Patent ID: 6873861

Claim:
A method of providing electronic business cards via a cellular phone, comprising: storing data of said business card as an electronic image in non-volatile storage; connecting a call between said cellular phone and a recipient cellular phone; and transmitting an electronic representation of said business card from said cellular phone to said recipient cellular phone during said call, wherein said electronic image of said business card is displayed on said recipient cell phone and wherein said transmitting step includes: initiating said transmitting step in response to a receipt of a request for said business card from the recipient cellular phone; selecting a menu function for transmitting said business card; when said card is stored at said network database, uploading said electronic image of said card to said cellular phoned; when a default business card has been identified by the user, transmitting said default business card to the recipient cellular telephone unless said user specifically selects a different one of multiple stored business cards to transmit; and when a tracking feature has been selected by said user, maintaining a record of each recipient of said business card.