JP2002297795A - Electronic calling card device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic calling card device capable of selecting calling card information to be sent from plural pieces of calling card information so proper calling card information can be given to a card exchange counterpart in accordance with one's situation. SOLUTION: When a start of a sending process of calling card information is notified to the electronic calling card device, a list of all calling card information stored in a calling card information storing part 106 is displayed in a display part 100. As an example of the calling card information, there is calling card information for business stored with information such as a corporate contact address, personal calling card information stored with information such as a name of a nonprofit organization to which one belongs or a home contact address, or the like. A user selects the calling card information to be sent from the displayed calling card information list by using an input part 104. When the selected calling card information is confirmed in the display part 100 and a send command is notified to the electronic calling card device, the calling card information is sent to an electronic calling card device of the card exchange counterpart via a communication part 102.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic business card device for electronically exchanging business cards.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, business cards have been printed with business card information such as name and work place on a paper card or the like. Business card information is exchanged by exchanging a card on which business card information is printed, that is, a business card. It was done. Further, a method of electronically exchanging business cards using communication means has been considered. For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 6-28372 has devised an electronic business card device in which business card information is stored in an information device in advance, and business card information is electronically exchanged by transmitting and receiving each other's business card information by communication means.

[0003]

However, it is desirable that the business card information given to the other party can be selected according to the position. For example, as a member of a company, the name of the company to which you belong, your position, etc. are appropriate as business card information to be passed on to the other party, but as a member of a non-profit organization that you belong to personally as a volunteer or hobby, etc. In this situation, it is more appropriate to pass the name of the nonprofit organization to the other party as business card information than to the name of the company.

[0004] As described above, in order to pass appropriate business card information to the other party according to the position, in the conventional business card exchange method using a paper card or the like, it is necessary to create a business card individually for each position. Was. This leads to large consumption of resources such as paper as a business card medium, which is a problem from the viewpoint of resource protection. In addition, in the electronic business card device invented conventionally, it was possible to update business card information such as a change of post,
The problem is that there is no means for storing a plurality of business card information, and thus it has not been possible to select appropriate business card information from the plurality of business card information according to the position and to hand it over to the other party.

[0005] The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and has as its object to provide an electronic business card device capable of selecting business card information according to a position.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, an electronic business card device according to the first aspect of the present invention, wherein personal information given to another person as a business card is used as business card information, and the business card information is used electronically. An electronic business card device for exchanging the business card information, wherein the business card information storage means for storing a plurality of the business card information, and the business card information to be transmitted from the plurality of business card information stored by the business card information storage means to a partner who performs business card exchange. Business card information selecting means for selection.

With such a configuration, the business card information selecting means selects the appropriate business card information from the plurality of business card information stored in the business card information storage means according to the business card exchange partner, and accordingly, the business card information selecting means selects It is possible to pass appropriate business card information to the other party.

Further, the second electronic business card device according to the present invention is characterized in that it comprises a business card information creating means for creating business card information stored in the business card information storage means.

With this configuration, it is possible to create business card information on the electronic business card device by the business card information creating means.

Further, a third electronic business card device according to the present invention includes a personal information storage means for storing personal information required for creating business card information, and a personal information storage means for storing personal information stored in the personal information storage means. The gist of the invention is to provide the business card information creation means, wherein the business card information is created by selecting.

With such a configuration, when creating business card information, it is possible to create business card information by selecting personal information stored in personal information storage means.
It can be expected to reduce the labor for creating business card information.

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In order to further clarify the structure and operation of the present invention described above, embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

First, the internal configuration of the electronic business card device of the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of the inside of an electronic business card device according to the present invention. The basic configuration of the electronic business card device is as follows.
0, a communication unit 102 for transmitting and receiving information, an input unit 104 for inputting from the user to the electronic business card device, a business card information storage unit 106 for storing a plurality of user business card information, a control unit 110 for controlling the electronic business card device, The main storage unit 108 stores a control program of the electronic business card device and the like. In order to facilitate understanding of the present invention, a description will be given below mainly of a process of transmitting business card information as a process of the communication unit 102. However, in practice, the communication unit 102 also performs a process of receiving business card information of another user. ing. Further, the communication means is not limited at all, and may be a communication means via a network such as the Internet, or may be a communication means in which the apparatuses perform one-to-one communication by wire communication or wireless communication.

Next, a specific example of business card information will be described with reference to FIG. Business card information item data 2 corresponding to the item name 200 and item name 200 as shown in FIG. 2 (A)
02. The item name identification ID 204 is an ID automatically added by the electronic business card device to internally identify the business card information. The item name identification name 206 is a name set by the user himself so that the user can easily identify the business card information. FIG. 2A is an example of business card information that is considered to be appropriate when exchanging business cards as a member of a company. In addition to the identification ID 204 and the identification name 206 described above, a name 208, a company name 210, Affiliation 212, post 2
14, the company address 216, the company telephone number 218, the item name 200 of the company e-mail 220, and the item data 202 corresponding to each item name 200. On the other hand, FIG. 2B shows an example of business card information that is considered to be appropriate when a business card is exchanged from a member of a certain non-profit organization or from a personal standpoint, and includes an identification ID 204, an identification name 206, and a name 20.
8, organization name 250, home address 252, home telephone number 25
4, and it is configured from the item data 202 corresponding to the item name 200 and each of the item names 200 individuals email 256. In creating the business card information, the electronic business card device according to claim 1 does not have a business card information creation unit. However, for example, business card information created by a computer other than the electronic business card device such as a personal computer is transmitted to the Internet or wireless communication. By storing the information in the business card information storage unit 106 of the electronic business card device by the communication means, the business card information can be created and stored.

Next, in the business card information transmission process, the display unit 1
The screen configuration displayed by 00 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 shows the display unit 100 in the business card information transmission process.
3 is an example of a screen configuration displayed. The screen configuration includes three parts: a business card information list display unit 300, a business card information detail display unit 302, and a process execution button display unit 304. The business card information list display unit 300 displays a list of all business card information stored in the business card information storage unit 106. Identification name 206 set by the user as an item to be displayed in the list
Is displayed. The business card information details display section 302 displays the business card information selected in the business card information list display section 300 as shown in FIG.
The item name 200 and the item data 202 as shown by are displayed. The process execution button display unit 304 is a part that displays a button for notifying the electronic business card device of the execution of the processing command. For example, a transmission button 306 for notifying the electronic business card device of a business card transmission command and a stop for canceling the transmission process Button 30
There are eight.

[0016] Next, referring to FIG. 4 for the transmission processing of the business card information. FIG. 4 is an example of a flowchart showing the procedure of the business card information transmission process. When the business card information transmission process starts, in step 400, a partner to which business card information is transmitted is determined. Here, various methods are conceivable as a method of determining a transmission partner. For example, a method of automatically detecting an electronic business card device existing within a certain distance of the electronic business card device on the transmission side, and selecting and determining a reception side device. There is. In step 402, it is determined whether business card information is stored in the business card information storage unit. If the business card information is not stored, the transmission processing is terminated and the processing returns to the original processing. If the business card information has been stored, the process proceeds to step 404, where all the stored business card information is displayed in a list on the business card information list display unit 300. Here, in the business card information list display section 300, a list of item data 202 of the identification name 206 set by the user himself is displayed. In step 406, the business card information list display unit 30
The business card information to be transmitted is selected from the business card information list displayed at 0. At this time, the contents of the business card information are confirmed by the output of the business card information detail display unit 302. The business card information is appropriately selected according to the situation in which business card exchange is performed. For example, when exchanging business cards as a member of a company, when selecting business card information as shown in FIG. 2A, when exchanging business cards as a member of a certain non-profit organization or in a personal position, , The business card information as shown in FIG. 2B is selected. In step 408, the selected business card information is transmitted by pressing the transmission button 306.

Next, an embodiment of a business card information creation process will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 5 is an example of a screen configuration displayed by the display unit 100 in the business card information creation processing. The screen configuration includes three parts: a business card information creation display section 500, a business card information detail display section 302, and a process execution button display section 304. In the business card information creation display section 500,
An item name input text box 502 for inputting the item name 200 of the business card information and an item data input text box 504 for inputting the item data 202 are provided. By pressing the add decision button 506, the input value is added to the business card information, and the display of the item name 202 and the item data 202 is added to the business card information detailed display section 302. The business card information detail display unit 302 displays a list of business card information items that have been added so far. The created business card information can be transmitted immediately by pressing the transmission button 306 of the processing execution button display unit 304, or can be stored in the business card information storage unit 106 by pressing the save button 508. When the save button 508 is pressed, a “Save business card information” dialog box 600 as shown in FIG.
After inputting the identification name 206 in the field 2, the user can save the image by pressing the enter button 604.

Next, a functional block diagram of the electronic business card device of FIG. 7 will be described. The personal information storage unit 700 is added to the functional block diagram of the electronic business card device of FIG.

FIG. 8 shows an example of personal information stored in personal information storage section 700. The personal information may include personal information that is not generally treated as business card information, such as an age 800 and a date of birth 802, in addition to personal information that can be business card information such as a name. Here, the method of storing personal information may be a method of creating and storing personal information on an electronic business card device,
A method in which the information is created by a computer other than the electronic business card device such as a personal computer and stored in the personal information storage unit 700 of the electronic business card device by some communication means may be used.

FIG. 9 shows a display unit 10 for creating business card information by selecting personal information in the business card information creation processing.
0 is an example of a screen configuration displayed. The screen configuration includes three parts: a personal information list display unit 900, a business card information detail display unit 302, and a process execution button display unit 304. The personal information list display unit 900 displays a list of personal information stored in the personal information storage unit 700. By selecting an item of personal information from the personal information list and pressing an add decision button for business card information 506, the selected personal information item is added to the business card information, and a display is added to the business card information detailed display section 302. You. The business card information detail display unit 302 displays a list of business card information items that have been added so far. The created business card information can be transmitted immediately by pressing the transmission button 306 in the processing execution button portion,
When the save button 508 is pressed, the business card information storage unit 106
You can also memorize it. Save When the button 508 presses "Save business card information" dialog box 600 as shown in FIG. 6 is displayed, after entering the DN 206 to DN input text box 602, a decision button 60
Pressing 4 allows saving.

In the embodiment described above, an electronic business card device capable of selecting business card information to be transmitted to a partner can be realized, and appropriate business card information corresponding to the partner can be passed to the partner. Become. In the case of an electronic business card device provided with a business card information creation means, business card information can be created on the electronic business card device, and the convenience of the device is improved. further,
In the case of an electronic business card device provided with a business card information creation unit and a personal information storage unit, business card information can be created by selecting personal information, which is expected to reduce the work of creating business card information. become able to.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to these embodiments, but may be embodied in various forms without departing from the gist of the present invention.

[0023]

As described above, according to the electronic business card device of the present invention, the business card information to be transmitted to the partner is selected from a plurality of business card information, so that the proper business card information is transmitted according to the partner. Things become possible. This eliminates the need for individual business cards, such as a business card for a company or a business card for a volunteer organization, which is necessary for business cards such as conventional paper cards, which is desirable from the viewpoint of resource conservation. Is obtained. In addition, in order to exchange business cards appropriately according to the other party with a conventional business card such as a paper card, it was necessary to carry a plurality of types of business cards, but according to the present invention, it is only necessary to carry only an electronic business card device. Thus, the same effect as carrying a plurality of types of business cards can be obtained.

Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to create business card information stored in the device on the device. If there is no appropriate business card information to be transmitted to the other party when exchanging business cards, for example, when there is no corresponding business card information when transmitting to the other party business card information indicating that it is a member of a volunteer organization, create a business card information in place, it is possible to be sent to the other party. In addition, by adding information on the date and time and place where the business card was exchanged to the business card information and sending it to the other party, additional information such as the date and time and place for the business card exchange that the receiving party previously wrote himself when organizing business cards was added. Information can be sent by the sender to the other party together with the business card information.

Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to create business card information on the device by selecting personal information stored in the device, and it is expected that labor for creating business card information will be reduced. become able to. Further, as another effect of creating business card information with reference to personal information, it is possible to automatically change business card information in accordance with a change in personal information.
For example, when the name is changed due to marriage or the like and the item of the name of the personal information is changed, the name of the business card information refers to the name of the personal information, that is, the name of the personal information and the name of the business card information are stored in the storage means. When the same address is referred to above, the names of all the business card information are automatically changed with the change of the name of the personal information, and it is not necessary to change the business card information. Thereby, it is possible to prevent inconsistency between personal information and business card information.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of an electronic business card device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a specific example of business card information.

FIG. 3 is an example of a display screen when a business card transmission process is performed.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a business card transmission processing routine.

FIG. 5 is an example of a display screen of a business card information creation process in the case where the business card information is created by inputting an item of business card information.

FIG. 6 is an example of a dialog box displayed when saving created business card information.

FIG. 7 is a functional block diagram of an electronic business card device having personal information storage means.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of items of personal information.

FIG. 9 is a display screen example of a business card information creation process in a case where business card information is created by selecting an item of personal information.

[Explanation of symbols]

 100 display unit 102 communication unit 104 input unit 106 business card information storage unit 108 main storage unit 200 item name 202 item data 204 identification ID 206 identification name 300 business card information list display unit 302 business card information Detail display part 304 ... Process execution button display part 306 ... Send button 308 ... Stop button 500 ... Business card information creation display part 502 ... Text box for item name input 504 ... Text box for item data input 506 ... Add button 508 ... Save button 600 … “Save business card information” dialog box 602… text box for inputting identification name 604… decision button 700… personal information storage unit 900… personal information list display unit

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An electronic business card device for electronically exchanging said business card information by using personal information given to another person as a business card as business card information, wherein: a business card information storage means for storing a plurality of said business card information; An electronic business card device, comprising: business card information selection means for selecting the business card information to be transmitted to a partner who exchanges business cards from the business card information. 2. The electronic business card device according to claim 1, further comprising a business card information creation unit that creates the business card information stored in the business card information storage unit. 3. The electronic business card device according to claim 2, wherein: personal information storage means for storing personal information necessary for creating the business card information; and personal information stored in the personal information storage means. An electronic business card device, comprising: the business card information creating means for creating the business card information by selecting the following.