Patent ID: 9578490
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for updating electronic business cards, comprising: storing a list of at least one first contact of a user, the at least one first contact is to synchronize an electronic business card (VCard) of a second contact of the user with a sending terminal of the user; judging, by the sending terminal of the user, whether there is an update of the VCard of the second contact stored in the sending terminal; sending, by the sending terminal, an updated VCard of the second contact to a receiving terminal of a first contact in the list if there is an update of the VCard of the second contact, or instructing, by the sending terminal, a third party device to send the updated VCard of the second contact to the receiving terminal if there is an update of the VCard of the second contact; and receiving, by the receiving terminal, the updated VCard, and updating a VCard of the second contact stored in the receiving terminal using the updated VCard.