the authentication is successful.

4. A method for intercommunicating address book information between different address book systems, comprising:

receiving an interworking request from a Converged Address Book (CAB) system, wherein the interworking request carries address book information and an identifier of a target network address book system;

converting the address book information according to an address book format supported by the target network address book system, wherein the address book format supported by the target network address book system is a vCard format or an hCard format, the converting step further comprises;

reading information of key fields in the address book information of the CAB network address book system;

writing the information of the key fields into corresponding fields of the vCard or the hCard; and

generating a beginning row and an end row according to specifications of the vCard or the hCard, so as to obtain complete address book information in the vCard or hCard format; and

sending the converted address book information to the target network address book system.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the interworking request further carries account information of a user;

and

the sending the converted address book information to the target network address book system comprises;

determining account information of the user in the target network address book system according to the account information of the user carried in the interworking request and a predetermined corresponding relation between the account information of the user in different network systems; and

sending the account information of the user in the target network address book system and the converted address book information to the target network address book system together.

6. The method according to claim 5, further comprising:

before the sending the converted address book information to the target network address book system, authenticating the account information of the user in the target network address book system, and implementing the sending of the converted address book information to the target network address book system if the authentication is successful.

7. A device for intercommunicating address book information between different address book systems, comprising:

a first forwarding control unit, a first format conversion unit, and a first sending unit,

wherein;

the first forwarding control unit is configured to receive an interworking request from a Converged Address Book (CAB) system, wherein the interworking request carries address book information and an identifier of a target network address book system; and

provide the address book information and the identifier of the target network address book system to the first format conversion unit;

the first format conversion unit is configured to determine an address book format according to the identifier of the target network address book system, and convert the address book information into the corresponding address book format, wherein the address book format supported by the target network address book system is a vCard format or an hCard format, the first format conversion unit is specifically configured to read information of key fields in the address book information of the CAB network address book system;

write the information of the key fields into corresponding fields of the vCard or the hCard; and

generate a beginning row and an end row according to specifications of the vCard or the hCard, so as to obtain complete address book information in the vCard or hCard format; and

the first sending unit is configured to send the converted address book information to the target network address book system.

8. The device according to claim 7, wherein the interworking request further carries account information of a user, and the converted address book information further comprises account information of the user in the target network address book system;

the device further comprises;

a first access control unit, configured to authenticate the account information of the user in the target network address book system, and provide an authentication result to the first sending unit; and

the first sending unit, configured to send the converted address book information after receiving the authentication result of successful authentication.

9. A device for intercommunicating address book information between different address book systems, comprising:

a forwarding control unit, a sending unit, and multiple format conversion units, wherein;

the forwarding control unit is configured to receive an interworking request from a Converged Address Book (CAB) system, wherein the interworking request carries address book information and an identifier of a target network address book system; and

provide the address book information to a corresponding format conversion unit according to a predetermined corresponding relation between a network address book system and the format conversion units;

the format conversion unit is configured to convert the address book information into address book information in an address book format supported by the target network address book system, wherein the address book format supported by the target network address book system is a vCard format or an hCard format, the first format conversion unit is specifically configured to read information of key fields in the address book information of the CAB network address book system;

write the information of the key fields into corresponding fields of the vCard or the hCard; and

generate a beginning row and an end row according to specifications of the vCard or the hCard, so as to obtain complete address book information in the vCard or hCard format; and

the sending unit is configured to send the converted address book information to the target network address book system.

10. A device for intercommunicating address book information between different networks, comprising:

a forwarding control unit, a format conversion unit, and a sending unit,

wherein;

the forwarding control unit is configured to receive an interworking request carrying address book information, wherein the interworking request comes from a network address book system other than a Converged Address Book (CAB) system;

the format conversion unit is configured to convert the address book information according to an address book format supported by the CAB system, wherein a format of the address book information carried in the interworking request is a vCard format or an hCard format, the format conversion unit is specifically configured to read information of key fields in the vCard or the hCard;

write the information of the key fields into corresponding fields of a CAB in a predetermined format; and

generate a beginning row and an end row according to format requirements of Personal Communication Information (PCI), so as to obtain complete address book information in the predetermined format; and

the sending unit is configured to send the converted address book information to the CAB network address book system.

11. The device according to claim 10, wherein the interworking request further carries account information of a user, and the converted address book information comprises account information of the user in the CAB network address book system;

the device further comprises;

an access control unit, configured to authenticate the account information of the user in the CAB network address book system, and provide an authentication result to the third sending unit; and

the sending unit, configured to send the converted address book information after receiving the authentication result of successful authentication.