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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2011
Paul Lapstun, Balmain, AU;
Kia Silverbrook, Balmain, AU;
Jacqueline Anne Lapstun, Balmain, AU;
Simon Robert Walmsley, Balmain, AU;
Paul Lapstun, Balmain, AU;
Kia Silverbrook, Balmain, AU;
Jacqueline Anne Lapstun, Balmain, AU;
Simon Robert Walmsley, Balmain, AU;
Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd, Balmain, New South Wales, AU;
Abstract
A method of sending a message using a business card with data encoded on a surface, and a mobile phone. The data includes an identifier which uniquely identifies the surface and the mobile telephone senses the coded data to determine the identifier. Using the identifier, the phone retrieves a representation of the business card, which has a plurality of fields, one of which being a messaging field. The business card is displayed on the phone such that the messaging field can be user selected, a message generated and transmitted to a communications address retrieved from a database.