DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTACT INFORMATION EXCHANGE
First Claim
1. A method of exchanging contact information using an electronic handheld device, the electronic handheld device having a camera, a display screen, and a memory storing user contact data, the method comprising:
- obtaining, with the camera, an image of a first barcode associated with a contact, the first barcode having contact information encoded therein;
decoding the first barcode to obtain the contact information;
obtaining an electronic address associated with the contact from the contact information; and
displaying a second barcode on the display screen in response to obtaining the image of the first barcode associated with the contact, wherein the second barcode encodes the user contact data.
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Abstract
A method and device exchanging contact information on an electronic device. Contact information is obtained from a contact by scanning a barcode using an electronic device and decoding the barcode to recover the contact information encoded therein. The contact information may be used to reciprocate by sending user contact data in a message addressed to an electronic address obtained from the contact information. The user contact data may be encoded in a second barcode displayed on the electronic device.
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24 Claims
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1. A method of exchanging contact information using an electronic handheld device, the electronic handheld device having a camera, a display screen, and a memory storing user contact data, the method comprising:
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obtaining, with the camera, an image of a first barcode associated with a contact, the first barcode having contact information encoded therein; decoding the first barcode to obtain the contact information; obtaining an electronic address associated with the contact from the contact information; and displaying a second barcode on the display screen in response to obtaining the image of the first barcode associated with the contact, wherein the second barcode encodes the user contact data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 23, 24)
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3. (canceled)
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11. An electronic device comprising:
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a display screen; a camera; memory storing user contact data; a processor; and a code reader application executable by the processor and containing instructions for configuring the camera to obtain an image of a first barcode associated with a contact, the first barcode having contact information encoded therein, and instructions to configure the processor to decode the first barcode to obtain the contact information, obtain an electronic address associated with the contact from the contact information, and display a second barcode on the display screen in response to obtaining the image of the first barcode associated with the contact, wherein the second barcode encodes the user contact data. - View Dependent Claims (12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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13. (canceled)
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22. A computer readable program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having encoded thereon computer executable instructions for exchanging contact information using an electronic handheld device, the electronic handheld device having a camera, a display screen, and a memory storing user contact data, the computer executable instructions comprising:
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instructions for obtaining, with the camera, an image of a first barcode associated with a contact, the first barcode having contact information encoded therein; instructions for decoding the first barcode to obtain the contact information; instructions for obtaining an electronic address associated with the contact from the contact information; and instructions for displaying a second barcode on the display screen in response to obtaining the image of the first barcode associated with the contact, wherein the second barcode encodes the user contact data.
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Specification