Is it possible to send messages from internet in business card formats. ? I need to send a contact to a mobile phone so that the recipient can save the contact easily.
using sms api s we can send sms but how to send business card files ?
In my project scenario I have telephone numbers of 10 persons which I need to send the numbers to another mobile phone in business card format.
Any ideas on how to implement ?
vCard is a file format standard for
electronic business cards. vCards
are often attached to e-mail messages,
but can be exchanged in other ways,
such as on the World Wide Web or
Instant Messaging. They can contain
name and address information, phone
numbers, e-mail addresses, URLs,
logos, photographs, and even audio
clips.
More info on vCard at Wikipedia.
A vCard has a particular format, an example on Wikipedia is as follows
vCard 2.1:
BEGIN:VCARD
VERSION:2.1
N:Gump;Forrest
FN:Forrest Gump
ORG:Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.
TITLE:Shrimp Man
TEL;WORK;VOICE:(111) 555-1212
TEL;HOME;VOICE:(404) 555-1212
ADR;WORK:;;100 Waters Edge;Baytown;LA;30314;United States of America
LABEL;WORK;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:100 Waters Edge=0D=0ABaytown, LA 30314=0D=0AUnited States of America
ADR;HOME:;;42 Plantation St.;Baytown;LA;30314;United States of America
LABEL;HOME;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:42 Plantation St.=0D=0ABaytown, LA 30314=0D=0AUnited States of America
EMAIL;PREF;INTERNET:forrestgump@example.com
REV:20080424T195243Z
END:VCARD
vCard 3.0:
BEGIN:VCARD
VERSION:3.0
N:Gump;Forrest
FN:Forrest Gump
ORG:Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.
TITLE:Shrimp Man
PHOTO;VALUE=URL;TYPE=GIF:http://www.example.com/dir_photos/my_photo.gif
TEL;TYPE=WORK,VOICE:(111) 555-1212
TEL;TYPE=HOME,VOICE:(404) 555-1212
ADR;TYPE=WORK:;;100 Waters Edge;Baytown;LA;30314;United States of America
LABEL;TYPE=WORK:100 Waters Edge\nBaytown, LA 30314\nUnited States of America
ADR;TYPE=HOME:;;42 Plantation St.;Baytown;LA;30314;United States of America
LABEL;TYPE=HOME:42 Plantation St.\nBaytown, LA 30314\nUnited States of America
EMAIL;TYPE=PREF,INTERNET:forrestgump@example.com
REV:20080424T195243Z
END:VCARD
A vCard received on a mobile phone is simply a SMS in a vCard format.
So to answer your question
I am using SMS API to send SMS but how
to send business card files?
Is it
possible to send messages from
Internet in business card formats?
I need to send a contact to a mobile
phone so that the recipient can save
the contact easily.
Yes, you can send a vCard to a mobile phone, just format the contact details in a vCard format and send it as SMS.
But be aware that the vCard format is different for different phones.
Different vCard formats on different devices
Also See
3 Different formats to send a vCard
vCard message through a SMS message to various Nokia phones
vCard via SMS