Business card as electronic mail authorization token
CA 2384460 C · Owner: Silverbrook Research Pty. Ltd. · Inventors: Lapstun, Paul; Silverbrook, Kia
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The present invention provides a method of enabling a first user to obtain using a business card of a second user authority to transmit electronic mail to the second user, the business card including coded data indicative of the identity of the business card and of at least one reference point of the business card, the method including the steps of: receiving in a computer , system, indicating data from a sensing device regarding the identity of the business card and a position of the sensing device relative to the business card, the sensing device, when placed in an operative position relative to the business card, sensing the indicating data using at least some of the coded data; …
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- Filed September 15, 2000 and granted June 12, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 15, 2020.
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