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Method and system for directing end user to network location of provider based on user-provided codes

US6691914B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 4, 2001
Grant dateFeb 17, 2004
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Expiry dateJan 11, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F16/9554
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Information representative of scanned machine-readable codes is transmitted between network sites. Information associated with scans of machine-readable codes are received at a first site and stored within a database, along with a unique alpha-numeric identifier. The end user is directed from the first site to a second site with a URL that includes a symbol identifying an address of the second site on the network and the unique alpha-numeric identifier. A request (which includes a representation of the unique alpha-numeric identifier) for the information stored at the first site is received. The information stored at the first site is sent to the second site.

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