Patent ID: 8230335
Filing Date: 2012-07-24
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. An article comprising a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium embodying instructions that when performed by one or more machines result in operations comprising: receiving contact information for an individual; associating the contact information with a company identifier for a company; identifying a publicly available remote data source associated with the company identifier; polling, using the company identifier, the remote data source to obtain at least one graphical image configured to characterize a logo for the company and at least one background image configured to characterize a website of the company; modifying the obtained logo to make it compatible for use in a virtual business card; filtering the obtained at least one background image; determining whether the modified logo and the filtered background image have been previously obtained for the company; combining the modified logo and the filtered background image, wherein the modified logo and the filtered background image comprise at least one of the following: a previously modified logo, a previously filtered background image, a newly modified logo, and a newly filtered background image; and generating, based on the combining, the virtual business card, and displaying the virtual business card containing the at least one graphical image and the contact information the modified logo, and the filtered background image.