Composite code with dynamic linking to internet addresses

• US 8,807,421 B2
• Filed: 04/25/2012
• Issued: 08/19/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Michael Alexander Johnson
• Original Assignee: Michael Alexander Johnson
• Inventors: Johnson, Michael Alexander
• Primary Examiner(s): Barry, Lance L
• Application Number:
  US13/456,078
• Publication Number:
  US 20120278465A1
• Time in Patent Office: 846 Days
• Field of Search: 235/375, 705/313, 707769-780
• US Class Current: 235/375
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9566 URL specific, e.g. using aliases, detecting broken or misspelled links
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/16 Real estate

Abstract

A composite code is created from an image and a tag that is searchable by an Internet search engine. The composite code is dynamically linked to one or more of a plurality of Internet addresses. When data about a composite code is received from a user computing device, one of the linked Internet addresses is selected based on a predetermined rule and sent back to the user computing device.

Claims

1. An article of manufacture comprising a processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium having computer readable program code encoded therein to access content on the Internet, the computer readable program code comprising a series of computer readable program steps to effect:

storing an identifier for a composite code in a database, wherein the composite code includes an image graphically encoding the identifier and a keyword, and the identifier includes the keyword;

associating the identifier with each of a plurality of Internet addresses, each one of the plurality of Internet addresses leading to a corresponding website that includes a corresponding content;

storing a plurality of rules, each rule in the plurality of rules associating each one of the plurality of Internet addresses with a date range and a location;

receiving, from a computing device of a user, the identifier and a location of the computing device; and

selecting, using the identifier, the location of the computing device, and a current date and the plurality of rules, one of the Internet addresses from the plurality of Internet addresses.

2. The article of manufacture of claim 1, wherein the computer readable program code further comprising a series of computer readable program steps to further effect:

receiving each of the corresponding content for each of the corresponding websites; and

determining the Internet address for each of the corresponding websites, wherein each of the Internet addresses comprises the keyword and a corresponding characteristic of the respective said content of the corresponding website.

3. The article of manufacture of claim 1, wherein the computer readable program code further comprising a series of computer readable program steps to further effect:

associating the identifier with a phone number; and

after receiving, from the computing device of the user, the identifier, transmitting the phone number to the computing device of the user to dial the phone number.

4. The article of manufacture of claim 1, wherein the computer readable program code further comprises a series of computer readable program steps to further effect redirecting the computing device to the one of the Internet address selected from the plurality of Internet addresses.

5. A method for associating a composite code to a plurality of Internet addresses, the method comprising:

storing, at a processor, an identifier for a composite code, wherein the composite code includes an image and a keyword, and the identifier includes the keyword;

creating, at the processor, a first Internet address that comprises the keyword and a first characteristic of a first content of a first website, and leads to the first website;

creating, at the processor, a second Internet address that comprises the keyword and a second characteristic of a second content of a second website, and leads to the second website;

storing a plurality of rules, each rule in the plurality of rules associating one of the first Internet address and the second Internet address with at least one of a date range and a location;

receiving, at the processor, a first transmission from a user computing device, the first transmission including the identifier and a location of the user computing device;

using, at the processor, the identifier, the location of the user computing device, and a current date, and the plurality of rules to select one said Internet address from among the first Internet address and the second Internet address; and

forming, at the processor, a second transmission for delivery to the user computing device, the second transmission redirecting the user computing device to the selected said Internet address.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising configuring the composite code to be readable by at least one of an image scanner and a radio frequency interrogator.

7. A computer program product encoded in a non-transitory computer readable medium and useable with a programmable processor to link a composite code to a plurality of Internet addresses, the computer program product comprising:

computer readable program which causes said programmable processor to store an identifier for a composite code, wherein the composite code includes an image and a keyword, and the identifier includes the keyword;

computer readable program which causes said programmable processor to determine a first Internet address that comprises the keyword and a first characteristic of a first content of a first website, and leads to the first website;

computer readable program which causes said programmable processor to determine a second Internet address that comprises the keyword and a second characteristic of a second content of a second website, and leads to the second website;

computer readable program which causes said programmable processor to store a plurality of rules, each rule in the plurality of rules associating one of the first Internet address and the second Internet address with at least one of a date range and a location;

computer readable program which causes said programmable processor to receive a first transmission from a user computing device, the first transmission including the identifier of the composite code and a location of the user computing device;

computer readable program which causes said programmable processor to use the identifier, the location of the user computing device, and a current date, and the plurality of rules to select one said Internet address from among the first Internet address and the second Internet address; and

computer readable program which causes said programmable processor to form a second transmission, for delivery to the user computing device, including the selected said Internet address.

8. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the computer program product further comprises computer readable program which causes said programmable processor to configure the composite code to be readable by at least one of an image scanner and a radio frequency interrogator.