Patent ID: 7055737
Filing Date: 2006-06-06
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of obtaining, from a remote location, topic-specific information regarding a product, comprising the steps of: electronically receiving one of a plurality of bar codes associated with a product, each of the bar codes being associated with topic-specific information relating to the product, at least one of the bar codes for the product being associated with topic-specific information which is different from that of the other bar code or codes for the product, and each of the bar codes encoding an identifier which is associated with a corresponding information resource at a remote location, with at least one corresponding information resource including topic-specific information about the product which is different from that of the other corresponding information resource or resources; electronically navigating to the corresponding information resource at the remote location, the resource being the resource associated with the identifier encoded by the bar code; and displaying the corresponding information resource's topic-specific information about the product on an electronic display device.