Patent ID: 6622917
Filing Date: 2003-09-23
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
A computer-based system for accessing and displaying Internet-based information resources stored in information servers on the Internet and composing sets of URL-encoded bar code symbols specifying the location of said Internet-based information resources on the Internet, said computer-based system comprising:a computer system operably connectable to the Internet by way of an Internet Service Provider (ISP), and having a visual display screen and a data input device; a Internet browser program, supported by said computer system, and enabling a user to access and display Internet-based information resources on said visual display screen, each said Internet-based information resource being stored on an information server connected to the Internet, and at a location specified by a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) defined on the Internet; and an application supported by said computer system, and enabling a user to compose a set of URL-encoded bar code symbols, each said URL-encoded bar code symbol being encoded with a URL specifying the location of one of said Internet-based information resources on the Internet; wherein, during the operation of the Internet browser program, said application program allows the user to compile said set of URL-encoded bar code symbols for printing on a selected print medium, and wherein, after said set of URL-encoded bar code symbols are printed on said selected print medium, an Internet-based information resource specified by its URL-encoded bar code symbol set can be automatically accessed and displayed by reading the URL-encoded bar code symbol with a bar code symbol reader operably connected to an Internet-enabled computer system provided with a bar code driven Internet browser program.