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Method and system for updating electronic business cards

  • US 7,246,099 B2
  • Filed: 07/13/2004
  • Issued: 07/17/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In a method of sending an electronic business card of a creator to a recipient for storage in contact software of the recipient, the improvement comprising:

  • a) storing the electronic business card of the creator on a central server and assigning a global identifier to the electronic business card that is unique to the creator, andb) sending a hyperlink to the recipient with the sent electronic business card, the hyperlink being downloaded to the contact software of the recipient for display when viewing information contained in the electronic business card, the hyperlink allowing the recipient to update the electronic business card by linking to the creator'"'"'s stored electronic business card on the central server, wherein the downloading step further comprises clicking on another hyperlink to automatically download the information into the contact software, the downloaded information including the hyperlink displayed in the contact software.

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