# US 7,611,057 B2 · Contents access method and sorting apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 7,611,057 B2 - Document ID: US7611057B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 11/360,389 - Filed: 2006-02-24 - Published: 2007-02-01 - Granted: 2009-11-03 - Earliest claimed: 2005-07-29 - Assignees: Fujitsu Limited - Inventors: Kenichiro Sakai; Tsugio Noda - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7611057B2 ## CPC - H04L 67/56: Provisioning of proxy services (store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54) - G06F 16/9554: {by using bar codes} - H04L 67/565: Conversion or adaptation of application format or content (adding application control or application functional data H04L67/561) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract A method of providing an access to contents on a network includes sorting a first code for accessing the contents received from a contents requesting source to a pre-registered sorting destination based on a predetermined rule, and converting the first code, or a second code that is generated based on the first code, into information indicating a storage place of the contents. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of providing an access to contents on a network, the method comprising: sorting, at a sorting server, a code for accessing the contents, wherein the code is received from a contents requesting source; determining a first ID and a second ID from the sorting of the code; selecting, based on the first ID, one of a plurality of destinations for transmitting the second ID; converting the second ID into information indicating a storage place of the contents; returning the information indicating the storage place of the contents to the contents requesting source; transmitting the second ID to a conversion server; and confirming, at the conversion server, that the second ID is transmitted from the sorting server. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising: the contents requesting source reading the code corresponding to the contents from an image data in which the code is embedded; and the contents requesting source requesting the contents corresponding to the code to the sorting server. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising: decoding the code from the contents requesting source to obtain the first ID and the second ID. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the sorting sorts a contents ID obtained from the code as the second ID for accessing the contents to the conversion server selected based on a conversion server ID obtained from the code as the first ID. ### Claim 5 A sorting apparatus connected to a plurality of conversion servers that store information indicating storage places of the contents via a network, the sorting apparatus comprising: a sorting unit to sort a code that is received from a contents requesting source and determine a first ID and a second ID from the sorted code, wherein the code is for accessing the contents, and wherein one of the conversion servers is selected as a sorting destination based on the first ID, the second ID is transmitted to the sorting destination and the confirmed by the sorting destination to indicate the second ID was transmitted from the sorting apparatus; and a receiving unit to receive information returned from the sorting destination in response to the second ID. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The sorting apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising: a responding unit to return information received by the receiving unit to the contents requesting source as information indicating the storage place of the contents. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The sorting apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the responding unit includes authentication information for certifying that the sorting apparatus selected the sorting destination in a response to the contents requesting source. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The sorting apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising: an obtaining unit to obtain contents based on information received by the receiving unit; and a responding unit to return the contents obtained by the obtaining unit to the contents requesting source. ### Claim 9 (depends on 5) The sorting apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising: a control unit to determine an authenticity of the second ID and control the sorting unit based on a result of determination of the authenticity. ### Claim 10 A computer-readable recording medium that stores a sorting program that is executed on a computer connected to a plurality of conversion servers that stores information indicating storage places of the contents via a network, wherein the sorting program causes the computer to execute: sorting a code that is received from a contents requesting source, the code is for accessing the contents; determining a first ID and a second ID from the sorting of the code; selecting one of the conversion servers as a sorting destination based on the first ID; transmitting the second ID to the sorting destination, the transmitted second ID being confirmed by the sorting destination to confirm the second ID was transmitted from the computer; and receiving information returned from the sorting destination in response to the second ID. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The computer-readable recording medium according to claim 10, wherein the sorting program further causes the computer to execute: returning information received by the receiving unit to the contents requesting source as information indicating the storage place of the contents. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The computer-readable recording medium according to claim 11, wherein the returned information includes authentication information for certifying that the sorting program selected the sorting destination in a response to the contents requesting source. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The computer-readable recording medium according to claim 10, wherein the sorting program further causes the computer to execute: obtaining contents based on information received at the receiving; and returning the contents obtained at the obtaining to the contents requesting source. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The computer-readable recording medium according to claim 10, wherein the sorting program further causes the computer to execute: determining an authenticity of the second ID; and controlling the sorting based on a result of determination of the authenticity.