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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1995
Puneet Kukkal, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Dale Boss, Beaverton, OR (US);
Sridhar Iyengar, Beaverton, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
The conference manager of a general purpose personal conference application is enhanced, including a request management and a send/receive function for exchanging 'business cards' electronically using a two-phase approach, a request phase and an answer phase. While request for another participant is automatic responsive to a connect/joint event, answering a request is conditionally depending on whether the receiving system is 'in conference'. The external manifestation of an electronic 'business card' (bizcard) is a visual presentation of information commonly found on physical business cards in a format that resembles a physical business card. Preferably, the visual presentation also includes a picture of the person named. Internally, the information including the data necessary to render the picture are maintained in data structures.