Patent ID: 9654627
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim:
1. A method of a service provider device associated with a service provider, the method comprising: transmitting an initiation message from the service provider device to a user device to initiate a communication session between the service provider device and the user device, wherein the service provider device is an unknown device to the user device; transmitting a request message from the service provider device to the user device to accept contact information associated with the service provider; receiving a confirmation message from the user device responsive to the request message; and transmitting the contact information of the service provider from the service provider device to the user device thereby automatically initiating a contact information update directly from the service provider device to the user device; wherein the transmitting the contact information comprises: creating a uniform resource locator (URL); inserting electronic card information of the service provider in memory at a location specified by the URL; and transmitting the URL to the user device in a SMS message.