US 12,443,585 B2
Information processing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium
Shuhei Kawashima, Yokohama (JP); and Xinyu Peng, Yokohama (JP)
Assigned to FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/885,661.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-024948 (JP), filed on Feb. 21, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0267112 A1, Aug. 24, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 16/93 (2019.01); G06F 16/23 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 16/2358 (2019.01) [G06F 16/93 (2019.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
a processor configured to:
be capable of accessing a business-card management database storing a plurality of pieces of business-card management data, each piece of the business-card management data including, in association with each other, user identification information for identifying a user, the user's business-card information written on the user's business card, and information about at least one business-card exchange partner with whom the user exchanged business cards;
receive selection of a predecessor from a successor who is one of the plurality of users and who takes over a job of the predecessor, the predecessor being one of the plurality of users;
notify the successor of information about a business-card exchange user among the at least one business-card exchange partner of the predecessor, the business-card exchange user being a registered user in the business-card management database;
in response to a request from the successor and a request from the business-card exchange user of the predecessor, perform a business-card exchange process between the successor and the business-card exchange user of the predecessor,
wherein each piece of the business-card management data further includes a business-card exchange date and time at which business cards were exchanged with the business-card exchange user, and an update date and time at which the business-card information was updated,
wherein, if the successor and the business-card exchange user of the predecessor exchanged business cards, and if the business-card information of the successor and the business-card information of the business-card exchange user of the predecessor have not been changed after the business-card exchange date and time of the business-card exchange, the business-card exchange process is not performed; and
notify information about the successor to the at least one business-card exchange partner of the predecessor, on a basis of the business-card management database.