Patent ID: 7318106

Claim:
A method for connecting a user on a user node on a first communication network to a remote node on the first communication network, comprising the steps of: broadcasting from a remote location on a second communication network broadcast information over the second communication network to a location thereon proximate the location of the user for viewing by the user, the second communication network operating over a different communication path than the first communication network; encoding unique information in association with the broadcast information representative of a location on the first communication network of the remote node; connecting the user's node to the remote node on the first communication network utilizing the unique information and in accordance therewith in response to receiving the unique information encoded in association with the broadcast information broadcast over the second communication network; and prompting the user at the user location from the second communication network to interface with the user node at approximately the same time as broadcast of the unique information over the second communication network in association with the broadcast information.