Methods and Systems for information Distribution

• US 20150095398A1
• Filed: 09/17/2014
• Published: 04/02/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Zappoint Corporation
• Original Assignee: Zappoint Corporation
• Inventors: Wang, John C.
• Application Number:
  US14/488,421
• Publication Number:
  US 20150095398A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/201
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1097 for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/08 Mobility data transfer

Abstract

Methods and systems for information distribution are provided. First, first ID is obtained from a data carrier. The first ID and second ID are transmitted to a management center via a network, wherein the management center determines a specific subset of first data corresponding to the first ID according to the first ID and the second ID. Then, the specific subset of the first data is received from the management center via the network, and the specific subset of the first data is output.

Claims

1. A method for information distribution for use in an electronic device, comprising:

obtaining first ID (identity data) from a data carrier;

transmitting the first ID and second ID to a management center via a network, wherein the management center determines a specific subset of first data corresponding to the first ID according to the first ID and the second ID;

receiving the specific subset of the first data from the management center via the network; and

outputting the specific subset of the first data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the data carrier comprise a business card, a publication, a screen, or any medium storing or printed with the identity data.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the identity data comprises a sequence of numbers, a sequence of characters, a sequence of combination of numbers and characters, a name, a phone number, an email address, an email signature, a website address, an advertisement, a post, or member identification.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the electronic device captures an image for the data carrier by using an image capture unit, and obtains the first ID from the image.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising displaying the image via a display unit, and displaying the specific subset of the first data in the image using an AR (Augmented Reality) technology.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the electronic device scans the data carrier by using a scanner, thus to obtain the first ID from the data carrier.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the electronic device wirelessly detects and obtains the first ID from the data carrier by using a reader.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the management center retrieves an information distribution authority for the second ID corresponding to the first ID, and determines the specific subset of the first Data corresponding to the first ID according to the information distribution authority.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising transmitting an information request for the first ID, which is generated by the second ID to the management canter via the network, and notifying the information request of the second ID to an entity corresponding to the first ID by the management center.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising receiving an instruction for modifying the information distribution authority for the second ID corresponding to the first ID according to the information request by the management center, in which the instruction is generated, in response to the notification, by the entity corresponding to the first ID.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising transmitting an information granting instruction for the first ID, which is generated by the second ID to the management canter via the network, and notifying the information granting instruction of the second ID to an entity corresponding to the first ID by the management center.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising receiving an acceptance instruction by the management center, in which the acceptance instruction is generated, in response to the notification, by the entity corresponding to the first ID.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising obtaining additional data according to the second ID, and determining the specific subset of the first Data corresponding to the first ID according to the first ID, the second ID, and the additional data by the management center.

14. A system for information distribution for use in an electronic device, comprising:

an identity data obtaining unit obtaining first ID from a data carrier;

a network connecting unit; and

a processing unit transmitting the first ID and second ID to a management center via a network by using the network connecting unit, wherein the management center determines a specific subset of first data corresponding to the first ID according to the first ID and the second ID, receiving the specific subset of the first data from the management center via the network by using the network connecting unit, and outputting the specific subset of the first data.

15. A machine-readable storage medium comprising a computer program, which, when executed, causes a device to perform a method for information distribution, wherein the method comprises:

obtaining first ID from a data carrier;

transmitting the first ID and second ID to a management center via a network, wherein the management center determines a specific subset of first data corresponding to the first ID according to the first ID and the second ID;

receiving the specific subset of the first data from the management center via the network; and

outputting the specific subset of the first data.