US4945219A
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Composite calling card for social and business data and use
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1989-07-27
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Granted: 1990-07-31
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Expires: 2009-07-27
Abstract
Abstract A calling card is printed on its paper front side with data for visual presentation. The card back side is made from a material that will accept, retain and permit the reading of encoded data by a card reading device. Data decoded by the card reader is visually displayed on a cathode ray tube and stored in a data storage device for later retrieval.
Inventors
- 👤 Masaki Tanaka
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 03:51
CPC Classifications
B; B42; B42D; B42D25/00; B42D25/20; G; G06; G06K; G06K13/00; G06K13/02; G06K13/08; G06K19/00; G06K19/06; G06K19/08; G07; G07F; G07F7/00; G07F7/08; G07F7/0806; G07F7/0833; B42D2035/02; B42D25/40; B42D25/45
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
214 words
A system for communicating information from one entity to another entity, said system comprising: (a) a card reading means for reading and decoding encoded data on a calling card passed through said card reading means; (b) a terminal coupled to said card reading means for receiving decoded data from said card reading means and for visually displaying said decoded data for visual presentation and for storing said decoded data for subsequent retrieval and display, said terminal including a cathode ray tube for visually displaying decoded data thereon and data storage and retrieval means for storing said decoded data and for retrieving said decoded data; and, (c) said calling card having a front side and a back side bonded together forming a composite material calling card in disposible not destructible form, said front side being a paper material for accepting and retaining visible printed data thereon, said visible printed data being freely readable and defining social and/or business introduction information personal to an individual, said back side being an encodable material for accepting and retaining a virtually invisible encoded data defining business information, said encoded data being readable by said card reading means when said calling card is passed through said card reading means, said business information including business data, marketing data and marketing communications.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
214 words
A system for communicating information from one entity to another entity, said system comprising: (a) a card reading means for reading and decoding encoded data on a calling card passed through said card reading means; (b) a terminal coupled to said card reading means for receiving decoded data from said card reading means and for visually displaying said decoded data for visual presentation and for storing said decoded data for subsequent retrieval and display, said terminal including a cathode ray tube for visually displaying decoded data thereon and data storage and retrieval means for storing said decoded data and for retrieving said decoded data; and, (c) said calling card having a front side and a back side bonded together forming a composite material calling card in disposible not destructible form, said front side being a paper material for accepting and retaining visible printed data thereon, said visible printed data being freely readable and defining social and/or business introduction information personal to an individual, said back side being an encodable material for accepting and retaining a virtually invisible encoded data defining business information, said encoded data being readable by said card reading means when said calling card is passed through said card reading means, said business information including business data, marketing data and marketing communications.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
48 words
A system for communicating information as in claim 12 and in which said back side of said calling card includes a stripe of encodable material for storing data thereon, said data on said stripe being in a coded form and readable and decodable by said card reading means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
152 words
A calling card for providing social and/or business introduction of an individual in visual display on one side thereof and for providing business information in virtually invisible display on the other side thereof, said calling card comprising: (a) a face side and a back side bonded together for forming a composite material calling card in disposible yet not casually destructible form; (b) said face side being a paper material for accepting and retaining a visible first data, said first data visibly displayed on said face side in freely readable form and defining social and/or business introduction information personal to an individual; and (c) said back side being an encodable material for accepting and retaining a virtually invisible second data, said second data virtually invisibly displayed on said back side in encoded form, readable by a card reader, said second data defining business information related to the individual introduced by said first data.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
152 words
A calling card for providing social and/or business introduction of an individual in visual display on one side thereof and for providing business information in virtually invisible display on the other side thereof, said calling card comprising: (a) a face side and a back side bonded together for forming a composite material calling card in disposible yet not casually destructible form; (b) said face side being a paper material for accepting and retaining a visible first data, said first data visibly displayed on said face side in freely readable form and defining social and/or business introduction information personal to an individual; and (c) said back side being an encodable material for accepting and retaining a virtually invisible second data, said second data virtually invisibly displayed on said back side in encoded form, readable by a card reader, said second data defining business information related to the individual introduced by said first data.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
A calling card as in claim 14 and in which said visible first data is printing visually displayed on said face side.
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