Automatically uploading user profile information

Abstract

Techniques for automatically transmitting user profile data over a network are provided. In one technique, a browser displays a form and a QR code (or other form of encoded data) on a webpage. A mobile application scans the QR code, which causes the mobile application to identify user profile data (that may be stored locally with respect to the mobile application) and send the user profile data to a Campaign server. The Campaign server causes the form that is displayed by the browser to be filled in with the user profile data. The browser than transmits the filled-in form to a partner server that provides the webpage. In another technique, a mobile application scans a QR code, which may be displayed on a flyer, a poster, a computer screen, or a television screen. The mobile application identifies and transmits user profile data to a Campaign server.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method comprising:
 using a first scan application executing on a mobile device, scanning a two-dimensional code and identifying a URL;   causing a web content associated with the URL to be displayed, wherein the web content allows a user of the mobile device to download a second scan application that is different than the first scan application;   receiving the second scan application at the mobile device;   using the second scan application, scanning the two-dimensional code to identify campaign data encoded in the QR code.