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Method and apparatus for allowing a remote site to interact with an intermediate database to facilitate access to the remote site

  • US 7,487,259 B2
  • Filed: 01/10/2006
  • Issued: 02/03/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/11/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for delivering information from a source location on a global communication network to a user location thereon, comprising the steps of:

  • associating a unique code having no routing information with an advertising action;

    wherein the unique code is stored in a database;

    the unique code having a stored association in the database with routing information over the global communication network to a defined source location on the global communication network;

    delivering the unique code to a user;

    accessing the database by the user and retrieving the routing information associated with the unique code delivered to the user;

    connecting the user to the defined source location associated with the delivered unique code in the database in accordance with the associated routing information retrieved from the database; and

    in response to a previous access of information from the source, information in the database is altered, such that a later access of the database by the user will have at least one different association stored therein.

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