Patent ID: 6152369
Filing Date: 2000-11-28
Classification: G06F,G06K,H04L

Abstract:
A system for storing, accessing and displaying HTML-encoded documents relating to an object being worked upon by a human operator in a work environment, said system comprising:(1) one or more http-enabled information servers connected to an information network supporting the TCP/IP standard, and storing one or more HTML-encoded documents related to said object being worked upon by said human operator in said work environment, each said HTML-encoded document being stored within one said http-enabled information server at a location specified by a uniform resource locator (URL) encoded within the structure of a code symbol affixed to said object; and(2) said body-wearable http-enabled client system operably connected to said information network by a two-way wireless telecommunication link, and including(a) a body-wearable housing mountable to the arm of said human operator,(b) a code symbol reader, disposed within said body-wearable housing, programmed for reading said code symbol affixed to said object and automatically producing symbol character data representative of said read code symbol and the URL encoded therewithin;(c) network accessing means programmed for automatically accessing said HTML-encoded documents from one or more of said http-enabled information servers in response to said symbol character data being produced by said code symbol reader; and(d) display means operably connected to said network accessing means, for visually displaying said one or more HTML-encoded documents accessed by said network accessing means from said one or more http-enabled information servers in response to said symbol character data being produced by said code symbol reader;whereby said human operator is enabled to review said one or more HTML-encoded documents displayed on said display means while working with said object in said work environment.