Patent ID: 8069098
Filing Date: 2011-11-29
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04H,H04L,H04N,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for interconnecting a first location on a global communication network with a second location thereon, wherein the first location has associated therewith an input device, the input device having associated therewith a unique input device ID that is permanently associated with the input device and independent of the first location, comprising the steps of: receiving at the first location a representation of a unique code provided by the input device, which representation of the unique code represents a unique value as an output received from the input device; associating the unique value with the unique input device ID in a message packet as a data content portion thereof, such that the unique input device ID is associated with the data content portion of the message packet for transmission over the network and wherein the second location has a predetermined association with the combination of the unique value and the unique input device ID, such predetermined association associates the second location with both the unique input device ID and the unique value; and in response to the step of receiving and the step of associating, connecting the first location to the second location.