Patent ID: 6707581
Filing Date: 2004-03-16
Classification: G06F,G06K

Abstract:
A system for automatically providing a user with remotely stored data that pertains to printed information, comprising the combination of:a handheld scanner including a housing adapted to be held in the hand of a user and scanned over an image of printed information, and containing an image scanning device for converting optical images of information scanned by said scanner into electrical signals representative of the optical images, a memory for storing said electrical signals, a decoder for converting said stored electrical signals into alphanumeric information, a display unit providing a visual display of the alphanumeric information, a wireless transmission device for transmitting said alphanumeric information, and a set of user controls for manipulating the display and transmission of said alphanumeric information; and an information retrieval agent including a database that is stored in said scanner, that receives the alphanumeric information from said handheld scanner and initiates a connection via said wireless transmission device to a remote site that is associated with the alphanumeric information.