Control of software interface with information input to access window
First Claim
1. A method for connecting a user interface at a user location to a desired location on a network, comprising the steps of:
- providing a display at the user location for presenting thereon to a user an access data entry field in conjunction with non-access data entry fields;
in response to viewing the access data entry field, the user selectively inputting in a manual operation one or more characters into the displayed access data entry field, which one or more characters represent to the user a product code for a product, which product is associated with the desired location and which one or more characters are input one at a time;
in response to the step of inputting and at the completion thereof, transferring the one or more characters of the product code to an intermediate site on the network in accordance with intermediate site routing information that is associated with the access window that defines the location on the network of the intermediate site;
at the intermediate site, searching a routing database disposed at the intermediate site, which routing database contains a plurality of associations between product codes and routing information of defined locations on the network, the step of searching operable to determine if there is a match of the received product code with routing information of a defined location on the network, which matching routing information corresponds to the routing information necessary to route the user at the user location on the network to the desired location on the network;
if a match is found, returning the matched routing information of the defined location on the network in association with instructional code to the user interface; and
connecting the user interface to the desired location on the network using the matched routing information of the desired location on the network such that the instructional code controls the step of connecting.
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Abstract
A method is disclosed for controlling the software interface of a user'"'"'s computing device to display information on a display in proximity to the physical location of the user'"'"'s computing device. The interface is operable to display to a user on the display at least one access window that is operable to access information about a product, which access window requires the user to input a unique string of characters associated with the product, which user'"'"'s computing device is connected to a network at a user location on the network. In response to the input of the unique string of characters, the user'"'"'s computing device is controlled from a remote intermediate location on the network to connect over the network to a content provider location on the network, which content provider has an associative relationship with the string of characters at the remote intermediate location on the network.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for connecting a user interface at a user location to a desired location on a network, comprising the steps of:
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providing a display at the user location for presenting thereon to a user an access data entry field in conjunction with non-access data entry fields; in response to viewing the access data entry field, the user selectively inputting in a manual operation one or more characters into the displayed access data entry field, which one or more characters represent to the user a product code for a product, which product is associated with the desired location and which one or more characters are input one at a time; in response to the step of inputting and at the completion thereof, transferring the one or more characters of the product code to an intermediate site on the network in accordance with intermediate site routing information that is associated with the access window that defines the location on the network of the intermediate site; at the intermediate site, searching a routing database disposed at the intermediate site, which routing database contains a plurality of associations between product codes and routing information of defined locations on the network, the step of searching operable to determine if there is a match of the received product code with routing information of a defined location on the network, which matching routing information corresponds to the routing information necessary to route the user at the user location on the network to the desired location on the network; if a match is found, returning the matched routing information of the defined location on the network in association with instructional code to the user interface; and connecting the user interface to the desired location on the network using the matched routing information of the desired location on the network such that the instructional code controls the step of connecting. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for interfacing an advertiser server on a remote location on a global communication network to a potential customer at a customer location on the global communication network (GCN), comprising the steps of:
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providing a visual display to the customer on the customer'"'"'s computer; providing a defined access field within the display to allow non-routing information to be input to the defined access data field; detecting manual input by the potential customer at the customer'"'"'s computer of the non-routing information; if input by manual input is detected, then examining the manually input non-routing information at an intermediate node that is associated with the access data field to determine if it has been pre-associated with the advertiser server on the global communication network, which pre-association indicates that a connection is to be made between the customer location, wherein the manually input non-routing information was input, and the advertiser server; if non-routing information is determined at the intermediate node to have a pre-association with the advertiser server on the global communication network, the intermediate node causing connection of the customer location, wherein the pre-associated non-routing information was manually input, to the remote location associated with the advertiser server on the global communication network; and receiving at the customer'"'"'s computer transmitted information from the advertiser server over the global communication network after connection. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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