Patent ID: 7493384
Filing Date: 2009-02-17
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L,H04M,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for accessing information over a network from a remote location on the network for delivery to a user PC, comprising the steps of: providing a functional mode on a cellular telephone for web access over the network, the cellular telephone separate from the user PC and the functional mode having associated therewith a unique code; associating at least a button on the cellular telephone with the functional mode; activating the button on the cellular telephone to activate the functional mode when the user is in physical proximity to the user PC and, in response thereto, transferring to the user PC unique code, which unique code has no routing code contained therein that would by itself uniquely identify the location of the remote location on the network, but which unique code has a predetermined association with the remote location; and in response to activation of the functional mode, the user PC then utilizes the unique code received from the cellular telephone and the predetermined association thereof with the remote location to access information from the remote location on the network for delivery to the user PC and display thereof on a display associated with the user PC; such that the user PC is controlled in accordance with the unique code to access the predetermined remote location; wherein the step of providing the functional mode comprises storing the unique code in the cellular telephone, which unique code is associated in the step of associating with the button, such that the unique code is output as a function of activation of the button in the step of activating for delivery to the user PC in the step of controlling.