Patent ID: 6510997
Filing Date: 2003-01-28
Classification: G06F,G06K

Abstract:
A bar code driven information access system for accessing information resources on the Internet, comprising:an Internet terminal having an Internet browser program operably connected to a programmed bar code symbol reader, for interconnecting to the Internet infrastructure by way of an Internet Service Provider (ISP) using a communications media and carrying out the client-side of the Internet protocol (IP) required to access and display an Internet information resource specified by a URL encoded within a bar code symbol readable by said programmed bar code symbol reader; wherein said programmed bar code symbol reader includes an optical scanning device for optically scanning said bar code symbol encoded with the URL of said Internet information resource to be accessed, a scan data processor for producing words of digital scan data representative of the width of the bars and spaces of said URL-encoded bar code symbol, programmable decoder module for processing said words of digital scan data and producing symbol character data representative of said decoded bar code symbol; an ASCII code generation module for generating (1) an ASCII-based prefix code string representative of the Internet browser program command that writes digital scan data representative of the URL into said Internet browser program, and (2) a suffix code string representative of the Internet browser program command that executes a HTTP request on the URL entered into said Internet browser program, a code string synthesizer module for synthesizing the prefix and suffix code strings produced from said ASCII-based code generator, with the URL character string from said programmable decoder module, in order to form a complete code string, and a data transmission module for transmitting said complete code string to said Internet browser program for use in accessing and displaying said Internet information resource specified by said URL encoded within the decoded bar code symbol.