Contact information querying

US8296307B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Bo Gao · Lo Wu, CN
• Chang Jie Guo · Bound Brook, US
• Tie Jun Ou · Beijing, CN
• Wei Sun · Beijing, CN
• Zhi Hu Wang · Beijing, CN

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 27, 2009
• Grant date: Oct 23, 2012
• Expiry date: Feb 18, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/107
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

System and method for querying of contact information are disclosed. An aspect of the invention includes a method for querying contact information. The method includes receiving a query language including relationship information of a plurality of contacts with unknown contact information. The method further includes acquiring a query request, wherein acquiring the query request includes parsing the query language according to a query language syntax. The method further includes querying contact information of the plurality of contacts with unknown contact information in at least one directory to obtain the contact information of the plurality of contacts with unknown contact information requested in the query request. The method further includes returning the contact information of the plurality of contacts with unknown contact information requested in the query request.