US 2019/0173989 A1 · CONTACT INFORMATION EXCHANGING AND CONTENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NETWORKING AND MARKETING

Abstract

An application for storing on a server for download to a client device for executing on the client device. The client device comprising a processor executing steps for performing various functionalities including: •sharing entered contact information of a user with the client device of another person using the same or similar application when the respective client devices are in a prescribed proximity to each other, and that other person being able to reciprocate sharing of their entered contact information into their client device with the client device of the user; •viewing, optionally joining, and/or creating a meeting where contact information between the participants is shared by the client devices of users joining or engaged in the meeting; •a user accessing, viewing and/or searching a list of contact information objects captured by the client device of the user; •entering of profile data details associated with a user and storing these in the client device for the purposes of constituting contact information for sharing with the client device of another user operating the application.

A contact information exchanging and content system for networking comprising:

smart devices for users and clients, each smart device having:
a user interface for communicating with an operator of the smart device, a network interface for communicating with a computer network, a processor for operating an application, and a store;
a server including an engine and a database;
and
a beacon associated with a client, having a beacon protocol to range a network identifier within a range and beacon identifiers to a responding smart device of a user (user device) and selectively cause contact information or content or both contact information and content to be pushed to the user device;
the store of a user device being designed to store:
(i) contact information related to the user of the user device,
(ii) contact information of other user devices having the application, and
(iii) selectively received pushed content;
the application of a user device having:
(a) contact functionality to:
(i) generate and store the user contact information via the user interface;
(ii) receive and store the contact information of another user via the network interface;
and
(iii) communicate the user contact information via the network interface to the server interface for processing by the engine to form a contact information data file and store the contact information data file in the database;
and
(b) content functionality to:
(i) selectively receive beacon identifiers;
and if so
(ii) selectively receive and store content pushed to the user device;
and
(iii) communicate the stored content via the network interface to the server interface for processing by the engine to form a content data file and store the content data file in the database;
the application of the smart device of a client (client device) having functionality to:
(i) generate client content for receipt by a user device via the server;
and
(ii) communicate the client content via the communication means to the interface for processing by the engine to form a content data file and store the content data file in the database;
all user devices, client devices and beacons associated with the network constituting network clients and each being assigned a network identifier used to indicate to each other and the server that they belong to the network the engine being programmed to:
(i) receive user identifiers, client identifiers and beacon identifiers to identify respective users, clients and beacons associated with the network and establish communication therewith according to the particular functionality being invoked;
(ii) receive the user contact information and client content from the interface and respectively process same to form a corresponding contact information data file and content data file, as appropriate and securely store the corresponding data files in the database;
and
(iii) selectively cause:
(a) stored contact information associated with the user of the user device in respect of which a user identifier is received to be accessed and downloaded to the user device;
and
(b) stored content associated with the client of the beacon in respect of which beacon identifiers are received in conjunction with a user identifier to be pushed and downloaded to the user device associated with the user identifier.

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Facts

Application

16/321,811Filed 31 Jul 2017

Priority

AU 201690298829 Jul 2016

Published

6 Jun 2019

Term ends

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Classification8 codes

H04M 1/2757
Providing data content: by data transmission, e.g. downloading
G06Q 30/0251
Advertisements: targeted advertisements
H04W 4/021
Services making use of location information: services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
H04W 4/08
Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective…:…

Contact information exchanging and content system and method for networking and marketing

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Contact information exchanging and content system and method for networking and marketing

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