HAND-HELD WWW ACCESS DEVICE WITH GUI-BASED WWW BROWSER PROGRAM INTEGRATED WITH BAR CODE SYMBOL READER FOR AUTOMATICALLY ACCESSING AND DISPLAYING HTML-ENCODED DOCUMENTS BY READING BAR CODE SYMBOLS.
First Claim
1. An Internet Scanning System, which comprises:
- a programmed bar code symbol reader for reading one or more URL-encoded bar code symbols printed on various types of media; and
an Internet terminal operably connectable to said bar code symbol reader, and the Internet by way of an Internet Service Provider (ISP);
whereby, when said bar code symbol reader reads each said URL-encoded bar code symbol, said Internet Scanning System is automatically connected to an Internet Server which is connected to the Internet and supports a Web-site having a World Wide Web (WWW) address specified by said read URL-encoded bar code symbol.
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Abstract
An improved system and method of surfing Web-sites on the Internet. In the first illustrative embodiment, the Internet Scanning System includes a bar code symbol reader programmed to read URL-encoded bar code symbols printed on various types of print media which, when read thereby, automatically connects the Internet Client System to the Internet Server supporting the Web-site specified by the scanned URL-encoded bar code symbol. In a second illustrative embodiment, the Internet Scanning system includes optical character reader programmed to read URLs printed on various types of print media which, when read thereby, automatically connects the Internet Client System to the Internet Server supporting the Web-site specified by the read URL.
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17 Claims
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1. An Internet Scanning System, which comprises:
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a programmed bar code symbol reader for reading one or more URL-encoded bar code symbols printed on various types of media; and
an Internet terminal operably connectable to said bar code symbol reader, and the Internet by way of an Internet Service Provider (ISP);
whereby, when said bar code symbol reader reads each said URL-encoded bar code symbol, said Internet Scanning System is automatically connected to an Internet Server which is connected to the Internet and supports a Web-site having a World Wide Web (WWW) address specified by said read URL-encoded bar code symbol. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 15)
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8. An Internet Scanning System, which comprises:
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a programmed optical character reader for reading one or more URLs printed on various types of media; and
an Internet terminal operably connectable to said programmed optical character reader, and the Internet by way of an Internet Service Provider (ISP);
whereby, when said programmed optical character reader reads each said URL, said Internet Scanning System is automatically connected to an Internet Server which is connected to the Internet and supports a Web-site having a World Wide Web (WWW) address specified by said read URL. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17)
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14. A Web-site guide comprising:
one or more sheets with a plurality of URL-encoded bar code symbols printed thereon.
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