Methods and System for Generating Content Delivery URLs from Business Cards

Abstract

Methods and apparatus for targeted message delivery are disclosed. A set of document delivery transactions are initiated with respect to a set of intended document recipients. The initiating includes sending to each of the set of intended document recipients a respective one of a set of pointers for requesting delivery of one or more documents designated with respect to a respective document delivery transaction. Each of the set of pointers is identified with a respective one of the set of intended document recipients. In response to actuations of respective ones of the set of pointers, the one or more documents designated with respect to the respective document delivery transaction are delivered from a centralized document repository. Analytic measures are recorded with respect to the delivering the one or more documents. The analytic measures include a measure of actuations of each of the pointers. A target for a subsequent communication is identified.

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         21 . A method, comprising:
 extracting, by a system comprising at least one processor, identity information and contact information for respective target identities from a data store;   associating, by the system, uniform resource locators for requesting delivery of one or more documents with the respective target identities, wherein a uniform resource locator of the uniform resource locators is uniquely associated with one of the respective target identifies;   determining, by the system, a ratio of a first number of the one or more documents delivered to at least a subset of the respective target identities in response to actuation of one or more of the uniform resource locators to a second number of commercial transactions by unique target identities of the target identities resulting from delivery of the one or more documents; and   ranking, by the system, the respective target identities based on the ratio.   
     
     
         22 . The method of  claim 21 , further comprising configuring, by the system, a document delivery option for the delivery of the one or more documents. 
     
     
         23 . The method of  claim 22 , further comprising, in response to the actuation of the one or more of the uniform resource locators, delivering, by the system, the one or more documents from a centralized document repository device. 
     
     
         24 . The method of  claim 23 , wherein the delivering comprises creating a physical representation of the one or more documents. 
     
     
         25 . The method of  claim 21 , wherein the extracting comprises extracting the identity information and the contact information from the data store in response to an interaction with a physical representation of the identity information and the contact information. 
     
     
         26 . The method of  claim 21 , further comprising
 identifying, by the system, one of the respective target identities from the identity information for delivery of one or more subsequent documents based on a result of the ranking.   
     
     
         27 . The method of  claim 24 , further comprising sending, by the system to a communication agent device, a subset of the contact information corresponding to the respective target identities. 
     
     
         28 . A system, comprising:
 at least one processor; and   memory comprising program instructions executable by the at least one processor to at least:
 extract identity information and contact information for target identities from a data storage device; 
 associate uniform resource locators for requesting delivery of one or more documents with respective target identities of the target identities, resulting in respective uniform resource locators of the uniform resource locators being uniquely associated with one of the target identities; 
 determine a ratio of a first number of the one or more documents delivered to at least a subset of the respective target identities in response to actuation of one or more of the uniform resource locators to a second number of commercial transactions by unique target identities of the target identities resulting from delivery of the one or more documents; and 
   rank the target identities with respect to the ratio to yield a ranking.   
     
     
         29 . The system of  claim 28 , wherein the program instructions are further executable by the at least one processor to configure a document delivery option for automated delivery of the one or more documents. 
     
     
         30 . The system of  claim 29 , wherein the program instructions are further executable by the at least one processor to, in response to the actuation of the one or more of the uniform resource locators, facilitate the delivery of the one or more documents from a centralized document repository device. 
     
     
         31 . The system of  claim 28 , wherein the program instructions are further executable by the at least one processor to create a physical representation of the one or more documents. 
     
     
         32 . The system of  claim 28 , wherein the program instructions are further executable by the at least one processor to extract the identity information and the contact information from the data storage device in response to an interaction with a physical representation of the identity information and the contact information. 
     
     
         33 . The system of  claim 28 , wherein the program instructions are further executable by the at least one processor to
 identify, from the identity information based on the ranking, a target identity, of the target identities, for delivery one or more subsequent documents.   
     
     
         34 . The system of  claim 33 , wherein the program instructions are further executable by the at least one processor to:
 alert a communication agent device of the target identity; and   provide a subset of the contact information corresponding to the target identity.   
     
     
         35 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, in response to execution, cause a system to perform operations, the operations comprising:
 extracting identity information and contact information for respective target identities from a data store;   associating uniform resource locators for requesting delivery of one or more documents with the respective target identities, wherein the associating yields a unique association between one of the uniform resource locators and one of the respective target identities;   determining a ratio of a first number of different target identities, of the respective target identities, that receive the one or more documents via actuation of one or more of the uniform resource locators to a second number of commercial transactions that result from delivery of the one or more documents; and   ranking the respective target identities in accordance with the ratio.   
     
     
         36 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 35 , wherein the operations further comprise configuring a default document delivery option for the delivery of the one or more documents. 
     
     
         37 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 36 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 in response to the actuation of the one or more of the uniform resource locators, delivering the one or more documents from a centralized document repository.   
     
     
         38 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 37 , wherein the delivering comprises initiating generation of a physical representation of the one or more documents. 
     
     
         39 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 35 , wherein the extracting comprises extracting the identity information and the contact information from the data store in response to an interaction with a physical representation of the identity information and the contact information. 
     
     
         40 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 35 , wherein the operations further comprise
 identifying a target identity, of at least the subset of the target recipients, for delivery of one or more subsequent documents based on a result of the ranking.