Interactive Media Card Standardization for Contact Data Exchange
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic business cards, or vCards, lack standardization and fail to fully utilize advanced contact mechanisms, limiting their functionality in electronic exchanges, especially in today's digital communication landscape.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for creating and sharing interactive media cards that utilize a search engine to retrieve and display relevant data from a user's data store, allowing for the inclusion of diverse contact information sources and enabling advanced search functionalities through Boolean operators, with media cards being viewable and interactive across various devices and platforms.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional vCards are used for electronic business card exchange, then basic contact information can be shared, but standardization and compatibility across different electronic contact systems are lacking
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal media card format that functions across multiple electronic contact systems and platforms. The media card is designed to be importable by various applications beyond just vCard systems, making it a multi-functional standard that resolves the compatibility issue while maintaining simplicity through standardized fields and structures.
2Adaptability or versatility
If minimal contact information is included in vCards to maintain compatibility, then broad system support is achieved, but advanced contact mechanisms and diverse contact information are not utilized
Solution Approach 1:
The media card structure is designed to be dynamic and extensible, allowing users to include additional contact information fields beyond the basic standardized set. The format supports both minimal viable information for maximum compatibility and extended information fields for advanced contact mechanisms, adapting to the specific needs of each user while maintaining core standardization.
3Ease of operation
If electronic business cards are used to enable digital communication exchange, then physical card exchange is eliminated, but standardization across platforms remains insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent establishes specific parameter standards for the media card format, including standardized field names, data types, and structures. By defining clear parameters and constraints for contact information representation, the patent enables easy electronic exchange while resolving the standardization problem through explicit parameter specifications that work across different platforms and systems.
Data Source
AI summary
A method for creating and searching within an entity-defined profile is disclosed. A search engine is provided for searching within first data for data meeting known criteria. The search engine receives criteria data comprising a first media card. The media card relates to an individual or organization. Result data associated with the criteria data is retrieved, the result data associated with at least some data within the first media card to provide search results, and then the search results are displayed.