Communication equipment and method for business card information interchange
US6412689B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 21, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jul 2, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 21, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99939
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A communication equipment automatically interchanges business card information and displays such information on a display, thus making operation by a user for interchanging business card information unnecessary. The communication equipment includes a business card memory, a business card information display, a business card information reception function, a business card information transmission function, a communication equipment detection function, a network transmission/reception function, a storage device, a display and a mouse. When the communication equipment function detection function finds communicable equipment, the communication equipment displays a list of the communicable equipment. The user then starts communication with the desired counterpart. The business card information is automatically interchanged allowing direct input of the business card information to the equipment.
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