Patent ID: 8290522

Claim:
A method of sending a message using a business card with data encoded on a surface of the business card, the data including an identifier which uniquely identifies the surface of said business card, and the method further including a mobile telephone with a processor, a display, a media feed path for receiving the business card and a sensor module in the media feed path, the method comprising the steps of: positioning the business card in the media feed path; sensing the encoded data on the surface of the business card; using the processor to determine the identifier from the sensed encoded data; using the identifier to retrieve a representation of the business card, the representation including a plurality of fields with one of the fields being a messaging field; displaying the representation of the business card on the display; selecting the messaging field; using the processor and the identifier to retrieve a communications address from a database; and using the processor to open a message editor, with a current message being addressed to the communications address.