System and method for a digital business card
First Claim
1. A method for accessing a digital business card based on a request from a device, comprising:
- receiving a transmitted short name from said device, said short name comprising a code number representative of a particular digital business card;
searching a database for said short name, said database being located at a location remote from said device;
if said short name is found, retrieving said particular digital business card and returning said particular digital business card to said device; and
displaying said particular digital business card on said device.
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Abstract
A system that provides users of both fixed and wireless Internet devices, a method of entering numbers instead of the text characters of Internet Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) and other Internet identifiers to access Internet resources and functions, such as Web sites and digital business cards. When the user enters a WebNum, the digits of the WebNum are processed by the WebNum system and the WebNum is mapped back to a URL or a file containing the content of a digital business card. The content is specially formatted for display on a wireless device. For a WebNum mapping to a digital business card, a WebNum application server retrieves the content and returns it to the device for displaying.
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92 Claims
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1. A method for accessing a digital business card based on a request from a device, comprising:
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receiving a transmitted short name from said device, said short name comprising a code number representative of a particular digital business card;
searching a database for said short name, said database being located at a location remote from said device;
if said short name is found, retrieving said particular digital business card and returning said particular digital business card to said device; and
displaying said particular digital business card on said device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91)
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23. A method for creating a digital business card using a device, comprising:
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contacting a registration Web site;
selecting a short name to be associated with said digital business card;
specifying a content of said digital business card;
associating said short name with said digital business card; and
storing said digital business card.
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39. A method for modifying a digital business card using a device, comprising:
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transmitting a short name from said device, said short name comprising a code number representative of a particular digital business card;
searching a database for said short name, said database being located at a location remote from said device;
if said short name is found, retrieving said particular digital business card and returning said particular digital business card to said device;
displaying said particular digital business card on said device;
using said device to change a content of said particular digital business card; and
storing said changed digital business card in said database.
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46. A system for accessing a digital business card based on a request from a device, comprising:
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a database storing relationships between a short name and a digital business card, said short name comprising a code number representative of a particular digital business card, said database being located at a location remote from said device; and
a controller which receives a transmitted short name from said device, said controller operable to search said database for said transmitted short name, and if said short name is found, retrieving said particular digital business card for displaying said particular digital business card on said device.
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70. A system for creating a digital business card based on a request from a device, comprising:
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a database storing relationships between a short name and an existing digital business card, said short name comprising a code number representative of a particular digital business card, said database being located at a location remote from said device;
a controller which receives a transmitted short name and a specified content for said digital business card from said device, said controller linking said short name to said digital business card and storing said digital business card in said database. - View Dependent Claims (71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81)
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82. A system for modifying a digital business card using a device, comprising:
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a database storing relationships between a short name and an existing digital business card, said short name comprising a code number representative of a particular digital business card, said database being located at a location remote from said device;
a controller which receives a transmitted short name, searches said database for said short name, and retrieves said digital business card corresponding to said short name, said retrieved digital business card is returned to said device for displaying thereon;
wherein said controller receives one or more transmitted changes to said retrieved digital business card from said device; and
wherein said modified digital business card is stored. - View Dependent Claims (83, 84, 85)
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92. A method according to claim 92, wherein said periodically updated advertisement comprises a daily special deal for a business.
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