Method and apparatus for allowing a remote site to interact with an intermediate database to facilitate access to the remote site
First Claim
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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Abstract
Method and apparatus for allowing a remote site to interact with an intermediate database to facilitate access to the remote site a method for delivering information from a source on a global communication network to destination location thereon. A unique code is associated with an advertising action associated with the source location. The unique code is stored in a database and routing information over the global communication network to a defined location on the global communication network for the source associated with the unique code in the database. The unique code is delivered to the user and then accessed of the database by the user results in retrieval of the routing information associated with the delivered unique code by the user. The destination location is connected to the defined source location associated with the delivered unique code in the database and in accordance with the associated routing information retrieved from the database. The associated routing information is changed in the database between the delivered unique code and another defined location on the global communication network in response to commands transferred to the database from the source location, such that a later access of the database will cause the accessing destination location to be routed to another defined location.
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15 Claims
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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:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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