Patent ID: 8170532

Claim:
A method for identification using a portable wireless communication device of a person, the method comprising: activating an application that is downloaded from the Internet or transferred from another device, the downloaded application being installed on the device to enable wireless transmission of an identification code that represents the person or a group of people where the person is a member of the group; receiving the identification code by a receiver, wherein secure communication between the device and the receiver is only permitted if the pattern of the identification code of the person is recognised by the receiver; and searching a database remotely located from the device and the receiver that is accessible by the receiver to retrieve the details of the person associated with the received identification code; wherein the identification code is transferable to another device and a privacy level is applied on the identification code to control the visibility of the identification code to other devices, and to control the permission of other devices to receive the identification code or respond to the received identification code; wherein the identification code is transmitted directly by a wireless transmitter of the device to the receiver; wherein the identification code contains information including: a header, an identification string, content such as text, location information, graphics, hyperlinks, audio and video, and type of identification code.