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Automatic access of Internet content with a camera-enabled cell phone

  • US 20060155874A1
  • Filed: 11/08/2005
  • Published: 07/13/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for accessing content from an information server computer on a computer network comprising the steps of:

  • a. capturing an image of a machine-readable code with a portable wireless device;

    b. processing, on the portable wireless device, the captured image to decode the machine-readable code into a file identifier;

    c. forming, on the portable wireless device, a resource location request comprising the file identifier;

    d. transmitting, from the portable wireless device via an associated wireless communications network, the resource location request to a resolution server computer on the computer network that is interoperable with the wireless communications network;

    e. determining, at the resolution server computer, resource location identifier associated with the resource location request;

    f. returning the resource location identifier to the portable wireless device;

    g. the portable wireless device transmitting a resource request to an information server computer designated by the resource location identifier;

    h. the information server computer receiving the resource request and returning content to the portable wireless device associated with the resource request.

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