Input device for allowing interface to a web site in association with a unique input code
First Claim
1. A method for interconnecting a first location on a global communication network with a second location thereon, wherein the first location has associated therewith an input device, the input device having associated therewith a unique input device ID that is permanently associated with the input device and independent of the first location, comprising the steps of:
- receiving at the first location a representation of a unique code provided by the input device, which representation of the unique code represents a unique value as an output received from the input device;
associating the unique value with the unique input device ID in a message packet as a data content portion thereof, such that the unique input device ID is associated with the data content portion of the message packet for transmission over the network and wherein the second location has a predetermined association with the combination of the unique value and the unique input device ID, such predetermined association associates the second location with both the unique input device ID and the unique value; and
in response to the step of receiving and the step of associating, connecting the first location to the second location.
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Abstract
An input device for allowing interface to a web site in association with a unique input code. A method for interconnecting a first location on a global communication network with a second location thereon is disclosed. An input device is provided at the first location on the global communication network having associated therewith a unique input device ID. A product code disposed on a product is scanned with the input device, which product code is representative of the product in commercial transactions, the operation of scanning operable to extract the information contained in the product code to provide a unique value as an output. The unique value is then associated with the unique input device ID. In response to the operation of scanning and associating, the first location is connected to the second location.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for interconnecting a first location on a global communication network with a second location thereon, wherein the first location has associated therewith an input device, the input device having associated therewith a unique input device ID that is permanently associated with the input device and independent of the first location, comprising the steps of:
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receiving at the first location a representation of a unique code provided by the input device, which representation of the unique code represents a unique value as an output received from the input device; associating the unique value with the unique input device ID in a message packet as a data content portion thereof, such that the unique input device ID is associated with the data content portion of the message packet for transmission over the network and wherein the second location has a predetermined association with the combination of the unique value and the unique input device ID, such predetermined association associates the second location with both the unique input device ID and the unique value; and in response to the step of receiving and the step of associating, connecting the first location to the second location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus for interconnecting a first location on a global communication network with a second location thereon, the apparatus comprising:
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an input device having associated therewith a unique input device ID that is permanently associated with the input device and independent of the first location, the input device configured to provide a representation of a unique code which represents a unique value; a processor configured to; receive at the first location the representation of a unique code provided by the input device as an output received from the input device; associate the unique value with the unique input device ID in a message packet as a data content portion thereof, such that the unique input device ID is associated with the data content portion of the message packet for transmission over the network and wherein the second location has a predetermined association with the combination of the unique value and the unique input device ID, such predetermined association associates the second location with both the unique input device ID and the unique value; and in response to the receiving and associating, connect the first location to the second location. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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