Method and system for updating electronic business cards
First Claim
1. In a method of sending an electronic business card of a creator to a recipient for storage in contact software of the recipient, the improvement comprising:
- a) storing the electronic business card of the creator on a central server in a v-Card format or other compatible format and assigning a global identifier to the electronic business card that is unique to the creator, and b) sending a hyperlink to the recipient with the sent electronic business card, the hyperlink being displayed in the contact software of the recipient when viewing information contained in the electronic business card, the hyperlink allowing the recipient to update the electronic business card by linking to the creator'"'"'s stored electronic business card on the central server.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method and system that allows individuals to maintain current contact information in another individual'"'"'s contact software without having to individually notify the receiving individual or manually resend the updated contact information to the individual. The invention does this by utilizing an existing platform for the distribution of static contact information (the v-Card platform), and through the means of storing static contact information for an individual on a central server and then assigning a globally unique ID to the individual and his information. The invention includes in the static contact information created by an individual, a dynamic link containing a creator'"'"'s globally unique ID that may be utilized by recipients of the contact information to retrieve updated contact information at any future time.
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13 Claims
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1. In a method of sending an electronic business card of a creator to a recipient for storage in contact software of the recipient, the improvement comprising:
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a) storing the electronic business card of the creator on a central server in a v-Card format or other compatible format and assigning a global identifier to the electronic business card that is unique to the creator, and b) sending a hyperlink to the recipient with the sent electronic business card, the hyperlink being displayed in the contact software of the recipient when viewing information contained in the electronic business card, the hyperlink allowing the recipient to update the electronic business card by linking to the creator'"'"'s stored electronic business card on the central server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13)
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9. A system for automatically updating information within contact software, specifically through the creation of contact information files by users with the storage of such information on a central server comprising:
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a central server storing contact information for a plurality of creators in a v-Card format or other compatible format, each creator having a globally unique identifier, with the globally unique identifier associated with the contact information for each creator;
one or more creator computers, each adapted to link to the central server to input original and updated contact information for each creator and receive the original and updated contact information for dissemination to one or more recipients; and
one or more recipient computers, each adapted to receive e-mail from one or more creators containing the original or updated contact information sent by a creator, each recipient computer adapted to link to the central server using the globally unique identifier contained in the original or updated contact information to further update the original or updated contact information. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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