US6533171B1
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Electronic business card exchange
Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1999-10-12
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Granted: 2003-03-18
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Expires: 2019-10-12
Abstract
Abstract This invention relates to the electronic distribution of business card information. There is provided a method and apparatus for distributing smart card information comprising the steps of: acquiring electronic information from a first smart card; acquiring an electronic address from a second smart card; and sending the information from the first smart card to the electronic address of the second card. This allows electronic information from one smart card to be sent to an e-mail location contained on another smart card without the e-mail location of the second smart card being manually entered by the card carrier.
Inventors
- 👤 Lawrence Leon Porter
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 23:33
CPC Classifications
G; G07; G07F; G07F7/00; G07F7/08; G07F7/10; G07F7/1008; G06; G06Q; G06Q10/00; G06Q10/10; G06Q10/107; G06Q20/00; G06Q20/30; G06Q20/34; G06Q20/342; G06Q20/346; G07F7/02; G07F7/025
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
108 words
A method of distributing smart card information comprising the steps of: providing a smart card reader at a given location; using the smart card reader to acquire electronic information from a first smart card, including the step of inserting the first smart card into the card reader; using the smart card reader to acquire an electronic address from a second smart card, including the step of inserting the second smart card into the card reader within a defined time period of inserting the first smart card into the card reader; and sending the information from said first smart card to the electronic address of said second smart card.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
108 words
A method of distributing smart card information comprising the steps of: providing a smart card reader at a given location; using the smart card reader to acquire electronic information from a first smart card, including the step of inserting the first smart card into the card reader; using the smart card reader to acquire an electronic address from a second smart card, including the step of inserting the second smart card into the card reader within a defined time period of inserting the first smart card into the card reader; and sending the information from said first smart card to the electronic address of said second smart card.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
46 words
A method as claimed in claim 1 , also comprising the steps of: acquiring a further electronic address from said first card and acquiring further electronic information from said second card and sending the further electronic information to the electronic address of said first smart card.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
68 words
A method as claimed in claim 2 , further comprising the step of acquiring yet a further electronic address and yet further electronic information from a third smart card and sending the said further electronic information to the electronic locations of said first and second smart cards and sending the electronic information of said first and second smart cards to the electronic address of said third smart card.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
16 words
A method as claimed in claim 3 , wherein said electronic information is business card information.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
31 words
A method as claimed in claim 4 , characterized in that said business card information is filed away in a business contacts' database at the destination specified by the electronic address.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
49 words
A method as claimed in claim 5 , whereby the smart card information further comprises details as to the type of business contacts' database maintained by its carrier and is therefore able to convert the business card information to the relevant format for filing in said business contacts' database.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
28 words
A method according to claim 1 , further comprising the step of, the smart card reader providing a visual or audible signal to indicate said defined time period.
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