Electronic business cards
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1. A method of providing electronic business cards for a telephone for a telephone network while a user is engaged in a voice communication on the telephone, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving a call from a caller and associated caller ID information;
receiving a user request to create a new electronic business card;
creating the electronic business card by automatically incorporating the caller ID information into the new electronic business card; and
displaying the electronic business card on a display that is integral to the telephone while a user is engaged in a voice communication using the telephone.
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Abstract
The system and method consistent with the present invention provides improved electronic business cards for a communication device. Electronic business cards may be created using CLID information, transferred among users of a telephone network, and used to initiate a call automatically.
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26 Claims
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1. A method of providing electronic business cards for a telephone for a telephone network while a user is engaged in a voice communication on the telephone, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving a call from a caller and associated caller ID information;
receiving a user request to create a new electronic business card;
creating the electronic business card by automatically incorporating the caller ID information into the new electronic business card; and
displaying the electronic business card on a display that is integral to the telephone while a user is engaged in a voice communication using the telephone. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
storing the electronic business card in a memory of the telephone. -
3. The method of claim 1 further including the step of
storing the electronic business card in a memory of a central computer as a network service provided to the telephone for a telephone network. -
4. The method of claim 1 further including the step of
accessing the electronic business card by scrolling a particular field of the electronic business card on a display. -
5. The method of claim 1,further including the step of
accessing the electronic business card by searching a particular field of the electronic business cards. -
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the creating step includes the substep of
receiving from a user additional information corresponding to the electronic business card. -
7. The method of claim 1 further including the step of
sending the electronic business card to another user of the telephone network. -
8. The method of claim 1 further including the step of
receiving the electronic business card from another user of the telephone network. -
9. The method of claim 8 further including the step of
storing the received electronic business card in a memory. -
10. The method of claim 1 further including the steps of
receiving from a user a request to edit the electronic business card, and receiving input data editing the electronic business card. -
11. The method of claim 10 further including the steps of
editing the electronic business card with the received input data, and storing the edited electronic business card in the memory. -
12. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving step includes a substep of receiving the call from the caller over a GSM network.
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13. The method of claim 1, wherein the telephone comprises a mobile communication device.
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14. A system for providing electronic business cards for a telephone for a telephone network while a user is engaged in a voice communication on the telephone, comprising:
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first means for receiving a call from a caller and associated caller ID information;
second means for receiving a user request to create a new electronic business card;
means for creating the electronic business card by automatically incorporating the caller ID information into the new electronic business card; and
means for displaying the electronic business card on a display that is integral to the telephone while a user is engaged in a voice communication using the telephone. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
means for storing the electronic business card in the telephone. -
16. The system of claim 14 further including
means for storing the electronic business card in a central computer as a network service provided to the communication device for a telephone network. -
17. The system of claim 14 further including
means for accessing the electronic business card by scrolling a particular field of the electronic business card on a display. -
18. The system of claim 14 further including
means for accessing the electronic business card by searching a particular field of the electronic business cards. -
19. The system of claim 14 wherein the creating means includes
means for receiving from a user additional information corresponding to the electronic business card. -
20. The system of claim 14, further including
means for sending the electronic business card to another user of the telephone network. -
21. The system of claim 14 further including
means for receiving the electronic business card from another user of the telephone network. -
22. The system of claim 21 further including
means for storing the received electronic business card. -
23. The system of claim 14 further including
means for receiving from a user a request to edit the electronic business card, and means for receiving input data editing the electronic business card. -
24. The method of claim 23 further including
means for editing the electronic business card with the received input data, and means for storing the edited electronic business card. -
25. The system of claim 14 wherein the first receiving means includes means for receiving the call from the caller over a GSM network.
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26. A method for entering new contact information into a telephone directory having a plurality of entries comprising the steps of:
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receiving an external communication from a communication device having a name and contact information;
copying the name and contact information from the external communication; and
adding, on a display, a new entry representing the name and contact information into the telephone directory indexed by the name while a user is engaged in a voice communication on a telephone for a telephone network, wherein the display is integral to the telephone.
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