US 2001/0020239 A1Published application

Business card managing system

AssigneeJustsystem Corporation

InventorsKazunori Ukigawa, Hiroki Yamashita, Akira Yamada

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Abstract

When persons who meet each other in the business scene exchange their business cards, and business card IDs specific to themselves and send the obtained other person's business card ID together with information indicating the situation when the IDs are exchanged, from the cellular phones to register the ID in the business card managing server. The business card managing server includes user's own information databases, besides other persons' information databases. A user who intends to browse another person's business card information, sends the user's own business card ID and the other person's business card ID to the business card managing server from the business card managing client. The business card managing server retrieves necessary information from the other persons' information database of the user and the user's own information database of the other person, and sends retrieved information to the business card managing client as the business card information.

Claims45

Dependent claims

A business card managing system which comprises a server device, and a plurality of first terminal devices and second terminal devices both of which are connected to said server device through a communication network, and at least one of each of which each user uses, wherein:

said server device comprises:
user's own information storing means for storing an ID of each user and information regarding the user;
first another person's ID receiving means for receiving another persons' ID transmitted from one of said first terminal devices;
a plurality of other persons' information storing means which are respectively set up for each user and are for storing other persons' IDs which said first another person's ID receiving means receives, in connection with information regarding the other persons;
second another person's ID receiving means for receiving another persons' ID transmitted from one of said second terminal devices;
information retrieving means for retrieving information from said user's own information storing means which corresponds to another person's ID which said second another person's ID receiving means receives, and for retrieving information stored in said other persons' information storing means of the user in connection with the other person's ID;
and
information transmitting means for transmitting information retrieved by said information retrieving means, to one of said second terminal devices that transmitted the other person's ID, through said communication network,
each of the plurality of said first terminal devices comprises:
first another person's ID inputting means for inputting another person's ID which each user obtains;
and
first another person's ID transmitting means for transmitting another person's ID input from said first another person's ID inputting means, to said first another person's ID receiving means through said communication network,
each of the plurality of said second terminal devices comprises:
second another person's ID inputting means for inputting another person's ID which corresponds to a person whose information the user wants to obtain;
second another person's ID transmitting means for transmitting another person's ID input from said second another person's ID inputting means, to said second another person's ID receiving means through said communication network;
information receiving means for receiving information transmitted from said information transmitting means of said server device in response to the transmission of another person's ID from said second another person's ID transmitting means;
and
information outputting means for outputting information which said information receiving means receives.

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said server device comprises:
user's own information storing means for storing an ID of each user and information regarding the user;
first another person's ID receiving means for receiving another person's ID transmitted from said second terminal devices;
a plurality of other persons' information storing means which are respectively set up for each user and are for storing other persons' IDs which said first another person's ID receiving means receives, in connection with information regarding the other persons;
second another person's ID receiving means for receiving another persons' ID transmitted from one of said second terminal devices;
information retrieving means for retrieving information from said user's own information storing means which corresponds to another person's ID which said second another person's ID receiving means receives, and for retrieving information stored in said other persons' information storing means of the user in connection with the other person's ID;
and
information transmitting means for transmitting information retrieved by said information retrieving means, to one of said second terminal devices that transmitted the other person's ID, through said communication network,
each of the plurality of said first terminal devices comprises:
first another person's ID inputting means for inputting another person's ID which each user obtains;
and
other person's ID storing means for storing the other person's ID input from said first another person's ID inputting means, in a recording medium,
each of the plurality of said second terminal devices comprises:
another person's ID reading out means for reading out another person's ID stored in said recording medium;
first another person's ID transmitting means for transmitting the other person's ID read out by said another person's ID reading out means, to said first another person's ID receiving means through said communication network;
second another person's ID inputting means for inputting another person's ID which corresponds to a person whose information the user wants to obtain;
second another person's ID transmitting means for transmitting another person's ID input from said second another person's ID inputting means, to said second another person's ID receiving means through said communication network;
information receiving means for receiving information transmitted from said information transmitting means of said server device in response to the transmission of another person's ID from said second another person's ID transmitting means;
and
information outputting means for outputting information which said information receiving means receives.

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A server device which is connected to a plurality of terminal devices, each of which is used by a user for requesting information regarding another person, by transmitting the other person's ID, through a communication network, said server device comprising:

user's own information storing means for storing each user's ID and information regarding each user;
a plurality of other persons' information storing means which are respectively set up for each user for storing other persons' IDs which the user obtains, in connection with information regarding the other persons;
another person's ID receiving means for receiving another person's ID transmitted from one of said terminal devices;
information retrieving means for retrieving information from said user's own information storing means which corresponds to the other person's ID which said another person's ID receiving means receives, and for retrieving information stored in said other persons' information storing means of the user in connection with the other person's ID;
and
information transmitting means for transmitting information retrieved by said information retrieving means, to said terminal device that transmitted the other person's ID through said communication network.

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said server device comprises:
a user's own information database for storing each user's ID and information regarding each user;
a plurality of other persons' information databases which are respectively set up for each user and are for storing other persons' IDs which each user obtains in connection with information regarding the other persons;
a communication device for processing communications between itself and said terminal devices through said communication network;
a memory which stores a program;
and
a processor for accessing said user's own information database and said other persons' information databases, and for controlling said communication device, according to the program stored in said memory,
said processor executes the program to:
wait until said communication device receives another person's ID from one of said terminal devices;
retrieve information from said user's own information database which corresponds to the other person's ID, in response to the reception of the other person's ID by said communication device;
retrieve information which is in connection with the received other person's ID, from said other persons' information database of the user;
and
control said communication device to transmit information retrieved from said user's own information database and said other persons' information database, to said terminal device that transmitted the other person's ID through said communication network.

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A computer-readable recording medium which stores a program, wherein the program controls a computer device which is connected to a plurality of terminal devices, each of which is used by a user for requesting information regarding another person by transmitting the other person's ID, through a communication network, to function as:

user's own information storing means for storing each user's ID and information regarding each user;
a plurality of other persons' information storing means which are respectively set up for each user and are for storing other persons' IDs which each user obtains, in connection with information regarding the other persons;
another person's ID receiving means for receiving another persons' ID transmitted from one of said terminal devices;
information retrieving means for retrieving information from said user's own information storing means which corresponds to the other person's ID which said another person's ID receiving means receives, and for retrieving information stored in said other persons' information storing means of the user in connection with the other person's ID;
and
information transmitting means for transmitting information retrieved by said information retrieving means, to said terminal device that transmitted the other person's ID, through said communication network.

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A carrier wave which superimposes a signaled program, wherein the program controls a computer device which is connected to a plurality of terminal devices, each of which is used by a user for requesting information regarding another person, by transmitting the other person's ID, through a communication network, to function as:

user's own information storing means for storing each user's ID and information regarding each user;
a plurality of other persons' information storing means which are respectively set up for each user and are for storing other persons' IDs which each user obtains, in connection with information regarding the other persons;
another person's ID receiving means for receiving another person's ID transmitted from one of said terminal devices;
information retrieving means for retrieving information from said user's own information storing means which corresponds to the other person's ID which said another person's ID receiving means receives, and for retrieving information stored in said other persons' information storing means of the user in connection with the other person's ID;
and
information transmitting means for transmitting information retrieved by said information retrieving means, to said terminal device that transmitted the other person's ID, through said communication network.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.