Patent ID: 7967207

Claim:
A method, comprising: using a portable communication device with a camera and a display unit therein, to obtain an image of a bar code, wherein the bar code is a dual type bar code comprising a first part of a first barcode format and a second part of a second barcode format, wherein the second and first formats are different, and where said first part and said second part are sufficiently close together that they are imaged by a single imaging device at one time; decoding, by the portable communications device, the first part and second part to obtain corresponding first and second information, wherein said second information comprises more information than the first information; addressing a remote server, by the portable communications device, using information from said decoding as an address to access said remote server; receiving information from said remote server, in said portable communication device, based on using said address; receiving and displaying, on said display unit of said portable communication device, said obtained information, wherein said obtained information comprises additional information from that included in said barcode and wherein said obtained information is based on a meaning that was represented by said barcode; using said portable communication device to make a telephone call; and wherein said obtaining of said image comprises capturing a single image of the dual type barcode, said single image comprising both said first and second part, and processing said image via a processor of the portable communication device to obtain the information from said first and second part.