SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING THE GROWTH OF A MOBILE COMMUNITY
A system for automatically matching a plurality of mobile subscribers includes a processor for executing commands that direct operations of the system and a memory coupled to the at least one processor, the memory storing code operable when executed with the at least one processor, a server for receiving from each mobile subscriber within the plurality of mobile subscribers a contact list, wherein the server is configured to process the contact list to produce a set of normalised contact information for each subscriber in the system, compare the set of normalized contact information of a selected subscriber with the processed normalized contact information of each subscriber in the system to identify matched entries, determine at least a match between the identified entries of the selected subscriber and each subscriber in the system, and add the matched entries in a buddy list of the selected subscriber based on the determined match.
1 . A system for automatically matching a plurality of mobile subscribers, said system including:
at least one processor for executing commands that direct operations of the system and a memory operatively coupled to the at least one processor, the memory storing code operable when executed with the at least one processor; and
at least one server for receiving from each mobile subscriber within the plurality of mobile subscribers a contact list, wherein the server is configured to:
process the contact list to produce a set of normalised contact information for each subscriber in the system;
compare the set of normalized contact information of a selected subscriber with the processed normalized contact information of each subscriber in the system to identify matched entries;
determine at least a match between the identified entries of the selected subscriber and each subscriber in the system; and
add the matched entries in a buddy list of the selected subscriber based on the determined match.
2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the determined matches include full matches, one-way matches and no matches.
3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the server is configured to add the matched entries directly in the buddy list of the selected subscriber based on the determined full match.
4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the server is configured to send a request message to add or block the selected subscriber based on the determined one-way match.
5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the server is configured to send an invite via SMS messaging service to the identified entries in case of a no-match determination.
6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the server is configured to allow the selected subscriber to initiate a communication with the matched entries and receive presence information of the matched entries.
7 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the server is configured to automatically synchronize the buddy list of the selected subscriber on a time basis or change basis or manually at the subscriber's request.
8 . A method of automatically matching a plurality of mobile subscribers, wherein the method comprises
receiving from each mobile subscriber within the plurality of mobile subscribers a contact list;
processing the contact list to produce a set of normalised contact information for each subscriber in the system;
comparing the set of normalized contact information of a selected subscriber with the processed normalized contact information of each subscriber in the system to identify matched entries;
determining at least a match between the identified entries of the selected subscriber and each subscriber in the system; and
adding the matched entries in a buddy list of the selected subscriber based on the determined match.
9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the determined matches include full matches, one-way matches and no matches.
10 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the method comprises adding the matched entries directly in the buddy list of the selected subscriber based on the determined full match.
11 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the method comprises sending a request message to add or block the selected subscriber based on the determined one-way match.
12 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the method comprises sending an invite via SMS messaging service to the identified entries in case of a no-match determination.
13 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the method comprises allowing the selected subscriber to initiate a communication with the matched entries and receive presence information of the matched entries.
14 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the method comprises automatically synchronizing the buddy list of the selected subscriber on a time basis or change basis or manually at the subscriber's request.