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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2001
Faisal M. Awada, Round Rock, TX (US);
Joe Nathan Brown, Austin, TX (US);
Minh Nguyen, Austin, TX (US);
Faisal M. Awada, Round Rock, TX (US);
Joe Nathan Brown, Austin, TX (US);
Minh Nguyen, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for providing an electronic business card to a contact via a cellular phone is disclosed. Several business card menu options are provided to a user of a cellular telephone. The cellular phone user enters business card information/data into the cellular phone utilizing the business card menu options. The business card data is stored locally on the cellular phone or in a service provider database. When the user is in communication via cellular phone with someone he wishes to provide his business card to, the user selects a menu item that activates the transmission of the electronic business card to the desired recipient's cellular phone.