Patent ID: 6254001
Filing Date: 2001-07-03
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method of transferring business card information from a first user to a second user comprising the steps of:providing said first and second users with an electronic business card;storing data similar to that stored on a business card in a memory means in each of said electronic business cards;selectively displaying at least some of the stored business card data on a visual display screen; andselectively transferring the stored business card data of at least the first user to the electronic business card of the other user for storage and selective retrieval;wherein the step of selectively displaying at least some of the stored business card data on said display screen further comprises the steps of:retrieving and displaying a first level of information from said storage device including alphabet characters in groups of at least three characters and special non-alphabetic characters in groups of at least three characters;selecting a desired group of displayed characters from said first level of information;selecting and displaying a second level of information that expands the selected group of characters from said first level of information into individual characters; andselecting and displaying desired characters from said individual characters to form a displayed message.