Patent ID: 7853641

Claim:
A method for accessing information and/or data available on the Internet, using information transmission equipment fitted with loudspeakers for sending out audio signals capable of being heard by users, said method including: a) transmitting, via the loudspeakers of the information transmission equipment, a first modulated acoustic signal to a group of potential users each provided with a portable communication unit, the first modulated acoustic signal including at least one identifier associated with a link to a determined site of the Internet; b) storing, in said portable communication unit, the identifier or identifiers transmitted by means of said first modulated acoustic signal; c) downloading the identifier or identifiers stored in said portable communication unit to a computer terminal connected to the Internet; and d) comparing the downloaded identifier or identifiers with a predetermined list of identifiers stored at a third party site on the Internet prior to downloading the identifier or identifiers in order to generate a list of links to sites corresponding to the downloaded identifier or identifiers.