Abstract: A method and system for a user to collect point of contact information for one or more event attendees, in which identification information associated with an attendee is scanned and transmitted to a data server. More particularly, a method and system is provided for a user to scan a bar code on a visitor identification badge and extract an identification code which can be sent to a data server in order to obtain certain visitor information associated with the identification code. The user can access the data server to obtain the information associated with the user's data collection activity which can stored on the data server such as the information on each scanned visitor badge and associated visitor information, as well as time and location of the data capture.