AN ELECTRONIC DATA SHARING DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE

摘要

An electronic data sharing device for sharing user related information with users of other functionally similar electronic data sharing devices, the electronic data sharing device configured to: generate a temporary, non-unique, identification tag to identify the electronic data sharing device, transmit from the electronic data sharing device the generated identification tag via a wireless medium, receive at the electronic data sharing device a further identification tag generated by a further electronic data sharing device, and generate an alert on the electronic data sharing device when the transmission and reception of the identification tags coincide to indicate that the further electronic data sharing device is in the vicinity.