Patent ID: 8130928

Claim:
A method for automatically indexing alphanumeric identifiers, comprising: receiving a plurality of alphanumeric identifiers on a source network device with one or more processors via a communications network, wherein the plurality of received alphanumeric identifiers include connectable and disconnected alphanumeric identifiers; categorizing on the source network device the plurality of alphanumeric identifiers into a plurality of pre-determined advertising categories; storing from the source network device the categorized plurality of alphanumeric identifiers in a database associated with the source network device; associating on the source network device a plurality of pre-determined advertisements stored in the database with the plurality of categorized alphanumeric identifiers stored in the database; receiving a target alphanumeric identifier on the source network device from a target network device with one or more processors via the communications network, wherein the target alphanumeric identifier is used to connect to a desired network device; retrieving a pre-determined advertisement from the plurality of categorized alphanumeric identifiers stored in the database based on the received target alphanumeric identifier; and sending a message from the source network device to the target network device via the communications network, wherein the message includes electronic information that allows the target network device to make a selection input to connect to the desired network device or to receive and display the retrieved pre-determined advertisement and connect to another network device associated with the retrieved pre-determined advertisement instead.