REMOTE CODE READER SYSTEM
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Abstract
In step S260, a center server 31 accesses a search engine 98 to search for each of a company name and a commodity name corresponding to a barcode 11 as received in step S254, on a network 33. In step S262, the center server 31 acquires URLs which appear at the highest positions in the search ranking of the respective search results, and regards them as an address of an web site of the company and an address of an web site of the commodity. In step S264, the center server 31 transmits an individual portal screen, which includes link buttons for accessing the acquired URLs (the home page of the company and the web site of the commodity), to a PC 43.
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61 Claims
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1-32. -32. (canceled)
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33. A host computer connectable with a plurality of local code leaders each of which is capable of reading a code and connected with a communication terminal which is provided corresponding to the each local code leader and connectable with Internet, the host computer being connectable with each of the local code leaders through the Internet and the communication terminal corresponding thereto, said host computer comprising:
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a receiver operable to receive a plurality of the codes transmitted from the plurality of the local code leaders; and a processing unit operable to search for a name of a company or an item corresponding to the received code on the Internet by using a search engine, and acquire address information of a site related to the company or the item. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 45, 46, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 60)
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34. (canceled)
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59. (canceled)
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