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Virtual calling card system and method

  • US 7,373,609 B2
  • Filed: 04/11/2006
  • Issued: 05/13/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system comprising components embodied on a computer-readable storage medium that when executed on a processor facilitate generating a graphical user interface for a virtual calling card, comprising:

  • a first display component that displays a front side of the virtual calling card and a plurality of active controls therein, wherein the plurality of active controls comprises a pass control and at least one of an add control, a chat button, an edit control, and a flip control, and wherein selection of the pass control automatically updates the calling card; and

    a second display component that displays a social network of a user represented by the virtual calling card on a reverse side of the virtual calling card, wherein the social network comprises a plurality of users who have received the virtual calling card and a degree of separation between the users in the network, the degree of separation is based at least in part on the path by which the virtual calling card was passed to the users in the network.

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