Electronic network navigation device and method for linking to an electronic address therewith
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1. An electronic network navigation device dedicated for linking to a single electronic address, the electronic network navigation device comprising:
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a human-viewable image supported by the substrate, the human-viewable image associated with the single electronic address; and
printed data supported by the substrate, the printed data comprising a first machine-readable instruction to select a client routine to be executed by a network access apparatus and a second machine-readable instruction to link the network access apparatus to the single electronic address, wherein the first machine-readable instruction is used by the network access apparatus to select the client routine to be executed from a plurality of client routines which are executable by the network access apparatus.
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Abstract
An electronic network navigation device (10) comprises a substrate (12) which supports a human-viewable image (14) and machine-readable data (16). The human-viewable image is associated with an electronic address, and the machine-readable data includes navigation instructions for linking to the electronic address. A network access apparatus (24) utilizes a data reader (30) to read the machine-readable data (16). The network access apparatus (24) links to the electronic address based upon the navigation instructions.
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50 Claims
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1. An electronic network navigation device dedicated for linking to a single electronic address, the electronic network navigation device comprising:
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a substrate; a human-viewable image supported by the substrate, the human-viewable image associated with the single electronic address; and printed data supported by the substrate, the printed data comprising a first machine-readable instruction to select a client routine to be executed by a network access apparatus and a second machine-readable instruction to link the network access apparatus to the single electronic address, wherein the first machine-readable instruction is used by the network access apparatus to select the client routine to be executed from a plurality of client routines which are executable by the network access apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of linking to an electronic address, the method comprising the steps of:
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machine-reading printed data from a network navigation device dedicated for linking to the electronic address, the printed data providing a first instruction and a second instruction; selecting a client routine from a plurality of executable client routines based upon the first instruction; executing the client routine; and linking to the electronic address using the second instruction. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. An article of manufacture which directs a network access apparatus to link to an electronic address, the article of manufacture comprising:
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a computer-readable storage medium; and computer-readable data stored on the computer-readable storage medium, the computer-readable data to direct steps of reading printed data including a first instruction and a second instruction from a network navigation device dedicated for linking to the electronic address, selecting a client routine from a plurality of executable client routines based upon the first instruction, executing the client routine, and linking to the electronic address using the second instruction. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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50. An electronic network navigation device dedicated for linking to a single electronic address, the electronic network navigation device comprising:
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a substrate; and printed data supported by the substrate, the printed data comprising a first machine-readable instruction to select a client routine to be executed by a network access apparatus and a second machine-readable instruction to automatically link the network access apparatus to the single electronic address, wherein the first machine-readable instruction is used by the network access apparatus to select the client routine to be executed from a plurality of client routines which are executable by the network access apparatus.
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