System and method for linking online resources to print media and authoring tool for same
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1. A system for accessing content on a network, the system comprising:
- a publisher interface, responsive to publisher inputs, for generating a code associated with a web-based document including the content;
a user interface for receiving the code inputted by the user to access the corresponding content selected by the user; and
a web server, responsive to the inputted code, for providing the web-based document including the selected content.
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Abstract
A network-based system and method permit a publisher to generate and encode content to be readily accessed by codes or indicia, such as bar codes, and which may be associated with advertising related to the content via the codes. The system supports composer, reader, discovery, and static web page interfaces for permitting users to act as publishers, readers, or browsers, using the codes for efficient and rapid access of content.
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1. A system for accessing content on a network, the system comprising:
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a publisher interface, responsive to publisher inputs, for generating a code associated with a web-based document including the content;
a user interface for receiving the code inputted by the user to access the corresponding content selected by the user; and
a web server, responsive to the inputted code, for providing the web-based document including the selected content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for accessing content over the Internet, the system comprising:
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a publisher interface, responsive to publisher inputs, for generating a graphic, including a bar code, associated with a web-based document including the content, and for outputting the graphic with the bar code onto a physical document;
a user interface, connected to the Internet, for receiving from the user the graphic with the bar code on the physical document to access the corresponding content selected by the user; and
a web server, connected to the Internet, for storing the web-based document, responsive to the inputted graphic with the bar code, for providing to the user, through the user interface, the web-based document including the selected content. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for accessing content on a network, the method comprising the steps of:
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storing the content in a web-based document on a web server;
generating, in response to publisher inputs through a publisher interface, a graphic including a bar code, with the graphic being associated with the content;
outputting the graphic with the bar code onto a physical document;
receiving, at a user interface, the graphic with the bar code on the physical document;
responding to the inputted graphic with the bar code at a web server; and
retrieving the stored the web-based document including the selected content corresponding to the inputted graphic. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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