Business card with downloadable business card image

Abstract

Provide a business card that can contribute to labor saving and improved convenience in the management work of business cards after business card exchange. 【Solution】The business card 10 is provided with a two-dimensional code 30, the information readable from the two-dimensional code 30 is a URL 31, and by making it possible to download the provided information 40 including at least the image data of the business card 10 with the two-dimensional code 30 from the URL 31, since the beautiful image data of the business card 10 can be directly obtained, a high-quality business card image can be obtained without being affected by the specifications of a camera, a copier, a scanner, etc. or the shooting environment. Also, by including contact data and promotional data as the provided information 40, it becomes possible to provide data according to the method of managing the business card of the other party.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This invention relates to business cards.

Background Art

[0002] When managing business cards obtained through business card exchanges, conventionally, filing of business cards or manual input into databases such as address books using a PC was performed. In recent years, however, a method has been adopted in which photographed or scanned images of business cards are semi-automatically registered in and managed by a database through OCR recognition using software or cloud services. In addition, for example, as shown in Non-Patent Document 1, there is also known a WEB service mainly having a business card management function, which has a function of automatically emailing digital business cards from the company to which the user belongs to the person with whom the business card has been exchanged by scanning the business card.

Prior Art Documents

Non-Patent Documents

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Non-Patent Document 1

Summary of the Invention

Problems to be Solved by the Invention

[0004] However, the above-described conventional management methods have at least one of the problems described below. (1) It is necessary to purchase paid software for business card management or to register as a member for using cloud services. (2) When keeping a copy of the obtained business card, it is necessary to perform operations such as photographing the business card with a camera, copying it with a copier, or scanning it with a scanner. Since these operations are psychologically troublesome, they are likely to be postponed.

[0005] Therefore, one of the objectives of the present invention is to provide a means that can contribute to labor saving and improved convenience in the management work of business cards after business card exchange.

Means for Solving the Problems

[0006] The present invention made to solve the above problems is a business card with a two-dimensional code, wherein the information readable from the two-dimensional code is a URL from which provided information including at least the image data of the business card with the two-dimensional code can be downloaded. Further, the present invention may be configured such that the URL is a link that transitions to a web page where data to be downloaded can be selected from various data included as the provided information. Further, the present invention may include a password for downloading, decompressing, and / or viewing the provided information on the business card. Further, the present invention may embed the personal information described on the business card in the image data. Further, the present invention may include the personal information described on the business card as data different from the image data in the provided information.

Effects of the Invention

[0007] According to the present invention, at least one of the following effects can be achieved. (1) Since high-quality business card images can be obtained from the two-dimensional code displayed on the obtained business card without being affected by the specifications of cameras, copiers, scanners, etc. or the shooting environment, high-quality business card image data can be downloaded. (2) Business card images can be obtained directly from the business card without going through a business card management service that requires membership registration or the like. (3) By embedding personal information in the image data of the business card or separately preparing a file containing the personal information separately from the image data, it contributes to improving the efficiency of the registration work in databases such as address books. On the web page related to the URL read from the two-dimensional code attached to the business card, by configuring it so that data and files to be downloaded can be arbitrarily selected, it is possible to provide a file in a preferred format for the person who exchanged the business card. (5) When a person who has received a business card downloads provided information such as a business card image using a terminal such as a smartphone, the date and time of the download are automatically recorded on the terminal, making it easy to identify the subsequent business card exchange date. As a result, for example, devices such as providing a calendar in the business card space to record the business card exchange date, as disclosed in Design Registration No. 1289957, are no longer necessary.

Brief Description of the Drawings

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Modes for Carrying Out the Invention

[0009] Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

Embodiment

[0010] <1> Overall Configuration (Fig. 1) Fig. 1 shows an image diagram of the surface of the business card according to the present invention. On the business card 10 shown in Fig. 1, personal information 20 such as the affiliation, title, name, address, phone number, and email address of the distributor of the business card 10 is described. In the present invention, it further has a configuration in which a two-dimensional code 30 is provided.

[0011] <2> Two-Dimensional Code (Fig. 1) The two-dimensional code 30 is configured to be able to read the URL 31 from which the provided information 40 provided by the person distributing the business card 10 can be downloaded. This URL 31 may be a direct directory link that can directly access the provided information 40 described later, or it may be a link to a web page for downloading the provided information 40.

[0012] <3>Provided Information The provided information 40 is information that the distributor of the business card 10 wants to provide to the other party. In the present invention, as the provided information 40, for example, any one or any combination of the information described below can be considered.

[0013] (1) Image data of the business card It is beautiful image data of the business card 10. In the present invention, the format of the image data is not particularly limited, and as the extension, [.jpg], [.png], [.gif], [.tiff], [.pdf], etc. can be considered. In the case of a file such as [.pdf] that can embed text data in the image, the text data of the personal information 20 may be embedded in advance. The image data of the business card 10 may be prepared for all the faces constituting the business card 10, or only the main faces may be prepared.

[0014] (2) Contact data It is data including the personal information 20 described on the business card 10. In the present invention, the format of the contact data is not particularly limited, and as the extension, [.txt], [.vcf], [.csv], [.contact], etc. can be considered.

[0015] (3) Promotion data It is data such as promotion materials that the distributor of the business card 10 wants to provide to the other party of the distribution destination. As the promotion materials, catalogs, videos, etc. of the products and services handled by the organization to which the distributor belongs can be considered.

[0016] <4>Type and number of two-dimensional codes In the present invention, the type of the two-dimensional code 30 is not particularly limited, and either a stacked type or a matrix type can be adopted. In the present invention, the number of two-dimensional codes 30 is not particularly limited. Another two-dimensional code 30 may be prepared according to the type of the provided information 40. When the business card 10 itself is not a business card 10 related to a specific person but a business card 10 representing a group, organization, association, etc. (group, etc.) to which a plurality of persons belong, a plurality of two-dimensional codes 30 may be configured to be prepared so that the provided information 40 of each person belonging to the group, etc. can be downloaded.

[0017] <5>Usage image In FIG. 1, the URL 31 that can be read from the two-dimensional code 30 is a link (https: / / www··· / taro-tokkyo.jpg) that can directly access the image data of the business card 10. The person who has received the business card 10 can read the two-dimensional code 30 attached to the business card 10 using the camera of his / her own smartphone or tablet, check the image data opened on the web browser, and download it.

[0018] <6>Setting of password Note that the provided information 40 that can be downloaded via the two-dimensional code 30 may be in a form compressed with a password for decompression or in a configuration with a password set for viewing. This password may be orally communicated by the distributor of the business card 10 to the other party, or may be extracted from any part of the information described on the business card 10.

[0019] <7>Granting of access authority When storing the business card photo in the internal folder of the company's HP, unauthorized access can also be prevented by granting access authority in advance using Linux (registered trademark), etc. For example, if -rwx / rw- / r- / is set for the u group, g group, and o group, the u owner can have read, write, and execute permissions (777), the g owning group can have read and write only (770), and the o other users can have read permission only (644). Therefore, unauthorized access can be prevented using any technology.

Example

[0020] Next, Example 2 of the business card according to the present invention will be described. FIG. 2 is an image diagram of a web page related to the URL 31 read from the two-dimensional code 30 according to Example 2. In FIG. 2, the URL 31 readable from the two-dimensional code 30 is a web page (https: / / www··· / taro-tokkyo.html) that can directly access the image data of the business card 10. On this web page, as the provided information 40, among the image data of the business card 10, three types of contact data (VCARD format, csv format, txt format), and product catalogs, the user can select arbitrary data and download it. The person who receives the business card 10 can access the web page from the two-dimensional code 30 attached to the business card 10 using the camera of their own smartphone or tablet, and select and download the data suitable for their own business card 10 management or the product catalog of interest by themselves. Also, as described in Example 1, unauthorized access can be prevented by setting a password and granting access rights.

Example

[0021] Next, Example 3 of the business card according to the present invention will be described. FIG. 3 is an image diagram of a web page related to the URL 31 read from the two-dimensional code 30 according to Example 3. On this web page, in order to download the provided information 40, it has a configuration that requires authentication in the form of inputting a password. This password may be orally communicated by the distributor of the business card 10 to the other party, or may be extracted from an arbitrary part of the information described on the business card 10 as shown in FIG. 3. Also, since this web page can be freely edited at the place where the distributor of the business card 10 belongs, security can be further ensured by appropriately changing the password.

Explanation of Signs

[0022] 10: Business card 20: Personal information 30: Two-dimensional code 31: URL 40: Provided information

Claims

Claim 1 A business card with a two-dimensional code, wherein information readable from the two-dimensional code is a URL from which it is possible to download provided information that includes at least image data of the business card to which the two-dimensional code is attached. Business card. Claim 2 The URL is a link that leads to a web page where it is possible to select data to be downloaded from among various types of data included as the provided information. The business card according to claim 1. Claim 3 A password for downloading, decompressing, and / or viewing the provided information is described on the business card. The business card according to claim 1. Claim 4 Personal information described on the business card is embedded in the image data. The business card according to claim 1. Claim 5 Personal information described on the business card is included in the provided information as data different from the image data. The business card according to claim 1.

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