Electronic business cards
AssigneeNortel Networks Limited
InventorsBrian Finlay Beaton, Colin Donald Smith
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Abstract
The system and method consistent with the present invention provides improved electronic business cards for a communication device. Electronic business cards may be created using CLID information, transferred among users of a telephone network, and used to initiate a call automatically.
Claims26
A method of providing electronic business cards for a telephone for a telephone network while a user is engaged in a voice communication on the telephone, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving a call from a caller and associated caller ID information;
- receiving a user request to create a new electronic business card;
- creating the electronic business card by automatically incorporating the caller ID information into the new electronic business card;
- and
- displaying the electronic business card on a display that is integral to the telephone while a user is engaged in a voice communication using the telephone.
A system for providing electronic business cards for a telephone for a telephone network while a user is engaged in a voice communication on the telephone, comprising:
- first means for receiving a call from a caller and associated caller ID information;
- second means for receiving a user request to create a new electronic business card;
- means for creating the electronic business card by automatically incorporating the caller ID information into the new electronic business card;
- and
- means for displaying the electronic business card on a display that is integral to the telephone while a user is engaged in a voice communication using the telephone.
A method for entering new contact information into a telephone directory having a plurality of entries comprising the steps of:
- receiving an external communication from a communication device having a name and contact information;
- copying the name and contact information from the external communication;
- and
- adding, on a display, a new entry representing the name and contact information into the telephone directory indexed by the name while a user is engaged in a voice communication on a telephone for a telephone network, wherein the display is integral to the telephone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.