Exchanging electronic business cards over digital media
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1. A method of exchanging electronic business cards over digital media, comprising:
- receiving a selection for sending an electronic business card over digital media to a destination address;
generating a data representation for the electronic business card, the data representation containing one or more schematized contact data elements, the schematized contact data elements including a schematized prescribed layout of the electronic business card that may be used at a destination address for regenerating a visual image for the electronic business card;
generating a visual image of the selected electronic business card;
associating the data representation with the image; and
in response to receiving the selection for sending the electronic business card over digital media to the destination address, sending the image and the associated data representation to the destination address.
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Abstract
Graphical visual representations of electronic business cards may be generated from associated contact file information. Electronic business cards may be sent and received over digital media. Contacts information associated with received electronic business cards may be used for adding to or updating information contained in a recipient'"'"'s electronic contact files.
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1. A method of exchanging electronic business cards over digital media, comprising:
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receiving a selection for sending an electronic business card over digital media to a destination address;
generating a data representation for the electronic business card, the data representation containing one or more schematized contact data elements, the schematized contact data elements including a schematized prescribed layout of the electronic business card that may be used at a destination address for regenerating a visual image for the electronic business card;
generating a visual image of the selected electronic business card;
associating the data representation with the image; and
in response to receiving the selection for sending the electronic business card over digital media to the destination address, sending the image and the associated data representation to the destination address. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of exchanging electronic business cards over digital media, comprising:
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receiving a selection for sending an electronic business card over digital media to a destination address;
generating a data representation for the electronic business card, the data representation containing one or more schematized contact data elements, the schematized contact data elements including a schematized prescribed layout of the electronic business card that may be used at a destination address for regenerating an image for the electronic business card;
generating the image of the electronic business card that represents a graphical visual representation of the selected electronic business card; and
embedding the data representation file in a metadata of the image of the electronic business card; and
in response to receiving a selection for sending an electronic business card over a digital media to a destination address, sending the image of the electronic business card and the embedded data representation to the destination address. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A computer-readable medium containing computer-executable instructions which when executed by a computer perform a method of exchanging electronic business cards over digital media, comprising:
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receiving an image of an electronic business card and an associated vCard file containing one or more contact data elements associated with the electronic business card via a digital media communication at a destination address;
at the destination address, displaying a visual representation of the electronic business card in a graphical user interface by rendering the image in the graphical user interface; and
providing access to the one or more contact data elements contained in the vCard by receiving a selection of the visual representation of the electronic business card. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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