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System and method for using an ordinary article of commerce to access a remote computer

  • US 8,805,728 B2
  • Filed: 12/13/2011
  • Issued: 08/12/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/20/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of a user computing device comprising a scanner and a computer accessing one of a plurality of remote information computers available for communication over a network, comprising:

  • scanning a bar code symbol affixed to an article of commerce, the bar code symbol encoded with an index readable by the user computing device;

    transmitting the index by the user computing device to a remote server computer over the network for the remote server computer toaccess with the index a database comprising a plurality of records comprising predetermined relationships that link an index to a pointer which identifies a remote information computer on the network,extract a pointer from the database as a function of the index, andreturn the pointer to the user computing device over the network; and

    the user computing device receiving the pointer and then using the pointer to establish communication directly via the network with the remote information computer identified by the pointer.

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