Patent ID: 6549933
Filing Date: 2003-04-15
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A network-based system for information management, comprising:(a) an independently portable physical object that is a data storage device (referred to as an Informative Thing), wherein: (i) the Informative Thing has an ID (referred to as a Thing ID) that represents an identity of the Informative Thing; and (ii) the Thing ID is associated with information stored at an information store separate from the Informative Thing; (b) a client computer that is configured to: (i) read the Thing ID from the Informative Thing; (ii) determine a location for where the information is stored based on the Thing ID; and (iii) request and receive the information; and (c) a server computer, connected to the client computer, that is configured to: (i) retrieve information pursuant to the request of the client computer from the information store; and (ii) transmit the information to the client computer.