Patent ID: 7428499

Claim:
A method for interconnecting a first location on a global communication network with a second location thereon, comprising the steps of: providing an input device coupled to the first location on the global communication network, the input device having associated therewith a unique input device ID that is permanently associated with the input device and independent of the first location; scanning a product code disposed on a product with the input device, which product code is representative of the product in commercial transactions, the step of scanning operable to extract the information contained in the product code to provide a unique value as an output; associating the unique value with the unique input device ID in a message packet as a data content portion thereof, such that the unique input device ID is associated with the data content portion of the message packet for transmission over the network and wherein the second location has a predetermined association with the combination of the unique value and the unique input device ID, such predetermined association associates the second location with both the unique device ID and the unique value; and in response to the step of scanning and the step of associating, connecting the first location to the second location.