Electronic business/personal card and method of use thereof

• US 20080064374A1
• Filed: 07/20/2006
• Published: 03/13/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dan Coffing
• Original Assignee: Dan Coffing
• Inventors: Coffing, Dan
• Granted Patent: US 7,962,157 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/414.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/23 Updating
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2379 Updates performed during online database operations; commit processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/284 Relational databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/955 using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/53 using third party service providers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 using location based information parameters

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.

Claims

1. A wireless one-to-one communication method between two registered users of a service provider comprising:

between a sending device and a receiving device, transmitting unique wireless electronic device identifications between a sending party and a receiving party wherein said transmission is carried out by means of directionally targeted narrow electromagnetic beams.

2. The wireless one-to-one communication method of claim 1, wherein the receiving party is an event organizer and the sending party is a business or social invitee and wherein the receiving device is stationary and used to receive and store wireless electronic identifications of the invitees.

3. The wireless one-to-one communication method of claim 2, wherein the receiving party is a medical services provider and the sending party is a patient.

4. The wireless one-to-one communication method of claim 1, 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.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the information is profile information.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the profile information includes text, audio, video, images, Blogs, website links or items or services for sale.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein the profile information contains medical or other information and wherein the sending party is a patient in need of healthcare services and the receiving party is a health care provider.

8. A computer system coupled to a computer network, the computer system including software for performing a method comprising:

storing a plurality of unique wireless device identifications;

storing information for a plurality of users;

associating the wireless device identifications with the information;

receiving one wireless device identification from a wireless device connected to a user'"'"'s computer;

accessing the information associated with the wireless device identification; and

displaying the information associated with the one or more wireless device identifications to the user'"'"'s computer.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the wireless device identifications and information are stored in a database accessible over the Internet.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the information is profile information.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein accessing the information comprises generating a query to a database using the one or more wireless device identifications and retrieving information associated with the one or more wireless device identifications in response to the query.

12. A wireless device for exchanging unique device identifications comprising:

comprising an external case housing a power supply, a USB interface, a targetable, narrow-beam send/receive hardware component, a transmit button, confirmation LED(s), processor, memory, USB transaction software, selector switch, and internal clock/calendar, wherein exchange of said identifications is accomplished by single button exchanges between a sending party and a receiving party.

13. The wireless device of claim 12, wherein the wireless device is a stand alone device having no display capabilities and having an external ruggedized case and weighs less than one ounce.

14. The wireless device of claim 12, wherein the wireless device is embedded in a watch, a cell-phone, a broach, a pendant, a necklace, a ring, an earring, an article of clothing, a clothing label, a wallet or a key-chain.

15. The wireless device of claim 12, wherein the wireless device is integrated into a credit-card form-factor.

16. A method for wireless one-to-one communication between two registered users of a service provider comprising:

(a) associating a unique wireless electronic device identifications with each of a plurality of wireless sending and receiving devices;

(b) providing each of said registered users with one of said wireless sending and receiving devices;

(c) associating a profile of each user with the electronic wireless device identification associated with that user'"'"'s wireless sending and receiving device;

wherein said users exchange said unique wireless electronic device identifications by single button engagement of said user'"'"'s sending and receiving devices to transmit and receive said device identifications; and

wherein said transmission is by means of a directionally targeted narrow electromagnetic beam.