Launching a web site using a portable scanner

• US 7,496,638 B2
• Filed: 03/29/2005
• Issued: 02/24/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/11/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: RPX Corporation
• Original Assignee: RPX-LV Acquisition LLC (RPX Corporation)
• Inventors: Philyaw, Jeffry Jovan
• Primary Examiner(s): Vaughn, Jr., William C
• Assistant Examiner(s): Gupta, Muktesh G
• Application Number:
  US11/093,886
• Publication Number:
  US 20050193125A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,428 Days
• Field of Search: 709/217, 709/228
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/38 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/955 using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9554 by using bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10762 Relative movement
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10831 Arrangement of optical elements, e.g. lenses, mirrors, prisms optical elements per se G02B
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10881 constructional details of hand-held scanners
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/208 Input by product or record sensing, e.g. weighing or scanner processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0257 User requested
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/00 Network arrangements, protocols or services for addressing or naming
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/30 Managing network names, e.g. use of aliases or nicknames name-to-address mapping H04L61/45
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/301 Name conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/45 Network directories; Name-to-address mapping
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4782 Web browsing , e.g. WebTV
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02

Abstract

A method for a user to access information on a network. Information from a machine recognizable code (MRC) (1606) is extracted at a user location, which MRC (1606) has associated therewith routing information to a remote location (312) on the network. The extracted information from the MRC (1606) is wirelessly transmitted to a network interface device (302) in response to the information being extracted. The remote location (312) associated with the extracted information from the MRC (1606) is then connected thereto from the user location and the information downloaded therefrom. The downloaded information is displayed on a display (1612) at the user location, such that when displayed, substantially immediate feedback is provided to the user in response to the MRC (1606) being scanned.

Claims

1. A method for a user accessing information on a network, comprising the steps of:

extracting with a portable extraction device at a user location information from a machine recognizable code (MRC), which MRC has associated therewith routing information corresponding to a remote location on the network;

wirelessly transmitting the extracted information from the MRC to a network interface device in response to the step of extracting in a predetermined number of steps;

at the network interface device, receiving the transmitted information and, upon receiving any of the transmitted information, utilizing that received information to connect to the remote location on the network, while substantially ignoring subsequent transfers of extracted information from the portable extraction device;

connecting the user location over the network to the remote location associated with the extracted information from the MRC, and downloading information therefrom; and

displaying the downloaded information on a display at the user location, such that when displayed, substantially immediate feedback in the form of the displayed information is provided to the user in response to the step of extracting.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the network is a global communication network.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of extracting comprises scanning the MRC with a portable scanner, which scanner is a wireless scanner having associated therewith a transmitter.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the MRC is a UPC associated with an article of commerce.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the MRC is associated with a product and the remote location on the network is associated with the product.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the display is disposed in close association with the network interface device.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the network interface device and the display comprise a personal computer.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of connecting to the remote location and downloading information therefrom comprises:

transmitting the extracted information from the MRC to an intermediate location on the network having a relational database associated therewith, which relational database has contained therein relationships between a plurality of MRCs and routing information on the network;

comparing the received MRC with information in the relational database to determine if a match exists; and

if a match exists, accessing the remote location and downloading information therefrom to the display.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the display and the network interface device are disposed at the user location remote from the remote location on the network and the step of accessing information from the remote location comprises transferring the routing information from the relational database back to the user location, the user location and the network interface device then accessing the remote location and the information therefrom for download therefrom.

10. A system for a user accessing information on a network for utilizing information in a machine recognizable code (MRC) to access such information, which MRC has associated therewith routing information corresponding to a remote location on the network, comprising:

a portable extraction device at a user location for extracting information from an MRC code disposed thereat;

a network interface device to which said extracted information from said MRC is wirelessly transmitted by said portable extraction device in response to being extracted thereby;

wherein said extracted information is transmitted to said network interface device in a predetermined number of steps;

wherein said transmitted information is received at said network interface device and, upon receiving any of said transmitted stored information, said remote location on the network is connected to said network interface device utilizing that received information, while ignoring subsequent transfers of extracted information from said portable extraction device;

wherein said network interface device at said user location connects to said remote location associated with said extracted information from said MRC and downloads information therefrom; and

wherein said downloaded information is displayed on a display at said user location, such that when displayed, substantially immediate feedback in the form of the displayed information is provided to the user in response to said MRC being extracted.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the network is a global communication network.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the MRC is scanned with a portable scanner, which said scanner is a wireless scanner having associated therewith a transmitter.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein said MRC is a UPC associated with an article of commerce.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein said MRC is associated with a product and said remote location on the network is associated with said product.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein said display is disposed in close association with said network interface device.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein said network interface device and said display comprise a personal computer.

17. The system of claim 10, wherein when said network interface device connects to said remote location and downloads said information therefrom, and wherein:

said information extracted from said MRC is transmitted to an intermediate location on the network having a relational database associated therewith, which said relational database has contained therein relationships between a plurality of said MRCs and routing information on the network; and

the received MRC is compared with information in said relational database to determine if a match exists, and if said match exists, said remote location is accessed and said information is downloaded therefrom to said display.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein said display and said network interface device are disposed at said user location remote from said remote location on the network, and information which is accessed from said remote location comprises routing information which is transferred from said relational database back to said user location, said user location and said network interface device then accessing said remote location and said information therefrom for download therefrom.