SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING PRE-AUTHORIZED CONTACT DATA

• US 20140025676A1
• Filed: 07/23/2012
• Published: 01/23/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/23/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Vizibility Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Vizibility Incorporated
• Inventors: Alexander, James
• Application Number:
  US13/555,594
• Publication Number:
  US 20140025676A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/736
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for processing pre-authorized contact data. An exemplary computer-implemented method includes receiving contact data by a computing device based at least in part upon accessing a machine-readable code, wherein the machine-readable code encodes a network address for accessing the contact data. The method can also include automatically associating at least one of current location, current date, or current time information with the received contact data. Moreover, the method can optionally include associating one or more notes with the received contact data, wherein the one or more notes are capable of providing information relating to the received contact data. The method can further include generating an electronic contact entry based at least in part upon the received contact data, at least one of the associated current location, current date, or current time information, and optionally upon the one or more notes.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method of sending a preauthorized contact entry comprising:

receiving a request for preauthorized contact data associated with a user account from a requesting device, wherein the requesting device sends the request to a network address optically extracted by the requesting device from a machine readable optical code;

automatically associating at least one of current location, current date, and current time with the request;

generating a preauthorized electronic contact entry,

wherein the preauthorized electronic contact entry includes the associated current location, current date, and current time, and wherein the preauthorized electronic contact entry is an electronic business card or vCard; and

transmitting the preauthorized electronic contact entry to the requesting device.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising automatically notifying a device associated with the user account of the request from the requesting device, wherein the notifying the device associated with the user account includes the current location, current date and current time associated with the request.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the machine readable optical code is a QR code.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the machine readable optical code is a Microsoft TAG, a matrix bar code, a uniquely identifiable image, or a uniquely identifiable biometric code.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 13, wherein the generating the preauthorized electronic contact entry further includes adding user input notes received from the requesting device to the electronic entry.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the requesting device is a mobile device and wherein the request to the network address optically extracted by the requesting device is extracted by capturing an image of the machine readable optical code by the requesting device.

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18. A system comprising:

a processor;

a computer readable storage medium storing instructions for controlling the processor to perform steps comprising;

receiving a request for preauthorized contact data associated with a user account from a requesting device, wherein the requesting device sends the request to a network address optically extracted by the requesting device from a machine readable optical code, wherein the requesting device is a mobile device and wherein the request to the network address optically extracted by the requesting device is extracted by capturing an image of the machine readable optical code by the requesting device;

automatically associating at least one of current location, current date, or current time with the request;

generating a preauthorized electronic contact entry, wherein the preauthorized electronic contact entry includes the at least one of the associated current location, current date, or current time, and wherein the preauthorized electronic contact entry is an electronic business card or vCard;

transmitting the preauthorized electronic contact entry to the requesting device and;

automatically notifying by SMS or email a device associated with the user account of the request from the requesting device, wherein the notifying the device associated with the user account includes the at least one of current location, current date or current time associated with the request.