METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPENING AND LAUNCHING A WEB BROWSER IN RESPONSE TO AN AUDIBLE SIGNAL
First Claim
1. A method for launching a network communications program on a computer at a user'"'"'s location on a communications network to connect to a remote location on the communications network, comprising the steps of:
- coupling the computer on the communications network to the communications network, the computer having an audio input interface responsive to an audio signal output from an audio source and a communication interface for coupling the computer with the communications network;
receiving the audio signal at the audio input interface, the audio signal having encoded therein a unique code that is associated with a predetermined destination on the network and which unique code comprises a perceptible portion of the audio signal output; and
launching the network communications program responsive to the receipt of the audio signal having the encoded unique code encoded therein wherein the location of the predetermined destination is not stored in the computer;
in response to the step of receiving and launching;
assembling a message packet containing information representative of the audio signal and the unique code embedded therein,transmitting the message packet to an intermediate location on the communications network,receiving from the intermediate location on the communications network instructional code that includes routing information that instructs the user location to connect to one of a plurality of destination locations on the network that has a defined association with the information representative of the unique code defined in a database at the intermediate location on the communications network; and
interconnecting, in response to the step of receiving from the intermediate location on the communications network instructional code and without any intervention at the user location, the user'"'"'s location to the one of the plurality of destination locations across the network in accordance with the network routing information and in accordance with the received instructional code such that connection to the one of the plurality of destination locations is controlled by the intermediate location.
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Abstract
The present invention disclosed and claimed herein comprises a system and method for launching a web browser on a network comprising a computer having an all new input interface and a communication interface coupled to a computer network; said audio input coupled to the audio output of a source for receiving an audio signal having encoded therein a unique code that is associated with a predetermined destination on the network; and a program operable on said computer responsive to receipt and decoding of the audio signal received from the source for interacting with connections of the computer to a web site available on the computer network wherein the location of the predetermined destination is not stored in a computer.
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7 Claims
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1. A method for launching a network communications program on a computer at a user'"'"'s location on a communications network to connect to a remote location on the communications network, comprising the steps of:
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coupling the computer on the communications network to the communications network, the computer having an audio input interface responsive to an audio signal output from an audio source and a communication interface for coupling the computer with the communications network; receiving the audio signal at the audio input interface, the audio signal having encoded therein a unique code that is associated with a predetermined destination on the network and which unique code comprises a perceptible portion of the audio signal output; and launching the network communications program responsive to the receipt of the audio signal having the encoded unique code encoded therein wherein the location of the predetermined destination is not stored in the computer; in response to the step of receiving and launching; assembling a message packet containing information representative of the audio signal and the unique code embedded therein, transmitting the message packet to an intermediate location on the communications network, receiving from the intermediate location on the communications network instructional code that includes routing information that instructs the user location to connect to one of a plurality of destination locations on the network that has a defined association with the information representative of the unique code defined in a database at the intermediate location on the communications network; and interconnecting, in response to the step of receiving from the intermediate location on the communications network instructional code and without any intervention at the user location, the user'"'"'s location to the one of the plurality of destination locations across the network in accordance with the network routing information and in accordance with the received instructional code such that connection to the one of the plurality of destination locations is controlled by the intermediate location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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