Methods, systems and computer program products for electronic identification card creation and transfer during communications
A method for creating an electronic identification card during a communications session including: presenting a user with an option to enter personal information; receiving a command from the user to send the electronic identification card including the personal information during the communications session; recording the personal information for the electronic identification card with a data entry method; and sending the electronic identification card to a device involved in the communications session.
1. A method for creating an electronic identification card, comprising:
presenting a user with an option to enter personal information;
recording the personal information for the electronic identification card with a data entry method;
receiving a command from the user to send the electronic identification card including the personal information during a communications session;
placing the communication session on hold; and
sending the electronic identification card to a wireless device involved in the communications session.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the personal information includes a name of a person.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data entry method comprises:
prompting the user to provide the personal information;
recording the personal information provided by the user; and
saving the personal information provided by the user in the electronic identification card.
4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the personal information is recorded using a dual tone multi-frequency input recognition algorithm.
5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the personal information is recorded using a speech recognition algorithm.
6. The method of claim 1 further comprising presenting the user with an option to selectively include personal information in the electronic identification card.
7. An apparatus for creating and transferring an electronic identification card, comprising:
a processor; and
a computer readable medium with computer-executable instruction stored thereon, that when executed by the processor cause the processor to initiate operations comprising:
presenting a user of a first wireless device with an option to create the electronic identification card;
receiving a command from the user of the first device to create the electronic identification card;
creating the electronic identification card through the first device;
establishing a communications session between the first device and a second device;
placing the communication session on hold; and
transferring the electronic identification card to the second device.
8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the electronic identification card includes a name of a person.
9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the first device comprises a database of electronic identification cards for organizing contacts.
10. The apparatus of claim 7 , the operations further comprising presenting the user with an option to selectively include personal information in the electronic identification card.
11. A computer program product, tangibly embodied on a computer readable medium, for creating an electronic identification card, the computer program product including instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to initiate operations comprising:
presenting a user with an option to enter personal information;
recording the personal information for the electronic identification card with a data entry method;
receiving a command from the user to send the electronic identification card including the personal information during a communications session;
presenting the user with a prompt to exclude a portion of the personal information from the electronic identification card; and
sending the electronic identification card to a wireless device involved in the communications session.
12. The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein the personal information includes a name of a person.
13. The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein the data entry method comprises:
prompting the user to provide the personal information;
recording the personal information provided by the user; and
saving the personal information provided by the user in the electronic identification card.
14. The computer program product of claim 13 , wherein the personal information is recorded using a dual tone multi-frequency input recognition algorithm.
15. The computer program product of claim 13 , wherein the personal information is recorded using a speech recognition algorithm.
16. The computer program product of claim 11 further comprising presenting the user with an option to selectively include personal information in the electronic identification card.