Patent ID: 6412699
Filing Date: 2002-07-02
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A system for producing graphical user interfaces for enabling information-related transactions over the Internet, said bar code symbol driven system comprising:a transaction-enabling Internet terminal for requesting a HTML-encoded document embodying a transaction-enabling Applet which, when executed, results in the production of a graphical user interface designed to enable a user to conduct a prespecified information-related transaction over the Internet, said HTML-encoded document being stored in a HTTP information server connected to the Internet, and at a location specified by a predetermined Uniform Resource Locator (URL), said transaction-enabling Internet terminal including an Internet browser program for executing Applets, including said transaction-enabling Applet, embedded within said HTML-encoded document, a display screen for visually displaying said HTML-encoded document and said graphical user interface for use in carrying out data read and entry operations during said prespecified information-related transaction, a data entry means for entering data into said Internet browser program using said graphical user interface displayed from said display screen, and a code symbol reader, operably connected to said Internet browser program, for scanning a code symbol encoded with information related to said predetermined URL, decoding said scanned code symbol, producing data representative of said predetermined URL, and providing said produced data to said Internet browser program for accessing said HTML-encoded document whose location is specified by said predetermined URL, wherein, when said code symbol is scanned by said code symbol reader, said scanned code symbol is automatically decoded, and data representative of said predetermined URL is automatically produced and provided to said Internet browser program, and 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 in said HTML-encoded document and display said graphical user interface, thereby enabling the user to conduct said prespecified information-related transaction over the Internet at said transaction-enabling Internet terminal.