Computer linking methods using encoded graphics
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1. A method comprising:
- providing an encoded physical medium including a graphic, the graphic having machine readable linking information encoded therein, the encoded linking information indicating a computer implemented process;
sensing the graphic, yielding graphic data;
decoding the machine readable information from the graphic data; and
invoking the computer implemented process;
wherein said machine readable information is decoded from graphic data having substantially non-uniform pixel values.
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Abstract
A data object comprises both a graphic and embedded link information, such as the URL address of a network node, thereby permitting the graphic object to serve as a link usable by an internet browser or the like.
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16 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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providing an encoded physical medium including a graphic, the graphic having machine readable linking information encoded therein, the encoded linking information indicating a computer implemented process;
sensing the graphic, yielding graphic data;
decoding the machine readable information from the graphic data; and
invoking the computer implemented process;
wherein said machine readable information is decoded from graphic data having substantially non-uniform pixel values. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method comprising:
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providing an encoded physical medium, including a graphic wherein machine readable linking information has been encoded, the encoded linking information indicating a computer implemented process;
in response to the user selecting the graphic, decoding the machine readable information encoded within the graphic; and
invoking the computer implemented process;
wherein said machine readable linking information is decoded from a graphic having substantially non-uniform pixel values. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
establishing a communication link between the computer system and the web page; and
displaying the web page upon a display screen of the computer system.
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16. The medium of claim 15 wherein the graphic includes plural colors.
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12. An encoded physical medium suitable for use in interfacing a computer user and a computer system such that the user can invoke and interface with a web site by way of the encoded physical medium and the computer system, the encoded physical medium comprising a graphic wherein machine readable linking information has been encoded, the encoded linking information indicating a particular web site, the computer system operable to establish a communication link with the web site when the graphic is selected by the computer user, the graphic displaying human readable information in the form of at least one graphical icon, the at least one graphical icon providing an indication of at least one characteristic of the particular web page to which the encoded linking information directs the computer system, wherein said machine readable information is encoded in a graphic having substantially non-uniform pixel values..
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