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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2001
Steve Lemke, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Roger Flores, Redwood City, CA (US);
Guy McIlroy, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Chris Raff, San Francisco, CA (US);
Palm Source, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and system of selecting one set of data from among multiple related data sets and beaming the data set from one handheld electronic device to another handheld electronic device. One embodiment discloses a method and system, which uses multiple cards, one for each category. The transmitter of the business card can transmit a business card from the active category of the device. Upon an attempt to transmit a business card from a category which does not have a pre-selected business card, the system issues a warning providing the user with a selection. The user has choices of sending a business card from any one category with pre-defined business card or sends a pre-defined default business card. In another embodiment, the transmitter of the business card can make a selection of a business card from a number of pre-defined electronic cards in the system and upon review of the business cards on the screen the user may decide to send the selected business card. In a third embodiment the transmitter of the business can edit a pre-defined business card and may make appropriate changes to the data field in the business card before transmitting it to the second device device.