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Terminal for exchanging electronic business cards

US8156330B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims
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Filing dateDec 29, 2004
Grant dateApr 10, 2012
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Expiry dateJul 17, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06Q20/3821
  • WIPO fieldIT methods for management
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A terminal and a method for exchanging electronic business cards that can guarantee privacy and guarantee complete and consistent communications to the user are provided. The terminal for exchanging electronic business cards with a device connected via a communications network stores the first public key and the first secret key, the first electronic certificate that includes the first public key and components of an electronic business card. The terminal prepares a first electronic business card from the components of an electronic business card that have been read from the memory, transmits the first electronic business card, together with the first electronic certificate that has been read from the memory, receives data encrypted by using the first public key, and decodes the encrypted data that has been received by using the first secret key that has been read from the memory.

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