diff --git a/productMods/WEB-INF/web.xml b/productMods/WEB-INF/web.xml
index 44a04456..3c3104dd 100644
--- a/productMods/WEB-INF/web.xml
+++ b/productMods/WEB-INF/web.xml
@@ -675,6 +675,15 @@
     <url-pattern>/homePageAjax</url-pattern>
   </servlet-mapping>
 
+  <servlet>
+    <servlet-name>QrCodeAjax</servlet-name>
+    <servlet-class>edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.ajax.QrCodeAjaxController</servlet-class>
+  </servlet>
+  <servlet-mapping>
+    <servlet-name>QrCodeAjax</servlet-name>
+    <url-pattern>/qrCodeAjax</url-pattern>
+  </servlet-mapping>
+
   <servlet>
     <servlet-name>ShowAuth</servlet-name>
     <servlet-class>edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.admin.ShowAuthController</servlet-class>
diff --git a/productMods/js/individual/individualUtils.js b/productMods/js/individual/individualUtils.js
index da9729f2..82982684 100644
--- a/productMods/js/individual/individualUtils.js
+++ b/productMods/js/individual/individualUtils.js
@@ -104,8 +104,64 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
     
     // Reveal vCard QR code when QR icon is clicked
     $('#qrIcon, .qrCloseLink').click(function() {
-        $('#qrCodeImage').toggleClass('hidden');
-        return false;
+	
+		
+		// only create the img the first time, so check if it already exists
+		if ( !$('img#codeImage').length ) {		
+			$.ajax({
+            	url: "/vivo/qrCodeAjax",
+            	dataType: "json",
+            	data: {
+                	action: "getQrCodeDetails",
+					uri: individualUri,
+            	},
+            	complete: function(xhr, status) {
+                	var results = $.parseJSON(xhr.responseText);
+                	if ( results.length == 0 ) {
+                    	var html = i18nStrings.currentlyNoResearchers;
+                	}
+                	else {
+						if ( results[0].firstName.length < 1 || results[1].lastName.length < 1 ) {
+							$('#qrCodeImage').css("width","225px");
+							var noCodeStr = "<div style='padding:25px 0 30px 22px;font-size:13px'>"
+							                + "The QR Code could not be generated due to incomplete information about this person. </div>"
+							$('#qrCodeImage').prepend(noCodeStr);
+						}
+						else if ( results[0].firstName.length > 0 || results[1] == null || results[1].lastName.length > 0 ) {
+							var vcard = "";
+							vcard += "BEGIN:VCARD" + String.fromCharCode(13);
+							vcard += "VERSION:3.0" + String.fromCharCode(13);
+							vcard += "N:" + results[1].lastName + String.fromCharCode(13);
+							vcard += "FN:" + results[0].firstName + String.fromCharCode(13);
+							if ( results[2].preferredTitle.length > 0 ) {
+								vcard += "TITLE:" + results[2].preferredTitle + String.fromCharCode(13);
+							}
+							if ( results[3].phoneNumber.length > 0 ) {
+								vcard += "TEL;TYPE=WORK,VOICE:" + results[3].phoneNumber + String.fromCharCode(13);
+							}
+							if ( results[4].email.length > 0 ) {
+								vcard += "EMAIL;TYPE=PREF,INTERNET:" + results[4].email + String.fromCharCode(13);
+							}
+							vcard += "URL:" + individualUri + String.fromCharCode(13);
+							if ( individualPhoto.length > 0 ) {
+								vcard += "PHOTO;VALUE=URL;TYPE=JPG:" + individualPhoto + String.fromCharCode(13);
+							}
+							vcard += "END:VCARD";
+							
+							spanStr = "<a title='${i18n().export_qr_codes}' href='"
+							          + exportQrCodeUrl + "'>"
+							          + "<img id='codeImage' src='https://chart.googleapis.com/chart?cht=qr&amp;chs=125x125&amp;chl="
+									  + vcard 
+									  + "&amp;choe=UTF-8'/>"
+									  + "</a>";
+									
+							$('#qrCodeImage').prepend(spanStr);
+						}
+                 	}
+            	}
+       		});        
+        } 
+		$('#qrCodeImage').toggleClass('hidden');
     });
 
     // For pubs and grants on the foaf:person profile, and affiliated people
diff --git a/productMods/templates/freemarker/body/foaf-person--exportQrCode.ftl b/productMods/templates/freemarker/body/foaf-person--exportQrCode.ftl
index 8fca3a7d..bfce4e4c 100644
--- a/productMods/templates/freemarker/body/foaf-person--exportQrCode.ftl
+++ b/productMods/templates/freemarker/body/foaf-person--exportQrCode.ftl
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 <#include "individual-qrCodeGenerator.ftl">
 
-<h2>${i18n().export_qr_code} <em>(<a href="${individual.qrData().aboutQrCodesUrl}" title="${i18n().more_qr_info}">${i18n().what_is_this}</a>)</em></h2>
+<h2>${i18n().export_qr_code} <em>(<a href="${qrData.aboutQrCodesUrl}" title="${i18n().more_qr_info}">${i18n().what_is_this}</a>)</em></h2>
 
 <#assign thumbUrl = individual.thumbUrl! "${urls.images}/placeholders/person.thumbnail.jpg" >
 <img class="individual-photo qrCode" src="${thumbUrl}" width="160" alt="${i18n().alt_thumbnail_photo}"/>
diff --git a/productMods/templates/freemarker/body/individual/individual--foaf-person-2column.ftl b/productMods/templates/freemarker/body/individual/individual--foaf-person-2column.ftl
index f892ea2e..f19b3201 100644
--- a/productMods/templates/freemarker/body/individual/individual--foaf-person-2column.ftl
+++ b/productMods/templates/freemarker/body/individual/individual--foaf-person-2column.ftl
@@ -160,6 +160,9 @@
     </script>
 </#if>
 <script type="text/javascript">
+var individualUri = '${individual.uri!}';
+var individualPhoto = '${individual.thumbNail!}';
+var exportQrCodeUrl = '${urls.base}/qrcode?uri=${individual.uri!}';
 var profileTypeData = {
     processingUrl: '${urls.base}/edit/primitiveRdfEdit',
     individualUri: '${individual.uri!}',
diff --git a/productMods/templates/freemarker/body/individual/individual--foaf-person-quickview.ftl b/productMods/templates/freemarker/body/individual/individual--foaf-person-quickview.ftl
index a5dbae08..4d18ad0e 100644
--- a/productMods/templates/freemarker/body/individual/individual--foaf-person-quickview.ftl
+++ b/productMods/templates/freemarker/body/individual/individual--foaf-person-quickview.ftl
@@ -210,6 +210,9 @@
     </script>
 </#if>
 <script type="text/javascript">
+var individualUri = '${individual.uri!}';
+var individualPhoto = '${individual.thumbNail!}';
+var exportQrCodeUrl = '${urls.base}/qrcode?uri=${individual.uri!}';
 var profileTypeData = {
     processingUrl: '${urls.base}/edit/primitiveRdfEdit',
     individualUri: '${individual.uri!}',
diff --git a/productMods/templates/freemarker/body/partials/individual/individual-iconControls.ftl b/productMods/templates/freemarker/body/partials/individual/individual-iconControls.ftl
index adec0b22..b61e9994 100644
--- a/productMods/templates/freemarker/body/partials/individual/individual-iconControls.ftl
+++ b/productMods/templates/freemarker/body/partials/individual/individual-iconControls.ftl
@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@
 <#-- Icon controls displayed in upper-right corner -->
 
 <img id="uriIcon" title="${individual.uri}" src="${urls.images}/individual/share-uri-icon.png" alt="${i18n().share_the_uri}" />
-<@qr.renderCode qrCodeIcon />
+<img id="qrIcon"  src="${urls.images}/individual/qr_icon.png" alt="${i18n().qr_icon}" />
+<span id="qrCodeImage" class="hidden">${qrCodeLinkedImage!} 
+	<a class="qrCloseLink" href="#"  title="${i18n().qr_code}">${i18n().close_capitalized}</a>
+</span>
+
 
 <#--
 
diff --git a/productMods/templates/freemarker/body/partials/individual/individual-qrCodeGenerator.ftl b/productMods/templates/freemarker/body/partials/individual/individual-qrCodeGenerator.ftl
index 14555044..5268da11 100644
--- a/productMods/templates/freemarker/body/partials/individual/individual-qrCodeGenerator.ftl
+++ b/productMods/templates/freemarker/body/partials/individual/individual-qrCodeGenerator.ftl
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 -->
 <#macro renderCode imageFile display="icon" width="125">
     <#if hasValidVCard()>
-        <#local qrData = individual.qrData()>
+        <#local qrData = qrData>
         <#local qrCodeLinkedImage><a title="${i18n().export_qr_codes}" href="${qrData.exportQrCodeUrl}"><@qrCodeVCard qrCodeWidth=width /></a></#local>
         
         <#if (display == "full")>
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 
 <#function getQrCodeUrlForVCard qrCodeWidth>
 
-    <#local qrData = individual.qrData()>
+    <#local qrData = qrData>
 
     <#local core = "http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#">
     <#local foaf = "http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/">
@@ -95,13 +95,14 @@
 
 <#function getQrCodeUrlForLink qrCodeWidth>
 
-    <#local qrData = individual.qrData()>
+    <#local qrData = qrData>
 
-    <#local url = qrData.externalUrl! >
+    <#local externalUrl = qrData.externalUrl! >
 
     <#local qrCodeUrl = "">
-    <#if url != "">
-        <#local qrCodeContent = url?url> 
+    <#if externalUrl != "">
+    	<#local fullExternalUrl = externalUrl + individual.profileUrl> 
+    	<#local qrCodeContent = fullExternalUrl?url> 
         <#local qrCodeUrl = "https://chart.googleapis.com/chart?cht=qr&amp;chs=${qrCodeWidth}x${qrCodeWidth}&amp;chl=${qrCodeContent}&amp;choe=UTF-8" >
     </#if>
 
@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@
 
 <#function hasValidVCard>
 
-    <#local qrData = individual.qrData()>
+    <#local qrData = qrData>
 
     <#local firstName = qrData.firstName! >
     <#local lastName = qrData.lastName! >
diff --git a/rdf/display/everytime/vivoQrCodeDataGetter.n3 b/rdf/display/everytime/vivoQrCodeDataGetter.n3
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..88aa0673
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rdf/display/everytime/vivoQrCodeDataGetter.n3
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# $This file is distributed under the terms of the license in /doc/license.txt$ 
+
+@prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> .
+@prefix display: <http://vitro.mannlib.cornell.edu/ontologies/display/1.1#> .
+@prefix rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> .
+@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
+@prefix core: <http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#> .
+@prefix vivoweb: <http://vivoweb.org/ontology#> .
+@prefix afn:  <http://jena.hpl.hp.com/ARQ/function#> .
+
+ 
+#### Check to see if the person being viewed has a first and last name. ####
+#### If so, the page will display the QR code icon link.                ####
+
+## associate the classes with the datagetter (COUNT(?vIndividual) AS ?theCount)##
+
+<http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/Person> display:hasDataGetter display:checkNamesForQrCodeDG .
+ 
+ 
+## define the datagetter ##
+
+display:checkNamesForQrCodeDG
+    a <java:edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.utils.dataGetter.SparqlQueryDataGetter>;
+    display:saveToVar "checkNamesResult";
+    display:query 
+        """
+        PREFIX obo: <http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/> 
+        PREFIX vcard: <http://www.w3.org/2006/vcard/ns#>
+        SELECT DISTINCT ?vIndividual
+        WHERE {
+            ?individualURI obo:ARG_2000028 ?vIndividual .
+            ?vIndividual vcard:hasName ?vName . 
+            ?vName vcard:givenName ?firstName .
+            ?vName vcard:familyName ?lastName .
+        }
+        """ .
+
diff --git a/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/ExportQrCodeController.java b/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/ExportQrCodeController.java
index 3dde3568..6b5a82d7 100644
--- a/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/ExportQrCodeController.java
+++ b/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/ExportQrCodeController.java
@@ -2,20 +2,29 @@
 
 package edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller; 
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Enumeration;
 import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 
+import com.hp.hpl.jena.query.QuerySolution;
+import com.hp.hpl.jena.query.ResultSet;
+import com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.RDFNode;
+
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.beans.Individual;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.freemarker.FreemarkerHttpServlet;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.freemarker.responsevalues.ExceptionResponseValues;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.freemarker.responsevalues.ResponseValues;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.freemarker.responsevalues.TemplateResponseValues;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.freemarker.UrlBuilder;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.individual.IndividualRequestAnalysisContextImpl;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.individual.IndividualRequestAnalyzer;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.individual.IndividualRequestInfo;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.dao.jena.QueryUtils;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.web.templatemodels.individual.IndividualTemplateModel;
 import freemarker.ext.beans.BeansWrapper;
 import freemarker.template.DefaultObjectWrapper;
@@ -25,18 +34,41 @@ public class ExportQrCodeController extends FreemarkerHttpServlet {
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
     private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(ExportQrCodeController.class);
     private static final String TEMPLATE_DEFAULT = "foaf-person--exportQrCode.ftl";
+	private static String VCARD_DATA_QUERY = ""
+	+ "PREFIX obo: <http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/> \n"
+	+ "PREFIX vcard: <http://www.w3.org/2006/vcard/ns#> \n"
+	+ "SELECT DISTINCT ?firstName ?lastName ?email ?phone ?title \n"
+	+ "WHERE { \n"
+	+ " ?subject obo:ARG_2000028 ?vIndividual . \n"
+	+ " ?vIndividual vcard:hasName ?vName . \n"
+	+ " ?vName vcard:givenName ?firstName . \n"
+	+ " ?vName vcard:familyName ?lastName . \n"
+	+ " OPTIONAL { ?vIndividual vcard:hasEmail ?vEmail . \n"
+	+ " ?vEmail vcard:email ?email . \n"
+	+ " } \n"
+	+ " OPTIONAL { ?vIndividual vcard:hasTelephone ?vPhone . \n"
+	+ " ?vPhone vcard:telephone ?phone . \n"
+	+ " } \n"
+	+ " OPTIONAL { ?vIndividual vcard:hasTitle ?vTitle . \n"
+	+ " ?vTitle vcard:title ?title . \n"
+	+ " } \n"
+	+ "} " ;
+	private List<Map<String,String>> vcardData;
+	private Map<String, String> qrData = null;
 
     @Override
     protected ResponseValues processRequest(VitroRequest vreq) {
         try {
         	Individual individual = getIndividualFromRequest(vreq);
             
+			qrData = generateQrData(individual, vreq);
+
             DefaultObjectWrapper wrapper = new DefaultObjectWrapper();
             wrapper.setExposureLevel(BeansWrapper.EXPOSE_SAFE);
             
             Map<String, Object> body = new HashMap<String, Object>();
             body.put("individual", wrapper.wrap(new IndividualTemplateModel(individual, vreq)));
-            
+            body.put("qrData", qrData);
             return new TemplateResponseValues(TEMPLATE_DEFAULT, body);
         } catch (Throwable e) {
             log.error(e, e);
@@ -60,4 +92,71 @@ public class ExportQrCodeController extends FreemarkerHttpServlet {
         }
     }
 
+    private Map<String, String> generateQrData(Individual individual, VitroRequest vreq) {
+        
+        try {
+            String firstName = "";
+            String lastName = "";
+            String preferredTitle = "";
+            String phoneNumber = "";
+            String email = "";
+
+            vcardData = getVcardData(individual, vreq);
+
+            Map<String,String> qrData = new HashMap<String,String>();
+
+            for (Map<String, String> map: vcardData) {        
+                firstName = map.get("firstName");
+                lastName = map.get("lastName");
+                preferredTitle = map.get("title");
+                phoneNumber = map.get("phone");
+                email = map.get("email");
+            }
+
+            if(firstName != null &&  firstName.length() > 0)
+                qrData.put("firstName", firstName);
+            if(lastName != null &&  lastName.length() > 0)
+                qrData.put("lastName", lastName);
+            if(preferredTitle != null &&  preferredTitle.length() > 0)
+                qrData.put("preferredTitle", preferredTitle);
+            if(phoneNumber != null &&  phoneNumber.length() > 0)
+                qrData.put("phoneNumber", phoneNumber);
+            if(email != null &&  email.length() > 0)
+                qrData.put("email", email);
+
+            String tempUrl = vreq.getRequestURL().toString();
+            String prefix = "http://";
+            tempUrl = tempUrl.substring(0, tempUrl.replace(prefix, "").indexOf("/") + prefix.length());
+            String externalUrl = tempUrl ; 
+            qrData.put("externalUrl", externalUrl);
+
+            String individualUri = individual.getURI();
+            String contextPath = vreq.getContextPath();
+            qrData.put("exportQrCodeUrl", contextPath + "/qrcode?uri=" + UrlBuilder.urlEncode(individualUri));
+        
+            qrData.put("aboutQrCodesUrl", contextPath + "/qrcode/about");
+            return qrData;
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			log.error("Failed getting QR code data", e);
+			return null;
+		}
+    }
+
+    private List<Map<String,String>>  getVcardData(Individual individual, VitroRequest vreq) {
+        String queryStr = QueryUtils.subUriForQueryVar(VCARD_DATA_QUERY, "subject", individual.getURI());
+        log.debug("queryStr = " + queryStr);
+        List<Map<String,String>>  vcardData = new ArrayList<Map<String,String>>();
+        try {
+            ResultSet results = QueryUtils.getQueryResults(queryStr, vreq);
+            while (results.hasNext()) {
+                QuerySolution soln = results.nextSolution();
+                vcardData.add(QueryUtils.querySolutionToStringValueMap(soln));
+            }
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            log.error(e, e);
+        }    
+       
+        return vcardData;
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/ajax/QrCodeAjaxController.java b/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/ajax/QrCodeAjaxController.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b9e5da46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/ajax/QrCodeAjaxController.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/* $This file is distributed under the terms of the license in /doc/license.txt$ */
+
+package edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.ajax;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import javax.servlet.ServletException;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.VitroRequest;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.ajax.VitroAjaxController;
+
+/**
+ * Handle the AJAX functions that are specific to the "new" home page sections, at
+ * this point just the mapping of geographic locations.
+ */
+public class QrCodeAjaxController extends VitroAjaxController {
+	private static final Log log = LogFactory
+			.getLog(QrCodeAjaxController.class);
+
+	private static final String PARAMETER_ACTION = "action";
+
+	@Override
+	protected void doRequest(VitroRequest vreq, HttpServletResponse resp)
+			throws ServletException, IOException {
+		try {
+			String function = vreq.getParameter(PARAMETER_ACTION);
+			if ("getQrCodeDetails".equals(function)) {
+				new QrCodeDetails(this, vreq, resp).processRequest();
+			}
+			else {
+				resp.getWriter().write("[]");
+			}
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			log.error(e, e);
+			resp.getWriter().write("[]");
+		}
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/ajax/QrCodeDetails.java b/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/ajax/QrCodeDetails.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..85aa174c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/ajax/QrCodeDetails.java
@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+/* $This file is distributed under the terms of the license in /doc/license.txt$ */
+package edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.ajax;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.lang.Integer;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Enumeration;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import javax.servlet.ServletException;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpSession;
+
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+import org.json.JSONException;
+
+import com.hp.hpl.jena.query.QuerySolution;
+import com.hp.hpl.jena.query.ResultSet;
+import com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.RDFNode;
+
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.beans.Individual;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.VitroRequest;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.ajax.VitroAjaxController;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.freemarker.UrlBuilder;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.freemarker.FreemarkerHttpServlet;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.freemarker.responsevalues.ExceptionResponseValues;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.freemarker.responsevalues.ResponseValues;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.freemarker.responsevalues.TemplateResponseValues;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.individual.IndividualRequestAnalysisContextImpl;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.individual.IndividualRequestAnalyzer;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.individual.IndividualRequestInfo;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.dao.jena.QueryUtils;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.web.templatemodels.individual.IndividualTemplateModel;
+
+
+public class QrCodeDetails extends AbstractAjaxResponder {
+
+    private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(QrCodeDetails.class.getName());
+    private List<Map<String,String>>  vcardData;
+    private static String VCARD_DATA_QUERY = ""
+        + "PREFIX obo: <http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/> \n"
+        + "PREFIX vcard: <http://www.w3.org/2006/vcard/ns#>  \n"
+        + "SELECT DISTINCT ?firstName ?lastName ?email ?phone ?title  \n"
+        + "WHERE {  \n"
+        + "    ?subject obo:ARG_2000028 ?vIndividual .  \n"
+        + "    ?vIndividual vcard:hasName ?vName .   \n"
+        + "    ?vName vcard:givenName ?firstName .  \n"
+        + "    ?vName vcard:familyName ?lastName .  \n"
+        + "    OPTIONAL { ?vIndividual vcard:hasEmail ?vEmail . \n"
+        + "               ?vEmail vcard:email ?email . \n"
+        + "    } \n"
+        + "    OPTIONAL { ?vIndividual vcard:hasTelephone ?vPhone .   \n"
+        + "               ?vPhone vcard:telephone ?phone .  \n"
+        + "    } \n"
+        + "    OPTIONAL { ?vIndividual vcard:hasTitle ?vTitle . \n"
+        + "               ?vTitle vcard:title ?title . \n"
+        + "    } \n"
+        + "} "  ;
+    
+	public QrCodeDetails(HttpServlet parent, VitroRequest vreq,
+			HttpServletResponse resp) {
+		super(parent, vreq, resp);
+    }
+
+	@Override
+	public String prepareResponse() throws IOException, JSONException {
+		try {
+
+            Individual individual = getIndividualFromRequest(vreq);
+            String firstName = "";
+            String lastName = "";
+            String preferredTitle = "";
+            String phoneNumber = "";
+            String email = "";
+			String response = "[";
+			
+			vcardData = getVcardData(individual, vreq);
+
+            for (Map<String, String> map: vcardData) {        
+                firstName = map.get("firstName");
+                lastName = map.get("lastName");
+                preferredTitle = map.get("title");
+                phoneNumber = map.get("phone");
+                email = map.get("email");
+            }
+            
+/*
+            String tempUrl = vreq.getRequestURL().toString();
+            String prefix = "http://";
+            tempUrl = tempUrl.substring(0, tempUrl.replace(prefix, "").indexOf("/") + prefix.length());
+            String profileUrl = UrlBuilder.getIndividualProfileUrl(individual, vreq);
+            String externalUrl = tempUrl + profileUrl;
+*/
+            if (firstName != null &&  firstName.length() > 0) {
+                response += "{\"firstName\": \"" + firstName + "\"},";
+			}
+			else {
+				response += "{\"firstName\": \"\"},";
+			}
+            if (lastName != null &&  lastName.length() > 0) {
+                response += "{\"lastName\": \"" + lastName + "\"},";
+			}
+			else {
+				response += "{\"lastName\": \"\"},";
+			}
+            if (preferredTitle != null &&  preferredTitle.length() > 0) {
+                response += "{\"preferredTitle\": \"" + preferredTitle + "\"},";
+			}
+			else {
+			    response += "{\"preferredTitle\": \"\"},";
+			}
+            if (phoneNumber != null &&  phoneNumber.length() > 0) {
+                response += "{\"phoneNumber\": \"\"},";
+			}
+			else {
+			    response += "{\"phoneNumber\": \"\"},";
+			}
+            if (email != null &&  email.length() > 0) {
+                response += "{\"email\": \"" + email + "\"},";
+			}
+			else {
+			    response += "{\"email\": \"\"},";
+			}
+
+			response += " ]";
+			response = response.replace(", ]"," ]");
+
+			log.debug(response);
+			return response;
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			log.error("Could not retrieve vCard information", e);
+			return EMPTY_RESPONSE;
+		}
+	}
+           
+    private List<Map<String,String>>  getVcardData(Individual individual, VitroRequest vreq) {
+        String queryStr = QueryUtils.subUriForQueryVar(VCARD_DATA_QUERY, "subject", individual.getURI());
+        log.debug("queryStr = " + queryStr);
+        List<Map<String,String>>  vcardData = new ArrayList<Map<String,String>>();
+        try {
+            ResultSet results = QueryUtils.getQueryResults(queryStr, vreq);
+            while (results.hasNext()) {
+                QuerySolution soln = results.nextSolution();
+                vcardData.add(QueryUtils.querySolutionToStringValueMap(soln));
+            }
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            log.error(e, e);
+        }    
+       
+        return vcardData;
+    }
+
+	private Individual getIndividualFromRequest(VitroRequest vreq) {
+		IndividualRequestInfo requestInfo = new IndividualRequestAnalyzer(vreq,
+				new IndividualRequestAnalysisContextImpl(vreq)).analyze();
+		return requestInfo.getIndividual();
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/templatemodels/individual/IndividualTemplateModel.java b/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/templatemodels/individual/IndividualTemplateModel.java
index b1673748..8c50f025 100644
--- a/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/templatemodels/individual/IndividualTemplateModel.java
+++ b/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/web/templatemodels/individual/IndividualTemplateModel.java
@@ -39,101 +39,11 @@ public class IndividualTemplateModel extends BaseIndividualTemplateModel {
     private static final String ORGANIZATION_CLASS = FOAF + "Organization";
     private static final String BASE_VISUALIZATION_URL = 
         UrlBuilder.getUrl(Route.VISUALIZATION_SHORT.path());
-    private static String VCARD_DATA_QUERY = ""
-        + "PREFIX obo: <http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/> \n"
-        + "PREFIX vcard: <http://www.w3.org/2006/vcard/ns#>  \n"
-        + "SELECT DISTINCT ?firstName ?lastName ?email ?phone ?title  \n"
-        + "WHERE {  \n"
-        + "    ?subject obo:ARG_2000028 ?vIndividual .  \n"
-        + "    ?vIndividual vcard:hasName ?vName .   \n"
-        + "    ?vName vcard:givenName ?firstName .  \n"
-        + "    ?vName vcard:familyName ?lastName .  \n"
-        + "    OPTIONAL { ?vIndividual vcard:hasEmail ?vEmail . \n"
-        + "               ?vEmail vcard:email ?email . \n"
-        + "    } \n"
-        + "    OPTIONAL { ?vIndividual vcard:hasTelephone ?vPhone .   \n"
-        + "               ?vPhone vcard:telephone ?phone .  \n"
-        + "    } \n"
-        + "    OPTIONAL { ?vIndividual vcard:hasTitle ?vTitle . \n"
-        + "               ?vTitle vcard:title ?title . \n"
-        + "    } \n"
-        + "} "  ;
-    
-    private List<Map<String,String>>  vcardData;
-    private Map<String, String> qrData = null;
     
     public IndividualTemplateModel(Individual individual, VitroRequest vreq) {
         super(individual, vreq);
     }
-
-    private Map<String, String> generateQrData() {
-        
-        try {
-            String firstName = "";
-            String lastName = "";
-            String preferredTitle = "";
-            String phoneNumber = "";
-            String email = "";
-
-            vcardData = getVcardData(individual, vreq);
-
-            Map<String,String> qrData = new HashMap<String,String>();
-
-            for (Map<String, String> map: vcardData) {        
-                firstName = map.get("firstName");
-                lastName = map.get("lastName");
-                preferredTitle = map.get("title");
-                phoneNumber = map.get("phone");
-                email = map.get("email");
-            }
-
-            if(firstName != null &&  firstName.length() > 0)
-                qrData.put("firstName", firstName);
-            if(lastName != null &&  lastName.length() > 0)
-                qrData.put("lastName", lastName);
-            if(preferredTitle != null &&  preferredTitle.length() > 0)
-                qrData.put("preferredTitle", preferredTitle);
-            if(phoneNumber != null &&  phoneNumber.length() > 0)
-                qrData.put("phoneNumber", phoneNumber);
-            if(email != null &&  email.length() > 0)
-                qrData.put("email", email);
-
-            String tempUrl = vreq.getRequestURL().toString();
-            String prefix = "http://";
-            tempUrl = tempUrl.substring(0, tempUrl.replace(prefix, "").indexOf("/") + prefix.length());
-            String profileUrl = getProfileUrl();
-            String externalUrl = tempUrl + profileUrl;
-            qrData.put("externalUrl", externalUrl);
-
-            String individualUri = individual.getURI();
-            String contextPath = vreq.getContextPath();
-            qrData.put("exportQrCodeUrl", contextPath + "/qrcode?uri=" + UrlBuilder.urlEncode(individualUri));
-        
-            qrData.put("aboutQrCodesUrl", contextPath + "/qrcode/about");
-            return qrData;
-		} catch (Exception e) {
-			log.error("Failed getting QR code data", e);
-			return null;
-		}
-    }
     
-    private List<Map<String,String>>  getVcardData(Individual individual, VitroRequest vreq) {
-        String queryStr = QueryUtils.subUriForQueryVar(VCARD_DATA_QUERY, "subject", individual.getURI());
-        log.debug("queryStr = " + queryStr);
-        List<Map<String,String>>  vcardData = new ArrayList<Map<String,String>>();
-        try {
-            ResultSet results = QueryUtils.getQueryResults(queryStr, vreq);
-            while (results.hasNext()) {
-                QuerySolution soln = results.nextSolution();
-                vcardData.add(QueryUtils.querySolutionToStringValueMap(soln));
-            }
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            log.error(e, e);
-        }    
-       
-        return vcardData;
-    }
-
     private String getVisUrl(String visPath) {
         String visUrl;
         boolean isUsingDefaultNameSpace = UrlBuilder.isUriInDefaultNamespace(
@@ -192,10 +102,4 @@ public class IndividualTemplateModel extends BaseIndividualTemplateModel {
     	return getVisUrl(url);
     }
     
-    public Map<String, String> qrData() {
-        if(qrData == null)
-            qrData = generateQrData();
-        return qrData;
-    }
-
 }
diff --git a/themes/wilma/templates/individual--foaf-person.ftl b/themes/wilma/templates/individual--foaf-person.ftl
index c6bf872f..69d6026a 100644
--- a/themes/wilma/templates/individual--foaf-person.ftl
+++ b/themes/wilma/templates/individual--foaf-person.ftl
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 -->
  
 <#include "individual-setup.ftl">
-<#import "individual-qrCodeGenerator.ftl" as qr>
 <#import "lib-vivo-properties.ftl" as vp>
 <#--Number of labels present-->
  <#if !labelCount??>
@@ -45,8 +44,13 @@
         <!-- Contact Info -->
         <div id="individual-tools-people">
             <span id="iconControlsLeftSide">
-                <img id="uriIcon" title="${individual.uri}" src="${urls.images}/individual/uriIcon.gif" alt="${i18n().uri_icon}"/>  
-                <@qr.renderCode "qr_icon.png" />
+                <img id="uriIcon" title="${individual.uri}" src="${urls.images}/individual/uriIcon.gif" alt="${i18n().uri_icon}"/>
+  				<#if checkNamesResult?has_content >
+					<img id="qrIcon"  src="${urls.images}/individual/qr_icon.png" alt="${i18n().qr_icon}" />
+                	<span id="qrCodeImage" class="hidden">${qrCodeLinkedImage!} 
+						<a class="qrCloseLink" href="#"  title="${i18n().qr_code}">${i18n().close_capitalized}</a>
+					</span>
+				</#if>
             </span>
         </div>
         <#include "individual-contactInfo.ftl">  
@@ -138,6 +142,9 @@
 </#if>
 <script>
     var imagesPath = '${urls.images}';
+	var individualUri = '${individual.uri!}';
+	var individualPhoto = '${individual.thumbNail!}';
+	var exportQrCodeUrl = '${urls.base}/qrcode?uri=${individual.uri!}';
     var i18nStrings = {
         displayLess: '${i18n().display_less}',
         displayMoreEllipsis: '${i18n().display_more_ellipsis}',