Method and system for secure exchange and use of electronic business cards
AssigneeIntuit Inc.
InventorsMandar A. Kale, Shirish K. Peshwe, Vishnu Nanda, Kashinath Kakarla
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Abstract
Some embodiments provide a system that facilitates the use of an electronic business card. During operation, the system obtains one or more permissions for the electronic business card. Next, the system manages use of the electronic business card by a recipient of the electronic business card based on the permissions.
Claims23
A computer-implemented method for facilitating the use of an electronic business card, comprising:
- obtaining, by using one or more computers, one or more permissions for the electronic business card, wherein the electronic business card includes the permissions and contact details for an entity represented by the electronic business card;
- and
- managing, by using the one or more computers, use of the electronic business card by a recipient of the electronic business card based on the permissions, wherein managing the use of the electronic business card comprises, if the permissions indicate that the recipient is not allowed to view the contact details, allowing the recipient to contact the entity using the contact details without providing the contact details to the recipient by sending encrypted data for the contact details to a routing apparatus and by establishing contact with the entity through the routing apparatus.
A computer-implemented method for enabling communication between a recipient of an electronic business card and an entity represented by the electronic business card, comprising:
- receiving a portion of the electronic business card containing one or more encrypted contact details for the entity from the recipient;
- decrypting the encrypted contact details;
- and
- if permissions for the electronic business card indicate that the recipient is not allowed to view the decrypted contact details, using the decrypted contact details to route communication from the recipient to the entity without providing the decrypted contact details to the recipient by sending encrypted data for the contact details to a routing apparatus and by establishing contact with the entity through the routing apparatus.
A system for facilitating the use of an electronic business card, comprising:
- a card-processing apparatus configured to:
- obtain one or more permissions for the electronic business card, wherein the electronic business card includes the permissions and contact details for an entity represented by the electronic business card;
- and
- manage use of the electronic business card by a recipient of the electronic business card based on the permissions;
- and
- a routing apparatus configured to facilitate communication between the recipient and the entity,
- wherein, while managing the use of the electronic business card, the card-processing apparatus is configured to, if the permissions indicate that the recipient is not allowed to view the contact details, allow the recipient to contact the entity using the contact details without providing the contact details to the recipient by sending encrypted data for the contact details to the routing apparatus, and
- wherein, while facilitating the communication, the routing apparatus is configured to obtain decrypted data by decrypting the encrypted data, and is further configured to provide the communication to the entity using the decrypted data.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed by a computer cause the computer to perform a method for facilitating the use of an electronic business card, the method comprising:
- obtaining one or more permissions for the electronic business card, wherein the electronic business card includes the permissions and contact details for an entity represented by the electronic business card;
- and
- managing use of the electronic business card by a recipient of the electronic business card based on the permissions, wherein managing the use of the electronic business card comprises, if the permissions indicate that the recipient is not allowed to view the contact details, allowing the recipient to contact the entity using the contact details without providing the contact details to the recipient by sending encrypted data for the contact details to a routing apparatus and by establishing contact with the entity through the routing apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.