Product News
Landscape has launched "Online Business Card Exchange," a new feature for the uMeishi business card management app.
■ Background of Feature Addition
With the increase in companies adopting telework as part of COVID-19 countermeasures and work-style reform, there are more instances where face-to-face business card exchange is not possible. Consequently, we have decided to implement the "Online Business Card Exchange" feature, which allows users to register and manage business cards online.
■ About Online Business Card Exchange
"Online Business Card Exchange" is a feature that enables the automatic registration of business cards from email signatures. For example, by simply forwarding an email (containing a signature) received from a client scheduled for a web meeting to a designated address, the signature information can be automatically registered as business card exchange data.
This service utilizes the technology of "Kantan Toroku" (Easy Registration) (Patent No. 5538512).
Key Points
1. Released ahead of competitors in May 2020 with a proven track record.
2. Can be used simply by forwarding emails; no prior preparation required.
3. Available for use regardless of the client's environment.
4. In addition to the existing "Kantan Toroku" patent, a patent for this service regarding email signature extraction is currently pending.
* "Kantan Toroku" (Easy Registration) is a feature that allows users to automatically split and reflect necessary information by simply copying and pasting an email signature.
* Challenges Solved by Online Business Card Exchange
Recently, there has been an increase in online meetings and gatherings, and it is common for meetings to proceed without business cards being exchanged, even when meeting someone for the first time online. This can sometimes make it difficult to conduct meetings smoothly. Furthermore, beyond online meetings, it is often beneficial for business activities to obtain information equivalent to a business card for someone you are meeting for the first time in a future scheduled meeting, even before the actual exchange takes place. Online Business Card Exchange is the first feature in Japan developed to address these challenges.
* Details of Online Business Card Exchange Functionality
The online business card exchange feature identifies multiple signature elements related to an email sender from email reception history. For example, it utilizes logic that extracts signature elements—which correspond to business card information—based on signature delimiter sequences detected in the email history, and determines whether the number of signature elements exceeds a pre-set threshold to identify the signature field.
This allows for the acquisition of information equivalent to a business card prior to online meetings where physical business card exchange does not take place. Furthermore, it enables the acquisition of business card information without requiring an actual exchange, not only for online meetings but also in preparation for meetings scheduled for a later date.
< About the Business Card Management App "uMeishi" >
This is a business card management app that leverages "LBC" (8.2 million locations), the largest corporate master database in Japan owned by Landscape. By utilizing "LBC" as a master dictionary for OCR (Optical Character Recognition) data analysis technology, the app instantly corrects data simply by photographing a business card, enabling high-precision digitization. Additionally, it can append attribute information such as industry, annual sales, and corporate registration numbers to the business card data, realizing immediate utilization of the data.
https://meishisonar.jp/
Landscape will continue to support the promotion of corporate DX through data cleansing and the construction of system infrastructure utilizing Japan's largest corporate database.
* uMeishi was discontinued in August 2025. The currently available business card management app is mSonar, which features significantly enhanced functionality.
