Mobile terminal with integrated host application software

A wireless user-held network terminal for accessing markup language files on the Internet, the terminal comprising:

• a processor and associated memory;
• a visual display;
• a keypad;
• a radio transmitter and receiver configured to establish wireless communication between the terminal and the computer network;
• communications engine software for controlling communication between the wireless terminal and the Internet;
• and
• browsing software for accessing and parsing the markup language files.

A wireless user-held bar code scanning terminal for scanning bar code labels and accessing files on a computer network, the terminal comprising:

• a processor and associated memory;
• a visual display;
• a keypad;
• a radio transmitter and receiver configured to establish wireless communication between the terminal and the computer network;
• communications engine software for controlling communication between the wireless terminal and the computer network;
• parsing software for providing a user interface on the display by parsing script received from the network, whereby a multiplicity of different user interfaces may be provided without installing new software on the wireless terminal;
• a bar code scanner;
• and
• a bar code acquisition engine software for scanning and decoding bar code labels scanned by the bar code scanner.

A method of remotely browsing, on a user-held wireless computer device, and electronic document stored as a file having a file address on a computer network, the method comprising the steps of:

• using a bar code scanner incorporated into the device to scan a bar code label containing information identifying the file address:
• decoding the file address from the result of the scan;
• accessing the network file by sending the file address over a wireless communication path connecting the device to the computer network;
• and
• displaying the accessed file on a visual display incorporated into the device.