WIPO ASSIGNS PATENT FOR "METHOD, SYSTEM & SERVICES FOR ELECTRONIC & PHYSICAL BUSINESS CARD DESIGN, PROCUREMENT, PRINTING, BILLING, ELECTRONIC STORAGE; AND CONTACT ADMINISTRATION, MANAGEMENT, EXCHANGE & TRACKING, FOR BOTH INDIVIDUALS & ORGANIZATIONS" (SINGAPOREAN INVENTOR)

GENEVA, June 15 -- Publication No. WO/2011/005217 was published on Jan. 13.

Title of the invention: "METHOD, SYSTEM & SERVICES FOR ELECTRONIC & PHYSICAL BUSINESS CARD DESIGN, PROCUREMENT, PRINTING, BILLING, ELECTRONIC STORAGE; AND CONTACT ADMINISTRATION, MANAGEMENT, EXCHANGE & TRACKING, FOR BOTH INDIVIDUALS & ORGANIZATIONS."

Inventors: Zee Sye Lee (SG).

According to the abstract posted by the World Intellectual Property Organization: "A system (1000,1200), method (1300,1400,1500,1600,1700,1800) and service solution for enhancing business or name card design, procurement, electronic storage, contact management and exchange on a centralized, distributed and personal database over N-tier architecture. Users (1015,1018) are able to access the web server (1100) and the database server (1105) to obtain electronic business or name card and contact information. Users (1015,1018) can exchange the electronic business or name card and contact information through intranet, internet, telecommunication (3G or higher, MMS, SMS) and wireless mode (Bluetooth, infra-red, etc). Users (1035,1060) can scan business or name card and input contact information into their personal computers and database server (1105). Users (1035,1060) can engage (by subscribing to and requesting) a scanning service provider (1120) to scan the business or name card(s) and input contact information into the database server (1105), and subsequently Users (1035,1060) download and synchronize these information with user's personal computer (1030,1055) contact database manually or automatically through the system setting. Users (1035,1060) can also synchronize their mobile or portable devices' (handphone, smartphone, PDA, smartcard, wireless, etc) electronic business or name card and contact information with their computers (personal database, server database, internet database, email address book, web address book). Users (1035,1060) can also exchange electronic business or name card and contact information with each other and other contacts. Organization or Corporate Users (1025,1035) can design and make business or name card procurement through their company. A service provider (1075,1090) can edit, print and supply the printed business or name card, as well as, bill the user company accordingly. On the other hand, Public users (1050,1060) can design or select the design template from the system, and make business or name card procurement with a service provider (1075,1090), and make on-line payment directly or post-paid payment upon delivery of the business or name card and billing by the service provider. Additionally, the database server (1105) will store and link all old and new electronic business or name card and contact information indefinitely, such that the user's network of contacts such as friends, colleagues (current and former), business contacts, social contacts and those met once only shall still be able to retrieve and identify a lost contact using either an old or a new contact information of the said user."

The patent was filed on June 23, 2010 under Application No. PCT/SG2010/000236.

For further information please visit: http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/ia.jsp?ia=SG2010/000236

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