Method and apparatus for accessing product information using bar code data
AssigneeIntermec IP Corp.
InventorsPatrick Thomas Greer, Christopher A. Wiklof
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AssigneeIntermec IP Corp.
InventorsPatrick Thomas Greer, Christopher A. Wiklof
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A method and apparatus for convenient and easy access to product-and shipment-related information and/or transactions is disclosed. An end device, for instance a bar code reader, is used to read a portable data carrier, for instance a bar code symbol. having a structured data format. The end device parses one or more particular data entities from the data read. The end device accesses a URL having at least a portion in common with one or more of the parsed data entities and displays associated web page content or processes an associated transaction. The end device may sequentially substitute a series of most probable non-common URI, portions to locate associated content if the first tried URL does not result in a valid response. Alternatively, a server may provide such search functionality.
A method for accessing data, comprising the steps of;
A method of accessing data comprising the steps of;
A method for finding information related to a portable data carrier, comprising the steps of;
A method for processing a query, comprising the steps of;
A device for accessing product information, comprising;
A business method, comprising the step of;
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.