Composite code with dynamic linking to internet addresses
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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.
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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.
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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:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method for associating a composite code to a plurality of Internet addresses, the method comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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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:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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