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Method and system for accessing information and/or data available on a wide area computer network

  • US 7,328,236 B2
  • Filed: 04/01/2002
  • Issued: 02/05/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/06/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for accessing information and/or data available on a wide area computer network, such as the Internet, using information transmission equipment fitted with loudspeakers for reading out audio signals capable of being heard by users, said method including:

  • a) transmitting, via the loudspeakers of the information transmission equipment, a first modulated acoustic signal to a group of potential users each provided with a portable communication unit, this first modulated acoustic signal including at least one identifier associated with a link to a determined site of said wide area computer network;

    b) storing, in said portable communication unit, the identifier or identifiers transmitted by means of said first modulated acoustic signal;

    c) downloading the identifier or identifiers stored in said portable communication unit in a computer terminal connected to said wide area computer network; and

    d) comparing the downloaded identifier or identifiers with a determined list of identifiers in order to generate a list of links to sites corresponding to the downloaded identifier or identifiers,wherein at least one identifier is retransmitted from a portable communication unit of one user to the portable communication unit of another user.

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