System and method for providing electronic business cards by searching storage means in accordance with one or more criteria
AssigneeAlcatel Lucent
InventorsFrancis Pinault, Jerome Elleouet, Eric Bramoulle
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AssigneeAlcatel Lucent
InventorsFrancis Pinault, Jerome Elleouet, Eric Bramoulle
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A system (S) is dedicated to providing electronic business cards, comprising information related to people and to any positions that those people occupy within companies, to communication devices (EC1-EC3) connected to a communication network (RC). This system (S) comprises means of searching (MRP, MRS1-MRS3) operative to search within first means of storage (MS11-MS13), which store the aforementioned information as well as associated information display descriptions, each electronic business card that matches at least one chosen search criterion that is defined in an electronic business card request received from a communication device (EC1), and to provide that device (EC1) with each located electronic business card an that at least some of the information that it comprises can be displayed on a screen based on the display description associated with that information.
A system (S) for providing electronic business cards, comprising information related to people and to any positions that those people may occupy within companies, to communication devices (ECj) connected to a communication network (RC), wherein it comprises means of searching (MRP, MRSk) operative to search within first means of storage (MS1i), which store said information as well as associated information display descriptions, for each electronic business card matching at least one chosen search criterion defined within an electronic business card request received from a communication device (ECj), and to provide that communication device (ECj) with each located electronic business card in view of displaying on a screen at least some of the information that comprises in accordance with the display description associated with said information.
A method for providing electronic business cards, comprising information related to people and to any positions that those people occupy within companies, to communication devices (ECj) connected to a communication network (RC), wherein it consists, in the event of an electronic business card request from a communication device (ECj):
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