System and method for providing electronic business-card service using open service interface

• Main Authors: SUNG KI SOON, CHOI JIN YOUNG, LEE YONG JOO, PARK YOO MI, LEE BYUNG SUN, JUN KYUNG PYO, CHOI YOUNG IL
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 22.06.2006
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; PHYSICS; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

Provided are a system and method for providing an electronic business card service using an open service interface. In the system, a business card information register receives electronic business card information from terminals of presentities who provide an electronic business card, and publishes it on an open service gateway, each of the electronic business card information including identification information and status information of each of the terminals and the terminals being connected to a convergence network; a watcher register receiving identification information of a terminal of a watcher who desires to use the electronic business card information and registers it to the open service gateway; and a business card information providing unit obtaining status information of a terminal of a specified presentity from the open service gateway and transmits it together with identification information of the terminal of the specified presentity to the terminal of the watcher, upon a request for electronic business card information of the specified presentity.