Dynamic Electronic Business Card Object with Embedded Scripts

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing electronic business card standards, such as vCard and hCard, are limited in functionality and do not include dynamic elements like scripts, actionable functions, or advanced metadata handling, which restricts their utility in modern communication systems.

Innovation Solution

A method and system for creating and managing electronic business card objects that can be registered, searched, and transmitted across networks, incorporating textual fields, metadata, graphics, audio, and video, with actionable elements like scripts, and utilizing a database for storage and retrieval, along with validation and authentication processes to ensure data integrity and privacy.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of manufacture

If electronic business cards use simple text fields (vCard/hCard standards), then ease of manufacture and compatibility are improved, but functionality and interactivity are limited

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveease of creating electronic business cardVSAvoidfunctionality of electronic business card

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of manufactureVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent transforms static text fields into dynamic executable code elements. The electronic business card contains scripts and actionable elements that can perform functions beyond simple information display, such as initiating communications, launching applications, or executing business logic directly from the card data.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the fundamental parameter of the business card from pure text data to a hybrid structure combining text fields with executable code elements. This allows the card to maintain its data structure while gaining computational capabilities through embedded scripts and functional elements.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

2Adaptability or versatility

If electronic business cards include executable scripts and actionable elements, then functionality is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvefunctionality of electronic business cardVSAvoidcomplexity of electronic business card structure

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the electronic business card into distinct functional components: text fields for data storage, executable scripts for processing, and actionable elements for user interaction. This modular structure allows each component to be developed and maintained independently while working together to provide enhanced functionality.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent creates a universal electronic business card structure that can perform multiple functions through a standardized framework. The same basic structure supports information display, executable operations, and interactive elements, reducing the need for multiple specialized card formats.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Loss of information

If electronic business cards store only static contact information, then data simplicity is improved, but ability to provide updated information automatically is lost

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveaccuracy of contact informationVSAvoidcomplexity of information update mechanism

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent incorporates preliminary action by embedding executable scripts within the electronic business card that automatically perform updates when the card is accessed. These scripts can retrieve current information from remote sources, validate data, and update local copies without requiring manual intervention or separate update mechanisms.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

4Quantity of substance

If electronic business cards are stored as simple text data, then storage efficiency is improved, but ability to execute functions and scripts is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvestorage space for business card dataVSAvoidexecutability of business card data

Core Design Contradiction:

Quantity of substanceVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent uses copying by storing executable scripts and actionable elements as compact code representations within the business card data structure. These code elements are copied from source definitions and embedded in the card, allowing rich functionality to be stored efficiently without requiring separate executable files or large data structures.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

Data Source

PatentUS9846858B2System and method for a global directory service

Publication Date: 2017.12.19 MAYA INNOVATIONS HOLDINGS PTE LTD

AI summary

A system and method for facilitating the transfer of contact information between network subscribers said system including at least one server coupled to the network; at least one database coupled to the server; a plurality of subscriber terminals coupled to the network wherein each subscriber's terminal is configured to send contact information associated with a subscriber to the server in response to a request by said subscriber; wherein the request causes the subscriber's terminal to compile the contact information into an electronic business card object having one or more textual fields and map the one or more textual fields of the electronic business card to one or more object attributes contained in an electronic business card object and transmit the electronic business card object to the server for storage in the database is disclosed.