US Patent Application 18249734. METHOD FOR PROTECTING PRIVACY OF GROUP MEMBER IN GROUP AND TERMINAL DEVICE simplified abstract

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METHOD FOR PROTECTING PRIVACY OF GROUP MEMBER IN GROUP AND TERMINAL DEVICE

Organization Name

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.==Inventor(s)==

[[Category:Zhiwei Ma of Beijing (CN)]]

METHOD FOR PROTECTING PRIVACY OF GROUP MEMBER IN GROUP AND TERMINAL DEVICE - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18249734 titled 'METHOD FOR PROTECTING PRIVACY OF GROUP MEMBER IN GROUP AND TERMINAL DEVICE

Simplified Explanation

- The patent application describes a feature in an instant messaging application that allows users to view and add group members as contacts. - The terminal device (such as a smartphone) displays a list of group members, including their phone numbers and profile pictures/usernames. - Users can add a group member as a contact by selecting a control on the terminal device. - When the user initiates the contact adding operation, the terminal device sends a request to a cloud server. - The request asks the cloud server to add the selected group member as a contact. - The cloud server responds by sending the phone number of the selected group member back to the terminal device. - The terminal device then saves the selected group member as a contact, using the received phone number.


Original Abstract Submitted

A terminal device displays a group member list of a group in an instant messaging application; the terminal device displays a first phone number of the first group member; the terminal device displays a profile picture and/or a user name of the second group member, and a control used for adding a contact; the terminal device sends a first request to a cloud server in response to a third operation for the contact adding control, where the first request is used for requesting to add the second group member as a contact; the cloud server sends a second phone number of the second group member to the terminal device; and the terminal device saves the second group member as a contact.

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