Automatical access of internet content with a camera-enabled cell phone
AssigneeNeoMedia Technologies, Inc.
InventorKevin D. Hunter
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Abstract
A camera-enabled cell phone that is adapted to image a machine readable code such as a bar code, decode the bar code, send the bar code data over the Internet to a resolution server that will return an associated URL that will link the camera phone to content on an information server. Thus, by taking a picture of a bar code symbol, the camera phone will automatically retrieve content from the Internet that has been linked to that bar code.
Claims20
A portable wireless device for accessing content from a server computer on a computer network comprising:
- a. a wireless transceiver;
- b. input means for reading a machine readable code and for providing code data from the machine readable code;
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- c. processing circuitry programmed to:
- i. cause the wireless transceiver to selectively communicate with a wireless network to transmit and receive wireless messages, and to communicate with server computers on a computer network;
- ii. receive code data from the input means;
- iii. process the code data to generate a file identifier;
- iv. form a data request message comprising the file identifier;
- v. transmit, via the wireless transceiver, the data request message to a server computer on the computer network;
- vi. receive content via the computer network as a function of the data request message;
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- vii. perform a function with respect to the received content.
A method for accessing content from a server computer on a computer network comprising the steps of:
- a. reading a machine-readable code with a portable wireless device to provide code data;
- b. processing, on the portable wireless device, the code data to generate a file identifier;
- c. forming, on the portable wireless device, a data request message comprising the file identifier;
- d. transmitting, from the portable wireless device via an associated wireless communications network, the data request message to a server computer on the computer network that is interoperable with the wireless communications network;
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- e. receiving content on the portable wireless device as a function of the data request message;
- f. performing a function with respect to the received content.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.