Composite Code with Dynamic Linking to Internet Addresses

• US 20120278465A1
• Filed: 04/25/2012
• Published: 11/01/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Michael Alexander Johnson
• Original Assignee: Michael Alexander Johnson
• Inventors: Johnson, Michael Alexander
• Granted Patent: US 8,807,421 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9566 URL specific, e.g. using aliases, detecting broken or misspelled links
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/16 Real estate

Abstract

A composite code is created from an image and a tag that is searchable by an Internet search engine. The composite code is dynamically linked to one or more of a plurality of Internet addresses. When data about a composite code is received from a user computing device, one of the linked Internet addresses is selected based on a predetermined rule and sent back to the user computing device.

Claims

1. An article of manufacture comprising a processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium having computer readable program code encoded therein to access content on the Internet, the computer readable program code comprising a series of computer readable program steps to effect:

storing an identifier for a composite code, wherein;

the composite code includes an image and a tag; and

the identifier includes the tag;

and

associating the identifier with each of a plurality of Internet addresses leading to a corresponding website that includes a corresponding content.

2. The article of manufacture of claim 1, wherein associating the identifier with each of a plurality of Internet addresses comprises:

associating the identifier with a first said Internet address that leads to a first said website including a first said content; and

associating the identifier to a second said Internet address that leads to a second said website including a second said content.

3. The article of manufacture of claim 1, wherein the computer readable program code further comprising a series of computer readable program steps to further effect:

receiving each of the corresponding content for each of the corresponding websites; and

determining the Internet address for each of the corresponding websites, wherein each of the Internet addresses comprises the tag and a corresponding characteristic of the respective said content of the corresponding website.

4. The article of manufacture of claim 3, wherein the corresponding said characteristic included in the each of the Internet addresses is indexable.

5. The article of manufacture of claim 1, wherein the tag of the composite code is indexable.

6. The article of manufacture of claim 1, wherein the computer readable program code further comprises a series of computer readable program steps to further effect:

receiving, from a computing device of a user, the identifier; and

selecting, using the identifier and a predetermined rule, one said Internet address from among the plurality of said Internet addresses.

7. The article of manufacture of claim 6, wherein the computer readable program code further comprises a series of computer readable program steps to further effect redirecting the computing device to the selected said Internet address.

8. The article of manufacture of claim 1, wherein the computer readable program code further comprises a series of computer readable program steps to further effect creating the composite code.

9. The article of manufacture of claim 1, wherein the computer readable program code further comprises a series of computer readable program steps to further effect configuring the composite code to be readable by at least one of an image scanner and a radio frequency interrogator.

10. A method for associating a composite code to a plurality of Internet addresses, the method comprising:

storing, at a processor, an identifier for a composite code, wherein;

the composite code includes an image and a tag; and

the identifier includes the tag;

creating, at the processor, a first Internet address that;

comprises the tag and a first characteristic of a first content of a first website; and

leads to the first website;

creating, at the processor, a second Internet address that;

comprises the tag and a second characteristic of a second content of a second website; and

leads to the second website;

receiving, at the processor, a first transmission from a user computing device, the first transmission including the identifier;

using, at the processor, the identifier and a predetermined rule to select one said Internet address from among the first Internet address and the second Internet address;

and

forming, at the processor, a second transmission for delivery to the user computing device, the second transmission redirecting the user computing device to the selected said Internet address.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising configuring the composite code to be readable by at least one of an image scanner and a radio frequency interrogator.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the corresponding said characteristic included in the each of the Internet addresses is indexable by an Internet search engine.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the tag of the composite code is indexable by an Internet search engine.

14. A computer program product encoded in a non-transitory computer readable medium and useable with a programmable processor to link a composite code to a plurality of Internet addresses, the computer program product comprising:

computer readable program which causes said programmable processor to store an identifier for a composite code, wherein;

the composite code includes an image and a tag; and

the identifier includes the tag;

computer readable program which causes said programmable processor to determine a first Internet address that;

comprises the tag and a first characteristic of a first content of a first website; and

leads to the first website;

computer readable program which causes said programmable processor to determine a second Internet address that;

comprises the tag and a second characteristic of a second content of a second website; and

leads to the second website;

computer readable program which causes said programmable processor to receive a first transmission from a user computing device, the first transmission including the identifier of the composite code;

computer readable program which causes said programmable processor to use the identifier and a predetermined rule to select one said Internet address from among the first Internet address and the second Internet address;

and

computer readable program which causes said programmable processor to form a second transmission, for delivery to the user computing device, including the selected said Internet address.

15. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the computer program product further comprises computer readable program which causes said programmable processor to create the composite code.

16. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the computer program product further comprises computer readable program which causes said programmable processor to configure the composite code to be readable by at least one of an image scanner and a radio frequency interrogator.

17. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the corresponding said characteristic included in the each of the Internet addresses is indexable by an Internet search engine.

18. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the tag of the composite code is indexable by an Internet search engine.

19. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the computer program product further comprises computer readable program which causes said programmable processor to select each of the first and second said characteristics.

20. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the computer program product further comprises computer readable program which causes said programmable processor to receive the first content and the second content.