Patent ID: 6697949
Filing Date: 2004-02-24
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04H,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
A method for allowing a consumer to access an advertiser's location over a global communication network from a consumer's computer, comprising the steps of:defining an archive location in the consumer's computer, accessible when an archive flag is set: broadcasting a normal broadcast program to a class of consumers having a unique signal embedded therein, which unique signal embedded therein contains no routing information and is associated with a particular advertiser and a predetermined location on the network and wherein the unique signal has encoded therein a unique code that correlates with the location of this predetermined location on the network; receiving the unique signal at a consumer's location; decoding the unique signal to extract therefrom the unique code; in response to decoding, automatically accessing a database according to the unique code for determining routing information to the predetermined location on the network from a consumer's computer on the network at the consumer's location; and archiving in the consumer's computer the determined routing information.