Patent ID: 6985954
Filing Date: 2006-01-10
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04H,H04L,H04N,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for connecting a user computer at a first location on a network with a second location on the network through use of a coded symbol having contained therein encoded information associated with routing information on the network to the second location thereover, comprising the steps of: providing a input device, wherein the input device has associated therewith an input device ID; extracting the encoded information from the coded symbol and decoding such extracted encoded information to provide decoded information; inputting the decoded information and the input device ID to a defined port on the user computer which has an existing first functionality associated with the operation of the user computer which is not the same functionality as the step of inputting the decoded information, such that the step of inputting comprises a second functionality, with the port of the user computer operable to accommodate for both the first and second functionality during operation thereof; detecting operation under the second functionality when decoded information is input to the port; translating the second functionality to the compatible with the first functionality for input to the port; and in response to the step of detecting, connecting to the second location utilizing the decoded information and the input device ID by the steps of: