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System and method for automatic access of a remote computer over a network

  • US 7,765,126 B2
  • Filed: 06/20/2007
  • Issued: 07/27/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/20/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of connecting a user computing device to one of a plurality of remote information computers available for communication over a network comprising:

  • a) scanning, with a bar code scanner, a bar code encoded with an index;

    b) transmitting, with a user computing device associated with the bar code scanner, the index to a remote server computer over the network;

    c) the remote server computer accessing, with the index, a database associated with the remote server computer, the database comprising a plurality of records that link an index to at least one Uniform Resource Locators which each identify a remote information computer on the network;

    d) the remote server computer extracting at least one Uniform Resource Locator from the database as a function of the index;

    e) the remote server computer returning the at least one Uniform Resource Locator to the user computing device over the network; and

    f) the user computing device using one of the at least one Uniform Resource Locators to establish communication directly with the remote information computer identified thereby.

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