Electronic business/personal card and method of use thereof
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1. A wireless one-to-one communication method between two users of a service comprising the steps of:
- a sending party and a receiving party mutually selecting each other, the sending party having a sending device and the receiving party having a receiving device;
between the sending party and the receiving party, mutually designating each other so as to allow one-to-one communication between only the sending device and the receiving device, said step of designating between the sending party and the receiving party including the sending party and the receiving party mutually targeting the sending and receiving devices by at least one of the parties performing at least one of the following steps;
moving into proximity with the other party, aiming at least one of the sending and receiving devices relative to each other, mutually timing activation of the sending and receiving devices, and motioning at least one of the sending and receiving devices relative to each other;
sending at least one unique electronic identification wirelessly between only the sending device and the receiving device in response to said mutually designating between the sending party and the receiving party;
downloading the at least one identification locally to the receiving device; and
using said at least one identification downloaded to the receiving device to access information from one or more databases.
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Abstract
The present invention includes a wireless communication method and device comprising a one-to-one exchange of wireless electronic device identifications or unique profile IDs between a sending and a receiving party who are both registered users of the electronic business/personal card service and further comprising upload of the wireless electronic identifications to a data server computer system wherein said system matches said identifications with those of registered users and said computer system displays information about the user associated with each identification.
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1. A wireless one-to-one communication method between two users of a service comprising the steps of:
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a sending party and a receiving party mutually selecting each other, the sending party having a sending device and the receiving party having a receiving device; between the sending party and the receiving party, mutually designating each other so as to allow one-to-one communication between only the sending device and the receiving device, said step of designating between the sending party and the receiving party including the sending party and the receiving party mutually targeting the sending and receiving devices by at least one of the parties performing at least one of the following steps;
moving into proximity with the other party, aiming at least one of the sending and receiving devices relative to each other, mutually timing activation of the sending and receiving devices, and motioning at least one of the sending and receiving devices relative to each other;sending at least one unique electronic identification wirelessly between only the sending device and the receiving device in response to said mutually designating between the sending party and the receiving party; downloading the at least one identification locally to the receiving device; and using said at least one identification downloaded to the receiving device to access information from one or more databases. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer system coupled to a computer network, the computer system including software for performing a method that comprises the steps of:
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storing a plurality of unique wireless device identifications; storing information for a plurality of users; associating the wireless device identifications with respective accounts for the plurality of users; a sending user and a receiving user mutually selecting each other, the sending party having a first wireless device and the receiving party having a second wireless device; between the sending user and the receiving user having a second wireless device, mutually designating each other so as to allow one-to-one communication between only the first and second wireless devices, said step of designating between the sending user and the receiving user including the sending user and the receiving user mutually targeting the first and second wireless devices by at least one of the users performing at least one of the following steps;
moving into proximity with the other user, aiming at least one of the sending and receiving devices relative to each other, mutually timing activation of the sending and receiving devices, and motioning at least one of the sending and receiving devices relative to each other;sending at least one unique electronic identification wirelessly between only the first and second wireless devices in response to said mutually designating between the sending user and the receiving user; downloading the at least one unique electronic identification locally to the second wireless device; and using said at least one unique electronic identification downloaded to the second wireless device to access the information associated with a respective account and a respective user from the computer network. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A wireless device for exchanging unique device identifications comprising:
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an external case housing a power supply; a data transfer interface; a targetable send/receive hardware component; an activation mechanism; a processor; and a memory, wherein the wireless device is configured such that between a sending party having a first wireless device and a receiving party having a second wireless device, the sending party and the receiving party mutually select each other and mutually target the first and second wireless devices relative to each other, the sending party and the receiving party mutually designating each other so as to allow one-to-one communication between the first wireless device and the second wireless device, wherein the first and second wireless devices are configured such that the one-to-one communication therebetween is initiated by the mutually targeting occurring by at least one of the parties performing at least one of the following steps;
moving into proximity with the other party, aiming at least one of the first and second wireless devices relative to each other, mutually timing activation of the first and second wireless devices, and motioning at least one of the first and second wireless devices relative to each other,wherein at least one unique electronic identification is wirelessly sent between only the sending party and the receiving party in response to said mutually designating between the sending party and the receiving party, and wherein the at least one identification is downloaded locally to the memory in the second wireless device, and said at least one identification downloaded to the memory is used to access information from one or more databases. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method for wireless one-to-one communication between two users of a service provider via software implemented in a server of the service provider and in each of a plurality of wireless sending and receiving devices, comprising:
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(a) providing via the service provider a unique electronic identification associated with a corresponding one of a plurality of wireless sending and receiving devices; (b) storing via the service provider data on at least one of a plurality of users, each user being associated with the electronic wireless identification of the corresponding wireless sending and receiving device assigned thereto; (c) wirelessly exchanging between said plurality of users said unique electronic identifications by a sending user and a receiving user mutually designating each other so as to allow one-to-one communication between a respective sending device and a respective receiving device, wherein said step of mutually designating between the sending and the receiving user includes the sending user and the receiving user mutually selecting each other and mutually targeting the sending and receiving devices at each other by at least one of the sending and receiving users performing at least one of the following steps;
moving into proximity with the other user, aiming at least one of the sending and receiving devices relative to each other, mutually timing activation of the sending and receiving devices, and motioning at least one of the sending and receiving devices relative to each other, andwherein at least one unique electronic identification is wirelessly sent between only the sending user and the receiving user in response to said mutually designating between the sending user and the receiving user; (d) downloading the at least one wireless electronic identification locally to the receiving device; and (e) using said at least one identification downloaded locally to the receiving device to access data about at least one of the parties via the service provider.
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31. A wireless one-to-one communication method, comprising the steps of:
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providing a plurality of wireless electronic devices; registering at least one user to a service provider so as to associate the at least one user to one of the plurality of wireless electronic devices; associating a unique electronic identification to each of the plurality of wireless electronic devices; storing the unique electronic identification assigned to each of the plurality of wireless electronic devices in a data server having a database, the database being configured to limit access of third parties to information associated with the unique electronic identification; wirelessly transmitting a unique electronic device identification of a first one of the wireless electronic devices only to a second one of the wireless electronic devices in response to a sending party having one of the wireless electronic devices and a receiving party having the other of wireless electronics devices mutually selecting each other and designating each other so as to allow one-to-one communication therebetween, wherein said step of designating between the sending and the receiving party includes the sending party and the receiving party mutually targeting their respective wireless electronic devices by at least one of the parties performing at least one of the following steps;
moving into proximity with the other party, aiming at least one of the wireless electronic devices relative to each other, mutually timing activation of the wireless electronic devices, and motioning at least one of the wireless electronic devices relative to each other;receiving the unique electronic identification of said first one of the wireless electronic devices by said second one of the wireless electronic devices; downloading the unique electronic identification locally to the wireless electronic device of the receiving party; and using the unique electronic identification downloaded to the wireless electronic device of the receiving party to access information about at least one of the parties from the data server. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33)
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