WEB TO PHONE CONTACT INFORMATION MESSAGING SYSTEM

• US 20100235749A1
• Filed: 05/21/2010
• Published: 09/16/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nitesh Ratnakar
• Original Assignee: Nitesh Ratnakar
• Inventors: Ratnakar, Nitesh
• Granted Patent: US 8,171,093 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/733
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0277 Online advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/10 Services
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/60 Business processes related to postal services shipping G06Q10/083; franking apparatus G07B17/00

Abstract

A method of transmitting contact information to an approved mobile communication device includes receiving an input representative of desired contact information located on a first web page and an input representative of the identity of a desired mobile communication device. The method also includes saving information representative of the desired contact information in a contact information database. The method also includes determining whether the desired mobile communication device is an approved device and transmitting to the desired mobile communication device information representative of a notification to send the information representative of the desired contact information. The method also includes receiving an input from the desired mobile communication device information representative of an acceptance to receive the information representative of the desired contact information, and transmitting to the desired mobile communication device information representative of the desired contact information.

Claims

1. A method of transmitting contact information to an approved mobile communication device, comprising:

receiving an input representative of desired contact information located on a first web page and an input representative of the identity of a desired mobile communication device;

saving information representative of the desired contact information in a contact information database;

determining whether the desired mobile communication device is an approved device;

transmitting to the desired mobile communication device information representative of a notification to send the information representative of the desired contact information;

receiving an input from the desired mobile communication device information representative of an acceptance to receive the information representative of the desired contact information; and

transmitting to the desired mobile communication device information representative of the desired contact information.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising transmitting to the desired mobile communication device a prompt to a user of the desired mobile communication device to enable the user of the desired mobile communication device to download a first mobile phone application in response to determining whether the desired mobile communication device is an approved device.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising automatically saving the information representative of the desired contact information in a memory of the desired mobile communication device.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein saving determining and transmitting are performed by a single server.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the input representative of the desired contact information located on a first web page and the input representative of the identity of the desired mobile communication device is sent from the desired mobile communication device.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein determining includes confirming the absence of a first mobile phone application in a memory of the desired mobile communication device.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein determining includes comparing the input representative of the identity of the desired mobile communication device with a listing of approved mobile communication devices.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising transmitting by the first mobile phone to a server the information representative of instances of contact information retrieval by the desired mobile communication device.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, further comprising transmitting by the first mobile phone to a server the information representative of instances of contact information retrieval by the desired mobile communication device.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising transmitting to the desired mobile communication device advertisement information with the information representative of the desired contact information.

18. The method of claim 1 further comprising transmitting to the desired mobile communication device advertisement information with the information representative of the desired contact information.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the advertisement information includes one or more of data, voice, image or video.

11. A method of transmitting contact information to an approved mobile communication device, comprising:

receiving an input representative of desired contact information located on a first web page and an input representative of the identity of a desired mobile communication device;

saving information representative of the desired contact information in a contact information database;

confirming that the desired mobile communication device is an approved device;

transmitting to the desired mobile communication device information representative of a notification to send the information representative of the desired contact information;

receiving an input from the desired mobile communication device information representative of an acceptance to receive the information representative of the desired contact information; and

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transmitting to the desired mobile communication device information representative of the desired contact information.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein confirming includes determining whether a memory of the desired mobile communication device includes a desired version of a first mobile phone application.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising receiving information representative of a wireless carrier and information representative of an operating system from the desired mobile communication device.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising recording by a first mobile phone application information representative of instances of contact information retrieval by the desired mobile communication device.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising transmitting by the first mobile phone to a server the information representative of instances of contact information retrieval by the desired mobile communication device.

16. The method of claim 11, further comprising automatically storing by a first mobile phone application the information representative of the desired contact information in a memory of the desired mobile communication device.

17. The method of claim 11, further comprising prompting the user when viewing the web page to enter information representative of the identity of a desired mobile communication device.

20. The method of claim 11, wherein saving determining and transmitting are performed by a single server.