Method and apparatus for launching a web browser in response to scanning of product information
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1. A method for interconnecting a user'"'"'s location on a network to a select one of a plurality of destination locations on the network, comprising the steps of:
- receiving unique information at the user'"'"'s location before being connected to the network; and
in response to the step of receiving;
assembling a data transmission containing a representation of the unique information;
transmitting the data transmission to an intermediate location on the network;
receiving from the intermediate location on the network instructional code that was generated at the intermediate location as a result of the transmission of the data transmission thereto, which instructional code includes routing information that instructs the user location to connect to one of the plurality of destination locations on the network that has a defined association with the representation of the unique information defined in a database at the intermediate location on the network, which defined association is required to provide for the unique information to be associated with the one of the plurality of destination locations on the network and without which the unique information can not be associated with one of the plurality of destination locations on the network, and which defined association is defined by the intermediate location and can be changed at the intermediate location and is in the possession of the intermediate location; and
interconnecting, in response to the step of receiving from the intermediate location on the network instructional code and without any intervention at the user location, the user'"'"'s location to the one of the plurality of destination locations across the network in accordance with the network routing information and in accordance with the received instructional code such that connection to the one of the plurality of destination locations is controlled by the intermediate location in accordance with the defined association between the representation of the unique information received at the user location and the routing information to the one of the plurality of destination locations on the network.
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Abstract
A method for interconnecting a user'"'"'s location to a destination location on a network. The unique information is received at the user'"'"'s location, which unique information has no associated routing information embedded therein. Network routing information is associated with the received unique information in response to receipt thereof. The user'"'"'s location is then interconnected to the destination location across the network in accordance with the routing associated therewith in the step of associating.
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17 Claims
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1. A method for interconnecting a user'"'"'s location on a network to a select one of a plurality of destination locations on the network, comprising the steps of:
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receiving unique information at the user'"'"'s location before being connected to the network; and in response to the step of receiving; assembling a data transmission containing a representation of the unique information; transmitting the data transmission to an intermediate location on the network; receiving from the intermediate location on the network instructional code that was generated at the intermediate location as a result of the transmission of the data transmission thereto, which instructional code includes routing information that instructs the user location to connect to one of the plurality of destination locations on the network that has a defined association with the representation of the unique information defined in a database at the intermediate location on the network, which defined association is required to provide for the unique information to be associated with the one of the plurality of destination locations on the network and without which the unique information can not be associated with one of the plurality of destination locations on the network, and which defined association is defined by the intermediate location and can be changed at the intermediate location and is in the possession of the intermediate location; and interconnecting, in response to the step of receiving from the intermediate location on the network instructional code and without any intervention at the user location, the user'"'"'s location to the one of the plurality of destination locations across the network in accordance with the network routing information and in accordance with the received instructional code such that connection to the one of the plurality of destination locations is controlled by the intermediate location in accordance with the defined association between the representation of the unique information received at the user location and the routing information to the one of the plurality of destination locations on the network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for causing a user node disposed at a user location on the network to be connected to a select one of a plurality of destination locations on a network, comprising the steps of:
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receiving unique information at the user node before being connected to the network; in response to the step of receiving the unique information; assembling a message packet containing a representation of the unique information, and transmitting the message packet to an intermediate node disposed at an intermediate location on the network in accordance with intermediate node routing information available at the user node; receiving from the intermediate node on the network instructional code that was generated at the intermediate node as a result of the transmission of the message packet thereto, which instructional code includes destination routing information that instructs the user location to connect to one of the plurality of destination locations on the network that has a defined association with the representation of the unique information defined in a database at the intermediate node, which defined association is required to provide for the unique information to be associated with the one of the plurality of destination locations on the network and without which the unique information can not be associated with one of the plurality of destination locations on the network, and which defined association is defined by the intermediate location and can be changed at the intermediate location and is in the possession of the intermediate location; and in response to the step of receiving from the intermediate location on the network the instructional code and without any intervention at the user location, using the instructional code to interconnect the user node to the one of the plurality of destination locations across the network in accordance with the received destination routing information and in accordance with the received instructional code such that connection to the one of the plurality of destination locations is controlled by the intermediate node in accordance with the defined association between the representation of the unique information received at the user location and the routing information to the one of the plurality of destination locations on the network. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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