Patent ID: 6615268
Filing Date: 2003-09-02
Classification: A63H,G06F,G06Q,H04H,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
A method for controlling a computer with recorded information of a digital audio tape, comprising;embedding a unique code in the recorded audio information of the digital audio tape, the unique code in close association with vendor information; extracting the unique code with an extractor during output of the recorded audio information to a user at a user location disposed on a network; in response to extracting the unique code, transmitting the unique code to a remote location on the network in accordance with routing information stored at the user location and associated with an intermediate location on the network wherein the step of transmitting to the remote location further includes the steps of: transmitting the unique code to the intermediate location; accessing a database of vendor routing information in response to receiving at the intermediate location the transmitted unique code from the user location, the database providing an association between the unique code and a remote vendor information location on the network, there being a plurality of such vendor routing information stored in the database; comparing the received unique code with the stored vendor routing information in the database; if there is a match between the received unique code and any of the stored vendor routing information, transmitting the matching vendor routing information back to the user location; and in response to receiving the matching vendor routing information at the user location, interconnecting the user location with the vendor information location over the network and receiving vendor information therefrom, wherein the information is returned to the user location for processing.