Patent ID: 6827273
Filing Date: 2004-12-07
Classification: G06F,G06K

Abstract:
A mobile bar code driven information access terminal for remotely accessing package delivery instructions from an Internet information server operably connected to the infrastructure of the Internet, comprising:a hand-supportable housing; a programmed bar code symbol reader, integrated within said hand-supportable housing, for reading a bar code symbol encoded with a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) specifying the location of an Internet information resource to be accessed and displayed, and wherein said bar code symbol is applied to a package to be delivered to a destination; a computing platform, disposed within said hand-supportable housing, and supporting an Internet browser program operably connected to said programmed bar code symbol reader, for accessing and displaying said Internet information resource specified by said URL-encoded within said bar code symbol; a network communication device for interconnecting said Internet browser program to the Internet infrastructure, by way of a two-way wireless telecommunication link, wherein said Internet information server hosts said Internet information resource and said Internet information resource contains package delivery instructions for delivering said package to a destination; an information entry mechanism, integrated with said hand-supportable housing, for entering information into said Internet browser program; and a display panel, integrated with said hand-supportable housing, for displaying said Internet information resource specified by said URL, and also for displaying information entered into said Internet browser program by said information entry mechanism.