Abstract: In various example embodiments, a system and method for managing contacts in a network are provided. In example embodiments, a value added by a user to a first contact in an address book of the user is detected. The first contact corresponds to an individual. A determination is made as to whether the value exists in a primary profile of the individual. Based on the value not existing in the primary profile, an assessment is made as to whether the individual previously deleted the value from the primary profile or the individual did not verify a previous notification for the same value. Based on the value not being previously deleted or not verified, a notification is provided to the individual that includes an option to verify the value.

Abstract: In example embodiments, a system and method for managing contact information requests in a network are provided. Accordingly, a request is received at a contact management system from a user device of a user. The request is for a value for a contact that corresponds to an individual in an address book of the user. An electronic message is sent to and an electronic response received from the individual. Based on the electronic response being a reply in a same format as the electronic message and the reply including the value, the reply is parsed to obtain the value. Based on the electronic response being an indication of activation of a link provided in the electronic message, a form is provided with a field for entering the value. The value obtained from the individual may be automatically provided to the user for updating of their address book.

Abstract: In example embodiments, a system and method for ensuring that a communication is made from within a communication application is provided. A communication initiated from a device of a user is received. A determination is made as to whether a notification is received from the communication application on the device of the user. Based on the notification being received from the device of the user, a determination is made as to whether the notification provides an indication that the communication was made from within a communication application. A notice may be provided to the user based on the communication being made from outside the communication application or the user may be charged a different rate.

Abstract: In example embodiments, a system and method for automated authentication are provided. A service provider system receives a message triggered by an application operating on a user device of a user. A contact identifier corresponding to the user device is determined from the message. A reply message that includes a token is transmitted to the contact identifier. A return token is received from the application that intercepted the reply message and extracted the token without user intervention. The return token is compared to the token sent in the reply message. Based on the return token matching the sent token, the contact identifier is verified as corresponding to the user device.

Abstract: Methods and systems of providing a web reply path via an SMS-based communication are disclosed. A request to send an SMS message to a second user may be received from a first user. A first SMS message may be sent to the second user via SMS-based communication in response to the request from the first user. The first SMS message may comprise a URL. In response to the second user causing the URL to be loaded on a web browser, a web-based chat session between the first user and the second user may be initiated using the URL. The first user and the second user may be enabled to send chat messages to each other via the web-based chat session, which may be hosted by an online service provider at the URL.

Abstract: A message machine may provide a message service that allows creation of a chat group in which multiple users are members. A member of the chat group may send a message to the chat group, which causes the message machine to send the message to each of the other members who are online in the message service. If one of the other members is offline in the message service, but is online in another message service, the message machine may relay the message to this member via the other message service, in which an online member of the chat group is socially connected to the offline member by the other message service. The message machine may access credentials of the online member, use these credentials to impersonate the online member, and send the message to the offline member through the other message service.

Abstract: In various example embodiments, a system and method for managing contacts in a network are provided. In example embodiments, a value added by a user to a first contact in an address book of the user is detected. The first contact corresponds to an individual. A determination is made as to whether the value exists in a primary profile of the individual. Based on the value not existing in the primary profile, an assessment is made as to whether the individual previously deleted the value from the primary profile or the individual did not verify a previous notification for the same value. Based on the value not being previously deleted or not verified, a notification is provided to the individual that includes an option to verify the value.

Abstract: A method and system of providing an alert of an event on a communication device are disclosed. A determination may be made that a communication device of a user is a preferred communication device among a plurality of communication devices of the user based on an indication of an activity on the communication device. An indication of an event may be received. In response to the indication of the event, an attempt may be made to cause an alert for the event to be generated only on the preferred communication device.

Abstract: A machine may be configured to receive a message within an inbound request from an application. The inbound request may ask that the message be provided to a device of a recipient that is identified by a device identifier of the device, and the inbound request may specify a time by which the message is to be provided. The machine may make a request to a first communication service that the first communication service provide the message to the device by the time specified. The machine may determine that the first communication service acknowledged this request but failed to receive a confirmation that references this request. Based on this determination, the machine may choose a second communication service to provide the message and make a request to the second communication service that the second communication service provide the message from the application to the device.

Abstract: In various example embodiments, a system and method for contact merge management is provided. In example embodiments, a contact management system detects that a first contact list of a first user has a first contact including a first value and a second contact including a second value. The contact management system identifies that at least one further user is associated with a further contact list that has a third contact including the first value and the second value. Based on the identifying of the third contact including the first value and the second value, the contact management system causes an automatic merge of the first contact and the second contact in the first contact list into a single contact.