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US 8,573,499 B1Granted
Quick response code business card
AssigneeJoingo, LLC
InventorStephen S. Boyle
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Abstract
A business card having a QRC image, and method and system for transferring business card information from a QRC to a mobile communication device is disclosed herein. A SMS message comprising contact data for a business is sent from a QRC server to the mobile communication device, which results in pop-up display on the mobile communication device. The pop-up display includes a V-card for the business.
Claims2
A method for transferring business card information, the method comprising:
- reading a quick reader code image on a business card with a quick reader code scanner application on a mobile communication device, the quick reader code image comprising contact data for the business;
- generating a HTTP get request for a web page in a web browser of the mobile communication device;
- transmitting the web page to the web browser of the mobile communication device, the web page having an input block for inputting a phone number of the mobile communication device;
- inputting the phone number into the input block of the web page;
- generating a save command for the web page;
- placing a cookie on the web browser of the mobile communication device, the cookie comprising the phone number of the mobile communication device;
- transmitting the phone number of the mobile communication device to a quick reader code server;
- transmitting a SMS message to the mobile communication device from the quick reader code server, the SMS message comprising the contact data for the business;
- generating a pop-up on a display of the mobile communication device, the pop-up comprising a V-card for the business;
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- saving the V-card in a contact file of the mobile communication device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.