Apparatus and associated methods may relate to a coded contact information exchange made between source and target electronic devices. In an exemplary embodiment, the coding scheme may be a non-industry standard coding scheme. In an illustrative example, one or more contact fields comprising user contact information are encoded in a barcode format for exchange between the devices. In some examples, the barcode may be transmitted over a non-optical communications link. In other examples, the encoded barcode may be transmitted over an optical communications link. In some examples, the barcode may comprise a two-dimensional barcode. In some examples, the source and target devices may comprise handheld devices, such as mobile phones.
