Patent ID: 8897755
Filing Date: 2014-11-25
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. An information-transfer system that operates within a cell phone, the information-transfer system comprising: at least one processor; wherein the at least one processor comprises: a data-transfer application that, when executed, places information for transfer to a cell-phone application in an information block prior to a user interface being displayed, the data-transfer application configured to cause, based on user selection, a cell-phone application to be executed in order to place a phone call, the information block including a number of information fields each comprising a tag and associated data, at least a portion of the associated data in the information fields being displayed to the user by the data-transfer application; and the cell-phone application configured, when executed, to: receive the information block; display the information fields for selection by a user; extract, from the information block, data for transfer to a party of a phone call when a phone call is placed based on user selection of one of the information fields; and transfer the extracted data to the party of a phone call when a phone call is placed; wherein, the cell-phone application is configured such that when a phone call is placed and when the cell-phone application transfers extracted data to the party of the phone call, the cell-phone application waits for subsequent user selection of another of the information fields, and wherein the cell-phone application is adapted such that, while the cell-phone application waits, the user and the party of the phone call can communicate.