Profile management method and system

A device-readable medium having stored therein a plurality of programming instructions, which when executed on a device, the instructions cause the device to:

• receive short profile data of a user from a device, the short profile data comprising an identifier element and being associated with long profile data of the user in a database on a network, the short profile data being indicative of at least one of data format of the short profile data and location of the database on the network;
• locate the database on the network based on at least one of the identifier, the data format of the short profile data and the location of the database on the network, the long profile data comprising a plurality of data elements;
• and
• retrieve at least one of the plurality of data elements of the long profile data from the database upon the database being located.

A profile management system comprising:

• means for receiving short profile data of a user from a device, the short profile data comprising an identifier element and being associated with long profile data of the user in a database on a network, the short profile data being indicative of at least one of data format of the short profile data and location of the database on the network;
• means for locating the database on the network based on at least one of the identifier, the data format of the short profile data and the location of the database on the network, the long profile data comprising a plurality of data elements;
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• means for retrieving at least one of the plurality of data elements of the long profile data from the database upon the database being located.