Patent ID: 6988662
Filing Date: 2006-01-24
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An Internet-based system for enabling information-related transactions over the Internet, comprising: an HTTP information server connected to the Internet, for storing an HTML-encoded document having a location on the Internet specifie by a predetermined URL, said HTML-encoded document embodying a transaction-enabling Applet which, when executed, enables a user to conduct an information-related transaction over the Internet; and a transaction-enabling Internet terminal for requesting said HTML-encoded document and executing said transaction-enabling Applet embedded therein, said transaction-enabling Internet terminal including wherein, when said URL-encoded symbol is scanned by said code symbol reader, said scanned URL-encoded symbol is automatically decoded, symbol character data representative thereof is automatically produced and provided to said Internet browser program, whereupon said Internet browser program automatically accesses said HTML-encoded document from said HTTP information server in order to execute said transaction-enabling Applet embedded therein and thereby enable the user to conduct said information-related transaction over the Internet at said transaction-enabling Internet terminal.