Method, system, and article of manufacture for producing a network navigation device
AssigneeMotorola, Inc.
InventorsWilliam L. Reber, Cary D. Perttunen
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Abstract
A method of producing a network navigation device which includes writing machine-readable data (16) to a substrate (12), and writing a human-viewable image (14) to the substrate (12). The machine-readable data (16) provides an instruction for linking to a resource in an electronic network (20). The human-viewable image (14) is associated with the resource.
Claims31
A method of producing a network navigation device, the method comprising the steps of:
- linking to a first resource in an electronic network;
- receiving content of the first resource via the electronic network;
- displaying at least a portion of the content using a browser;
- receiving a print command within the browser after said displaying;
- printing first machine-readable data to a substrate in response to the print command, the first machine-readable data providing at least one instruction for linking to the first resource, wherein the first machine-readable data is absent from the content of the first resource;
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- printing at least a portion of the content to the substrate in response to the print command.
A system for producing a network navigation device, the system comprising:
- a processing apparatus to execute a browser program to link to a first resource of an electronic network, to receive content of the first resource via the electronic network, and to display at least a portion of the content, the processing apparatus responsive to a print command in the browser program to direct at least one output device to print first machine-readable data and at least a portion of the content to a substrate, wherein the first machine-readable data provides at least one instruction for linking to the first resource in the electronic network, and wherein the first machine-readable data is absent from the content.
An article of manufacture for producing a network navigation device, the article of manufacture comprising:
- a computer-readable storage medium;
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- computer-readable data stored by the computer-readable storage medium, the computer-readable data utilized by a processing apparatus to provide a browser for linking to a first resource in an electronic network, receiving content of the first resource via the electronic network, and displaying at least a portion of the content, the browser providing a print command to direct at least one output device to print first machine-readable data and at least a portion of the content to a substrate, the first machine-readable data providing at least one instruction for linking to the first resource, wherein the first machine-readable data is absent from the content.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.