In an age defined by digital transformation, few innovators can claim they created an entire industry. Even fewer can point to federal patents proving it. And only one company—Peer To Peer Network, Inc. (OTC: PTOP)—can say it is the first and only publicly traded digital business card platform in the world.
That company is PTOP. The core Product MOBICARD™.
And the inventor standing behind it is Chairman & CEO Joshua Sodaitis.
Long before QR profiles, NFC cards, and contactless networking apps filled smartphones and conference halls, Sodaitis envisioned something radically ahead of its time: an electronic interactive business card mobile software system. Not a simple link, not a static profile—but a dynamic, trackable, shareable digital identity that updates in real time and grows through contact sharing.
That idea didn’t just become a prototype. It became two fully granted U.S. Utility Patents:
- Patent #10,616,368 – “Electronic Interactive Business Card Mobile Software System with Customer Relationship Management Database.”
- Patent #10,270,880 —
These patents are enforceable, foundational—and now, central to a market projected to grow to over $300 billion by 2032.
Today, as digital business cards explode in popularity across corporate America and beyond, PTOP stands alone as the original inventor, the only public company in the sector, and the single most strategically positioned entity to lead consolidation of the entire industry.
“If you want to own a piece of the digital business card space,” Sodaitis says, “PTOP is the only option.”
THE CEO, THE INVENTION & THE STORIES BEHIND THE VISION
The CEO Who Managed a Company… While Managing Diapers
In 2022, at a critical turning point for PTOP, life handed Joshua Sodaitis an unexpected challenge: he became a full-time caregiver for his infant son. Many executives talk about “work-life balance”—Sodaitis lived it in its rawest, most sleep-deprived form.
Running a public company while caring for a baby became a real-world test of leadership, improvisation, and grit. Sodaitis laughs looking back:
“At one point, I remember using leftover COVID masks to triple-mask my face during diaper changes. That’s when I knew I was officially in survival mode.”
But those months—long days of Zoom calls mixed with bottle feedings—symbolized something far deeper. They showed that no matter what chaos life throws his way, Sodaitis has the ability to keep moving forward, building, leading, and protecting the company he fought so hard to establish.
The Critical Decision: Code2Action vs. The Future of the Company
One of the most defining moments in PTOP’s history came when the company faced a choice:
settle with Code2Action—a move some advised against—or nullify a convertible note and lose what would become a critical pending patent.
Most CEOs would choose the path that looked cleaner on the balance sheet. Sodaitis chose the path that secured the future. He moved forward with the settlement, even though accounting rules prevented the patent from being recorded as a balance sheet asset due to “related party transaction” classifications.
Why? Because Sodaitis saw something others didn’t:
- The value of the patent down the road 6 years forward looking
- The protection it would provide
- The strategic advantage of being recognized legally as the true inventor
- And the long-term shareholder value that would emerge from differentiation
That decision is now regarded internally as one of the most important in PTOP’s history.
Today, that patent—along with its companion—sets PTOP apart from every competitor in the space.
The Power of Fully Granted Utility Patents
Unlike the dozens of copycat apps entering the market, PTOP holds real utility patents—the strongest category of protection under U.S. federal law.
And these patents don’t cover vague ideas. They protect:
- Third-party sharing — When your digital business card is shared from a friend to a friend to a friend.
- Real-time open text notifications — The moment someone views your card, you receive their name and contact information.
- Interactive, trackable, dynamic digital identity systems– “Data analytics tracking shared by a link” One of their most notable Material Claims of their patent
- The entire operational method behind modern digital business cards
These aren’t features competitors “innovated.” They are features PTOP invented—and patented.
Competitors using these functionalities today are already infringing. And PTOP is now positioned to enforce.
HISTORY REPEATING: THE WRIGHT BROTHERS, PATENTS & INDUSTRY CONSOLIDATION
A Modern Wright Brothers Moment
In the early 1900s, the Wright Brothers patented their method of aerodynamic control—an invention that made powered flight possible. When other aircraft manufacturers began copying their design, the Wrights enforced their patents aggressively.
Their enforcement didn’t hinder aviation; it structured it.
They created the standards. They protected the technology. They ensured that the industry respected the originator. Today, PTOP is standing at that same crossroads.
The digital business card industry has taken off—but the core mechanisms behind almost every competing platform exist because of PTOP’s patents.
Just as the Wright Brothers’ patents shaped aviation, PTOP’s patents are now positioned to shape digital identity and contact-sharing technology for the next decade.
Just like the Wright Brothers, PTOP’s patents protect the “method” behind the technology, not just the product itself.
The Wrights proved that control of the core process — not the outer design — is what truly defines invention.
PTOP is doing the same for digital business card exchange, except this time, we want to invite our competitors to join us rather than fight and be put out of business.
Consolidating a $300 Billion Industry
In recent press releases, PTOP announced it has hired a patent infringement law firm. Enforcement is no longer theoretical—it has begun.
But Sodaitis is clear that the company’s goal isn’t destruction.
“As the inventor of the digital business card, my goal is not to put competitors out of business, but to bring them under the PTOP umbrella so we can grow together.”
— Joshua Sodaitis, Chairman & CEO
“Consolidation under PTOP will allow the entire industry to flourish. We want to dominate through cooperation, not conflict.”
— Joshua Sodaitis
Competitors will soon face three options:
- Merge with PTOP
- License PTOP’s patented technology
- Pay a royalty per user or per subscription
This is how industries consolidate.
This is how category kings are formed.
This is how patents become power.
PTOP isn’t just a tech company—it is the category originator, now equipped with enforceable patents, a consolidation strategy, and a market projected to surpass $300 billion. This is a micro-cap with macro potential.
Even a single: Licensing deal, Royalty agreement, Acquisition, Enforcement settlement
…could trigger explosive growth.
For investors looking for an emerging technology play with asymmetric upside, PTOP is not just interesting—it’s essential to watch. Or better yet…
…it’s essential to own.
As the digital business card market races toward a projected $300 billion future, one truth is becoming unavoidable: the industry is finally catching up to a vision Joshua Sodaitis had years before anyone else. With two fully granted U.S. utility patents, a first-mover advantage no competitor can replicate, and a consolidation strategy modeled after some of the most influential moments in tech history, PTOP stands positioned not merely to participate—but to lead.
What began as a bold idea is now the foundation of an entire category. And what started as a micro-cap company is now on the brink of influencing how millions exchange information, build relationships, and manage digital identity in a post-business-card world.
Sodaitis isn’t just protecting an invention—he is shaping the standards of a modern industry, inviting competitors to join rather than fall behind, and preparing PTOP for a chapter defined by licensing opportunities, strategic partnerships, and accelerated growth.
In a landscape full of imitators, PTOP remains the originator.
In a market full of noise, it holds the patents that matter.
And as digital networking becomes the global norm, PTOP is positioned to become not just a participant in the revolution—
but the company leading it.
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