CONTACT INITIALIZATION BASED UPON AUTOMATIC PROFILE SHARING BETWEEN COMPUTING DEVICES
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1. A method of initiating contact based upon automatically shared profile data comprising:
- automatically wirelessly exchanging profile information between at least two computing devices;
automatically determining whether a contact opportunity exists by comparing received profile information with a set of previously established contact rules;
automatically presenting a notification upon at least one of the two computing devices of a contact opportunity, wherein presentation of the notification depends upon whether the profile information favorably compares with the contact rules.
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A method of initiating contact based upon automatically shared profile data can include a step of automatically and wirelessly exchanging profile information between at least two computing devices. A determination can be made as to whether a contact opportunity exists by comparing received profile information with a set of previously established contact rules. A notification of a contract opportunity can be automatically presented upon one of the computing devices, depending upon whether the profile information favorably, compares with the contact rules.
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1. A method of initiating contact based upon automatically shared profile data comprising:
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automatically wirelessly exchanging profile information between at least two computing devices; automatically determining whether a contact opportunity exists by comparing received profile information with a set of previously established contact rules; automatically presenting a notification upon at least one of the two computing devices of a contact opportunity, wherein presentation of the notification depends upon whether the profile information favorably compares with the contact rules. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A machine-readable storage having stored thereon, a profile handling agent having a plurality of code sections, said profile handling agent comprising:
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a broadcasting module configured to broadcast profile information over an automatically established wireless personal area network, wherein the profile information includes a set of user configurable, user-specific information, which is stored locally upon a mobile computing device within which the profiling handling agent executes; and a receiver module configured to receive responses to the broadcasted profile information over the personal area network, wherein the mobile computing device automatically presents a notification whenever a received response indicates that a contact opportunity, exists, where the contact opportunity is based at least in part upon the profile information. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A computing, device comprising:
a machine-readable storage having stored thereon, a profile handling, agent, wherein said profiling agent causes the computing device to automatically and wirelessly exchange profiling information with other computing devices, to automatically determining whether contact opportunities exist by comparing received profile information with a set of previously established contact rules, and to automatically present a notification of a contact opportunity based upon a response from a different give to profiling information conveyed from said device. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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