System and method for renewing business, professional, and personal contacts
US7440910B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 9, 2000 |
| Grant date | Oct 21, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 17, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q10/06311
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for renewing business, professional and personal contacts is described. The system overcomes time and psychological hindrances to maintaining relationships by automatically selecting whom a user should keep in touch with by displaying this selection to the user. In an automatic mode, the system searches a contact list for candidates based on predetermined user preferences and a time-based algorithm (e.g. contact each week, month, 2 weeks after a meeting, etc.). Selected candidates are collected and images transferred to a display module to build a “keep in touch” section to be displayed to the user. In a manual mode, the user initiates the selection process.
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