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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CARRYING OUT ELECTRONIC-COMMERCE TRANSACTIONS USING WEB DOCUMENTS EMBODYING ELECTRONIC-COMMERCE ENABLING APPLETS AUTOMATICALLY LAUNCHED AND EXECUTED IN RESPONSE TO READING URL-ENCODED SYMBOLS POINTING THERETO

  • US 6,568,595 B1
  • Filed: 08/19/1998
  • Issued: 05/27/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/17/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
First Claim
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1. An Internet-based system for enabling electronic-commerce transactions over the Internet, comprising:

  • an HTTP information server connected to the Internet, for storing an HTML-encoded document having a location on the Internet specified by a predetermined URL, said HTTP-encoded document embodying an electronic-commerce enabling Applet which, when executed, enables a user to conduct an electronic-commerce transaction over the Internet; and

    an Internet terminal for requesting said HTML-encoded document and executing said electronic-commerce enabling Applet embedded therein, said Internet terminal including an Internet browser program for executing Applets, including said electronic-commerce enabling Applet, embedded within said HTML-encoded document, a display screen for visually displaying said HTML-encoded document, a data entry means for entering data into said Internet browser program, and a symbol reader, operably connected to said Internet browser program, for scanning a URL-encoded symbol encoded with said predetermined URL, decoding said scanned URL-encoded symbol, producing symbol character data representative of said predetermined URL, and providing said predetermined URL to said Internet browser program for accessing said HTML-encoded document whose location is specified by said predetermined URL, wherein, when said URL-encoded symbol is scanned by said code symbol reader, said scanned URL-encoded symbol is automatically decoded, symbol character data representative thereof is automatically produced and provided to said Internet browser program, and whereupon said Internet browser program automatically accesses said HTML-encoded document from said HTTP information server in order to execute said electronic-commerce enabling Applet embedded therein and thereby enable the user to conduct said electronic-commerce transaction over the Internet at Internet terminal.

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