how to programmatically send business card message

Question

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 ?

Answer 1

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:[phone]
TEL;HOME;VOICE:[phone]
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:[e-mail]
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:[phone]
TEL;TYPE=HOME,VOICE:[phone]
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:[e-mail]
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