Automated business card locator

• US 5,909,687 A
• Filed: 07/03/1997
• Issued: 06/01/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 07/03/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Douglas S. Tapper
• Original Assignee: Douglas S. Tapper
• Inventors: Tapper, Douglas S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Amsbury, Wayne
• Assistant Examiner(s): ALAM, SHAHID AL
• Application Number:
  US08/888,334
• Time in Patent Office: 698 Days
• Field of Search: 707/2, 707/104
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B42F 21/00 Indexing means; Indexing tabs or protectors therefor
• CPC Class Codes: B42F 5/00 Sheets and objects temporarily attached together; Means therefor; Albums bookbinding aspects of albums B42D1/08; advertising or display aspects G09
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99932 Access augmentation or optimizing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99945 Object-oriented database structure processing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99948 Application of database or data structure, e.g. distributed, multimedia, or image

Abstract

An automated business card locator comprises two components: 1) a software program that creates an index making the cards easy to locate, and 2) a loose-leaf binder which retains clear plastic business cardholder sheets and index sheet protectors. Business card information is entered, by template, into the software program, sorted, printed and retained within the loose-leaf binder.

Claims

1. A business card organizer comprising:

a business card holder,

said business card holder comprising;

a binder,

a plurality of card receiving pages,

said card receiving pages each including a plurality of business card receiving sections,

a computer generated indexing system, and

wherein said plurality of card receiving pages are sequentially numbered, one or more of said business cards are retained randomly within said plurality of business card receiving sections and said computer generated indexing system identifies each card'"'"'s page location based on a chosen index parameter.

2. A business card organizer as per claim 1, wherein said computer generated indexing system comprises a business card data entry template.

3. A business card organizer as per claim 1, wherein said business card holder contains at least one index sheet protector.

4. A business card organizer as per claim 2, wherein said computer generated indexing system comprises business card data entries sorted by category.

5. A business card organizer as per claim 2, wherein said computer generated indexing system comprises business card data entries sorted by name.

6. A business card organizer as per claim 2, wherein said computer generated indexing system comprises business card data entries sorted by page number.

7. A business card organizer as per claim 2, wherein said computer generated indexing system comprises business card data entries sorted by category, name or page number.

8. A business card organizer as per claim 2, wherein said template comprises data entry of at least a business card name, card location and one or more categories.

9. A method of locating business cards placed randomly within pages contained within a business card holder comprising:

entering business card information into a computer generated template, said business card information including indices of at least name, category and page number of said business card holder;

selecting a computer generated sort of said entered business card information based on one or more of said indices;

printing a computer generated printout of said sorted card information;

retaining said computer generated printout within a designated index section of said business card holder, and

wherein said business cards are located by traversal of said computer generated printout to locate a desired name or category and its corresponding page number.

10. A method of locating business cards as per claim 9, wherein said computer generated template comprises data entry of at least a business card name, card location and one or more categories.