Patent ID: 7769368

Claim:
A contact information management system for operation over a network and for automatically sending and receiving contact information between a first user of a first user device and a second user of a second user device, the system comprising: a server comprising a memory that stores computer readable instructions that, when executed by the server, cause the server to: communicate over the network with the first user device and the second user device; detect a communication event relating to a communication between the first and second user devices; obtain caller identification information related to the second user device; cause the triggering of a prompt on the first user device, the prompt requesting permission from the first user to send contact information stored in a memory and relating to the first user to the second user device, the permission is requested after the occurrence of the communication event; cause the first user device to send an indication that permission to send contact information was obtained from the first user; retrieve contact information stored in the memory; and cause the sending of the contact information retrieved from the memory over the network to the second user device after permission is obtained from the first user, the sending of the contact information includes the use of the obtained caller identification information related to the second user device.