PROVIDING INFORMATION TO A USER
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1. A method for providing information to a user, comprising:
- associating a code with content that is available to multiple users;
storing data that associates information with the code;
receiving the code from a user input received over a communications channel from a communications device;
determining an identifier associated with the communications device from which the code was received; and
providing the information associated with the code for access on at least a portion of a web site provided based on an association between the user and the determined identifier.
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Abstract
Providing information to a user includes: associating a code with content that is available to multiple users; storing data that associates information with the code; receiving the code from a user input received over a communications channel from a communications device; determining an identifier associated with the communications device from which the code was received; and providing the information associated with the code for access on at least a portion of a web site provided based on an association between the user and the determined identifier.
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160 Claims
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1. A method for providing information to a user, comprising:
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associating a code with content that is available to multiple users; storing data that associates information with the code; receiving the code from a user input received over a communications channel from a communications device; determining an identifier associated with the communications device from which the code was received; and providing the information associated with the code for access on at least a portion of a web site provided based on an association between the user and the determined identifier. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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55. A method for providing information to a user, comprising:
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associating a code with content that is available to multiple users; storing data that associates information with the code; receiving the code over a communications channel from a communications device; determining an identifier associated with the communications device from which the code was received; and providing the information associated with the code to the user over a communications channel from a live person based on the determined identifier. - View Dependent Claims (56, 57, 58, 59)
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60. A method for providing information to a user, comprising:
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associating a code with content that is available to multiple users; storing data that associates information with the code; receiving the code and a command associated with the code over a communications channel from a communications device; determining an identifier associated with the communications device from which the code was received; and providing the information associated with the code to the user based on an association between the user and the determined identifier. - View Dependent Claims (61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120)
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121. A method for providing information to a user, comprising:
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embedding a code within content that is available to multiple users; storing data that associates information with the code; receiving the content at a communications device and extracting the code from the content; receiving the code over a communications channel from the communications device; and providing the information associated with the code to the user. - View Dependent Claims (122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144)
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145. A method for providing information to a user, comprising:
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associating a code with content in a database; receiving the code over a communications channel from a communications device; determining an identifier associated with the communications device from which the code was received; and providing content from the database associated with the code to the user based on an association between the user and the determined identifier. - View Dependent Claims (146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159)
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160. A system for providing information to a user, comprising:
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a server storing data that associates different codes with respective content that is available to multiple users; and a communications device configured to transmit a code received from user input over a first communications channel; wherein the server is configured to determine an identifier associated with the communications device from which the code was received, and to provide the information associated with the code over a second communications channel that is different from the first communications channel for access on at least a portion of a web site provided based on an association between the user and the determined identifier.
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