Patent ID: 6981059

Claim:
A method for conducting commerce between any of a plurality of first locations on a global communication network and a specific and determinable second location on the global communication network for allowing information to be transferred therebetween, comprising the steps of: defining a unique audio signature for the specific and determinable second location on the global communication network, which unique audio signature is permanently associated with the specific and determinable second location, and which audio signature contains no routing information; storing a unique audio designation corresponding to the unique audio signature in a database at a remote location on the global communication network; associating with the unique audio designation in the database routing information over the global communication network to the specific and determinable second location from any of the plurality of first locations on the global communication network; causing from a control location remote from the plurality of first locations the unique audio signature to be reproduced at at least one of the plurality of first locations; in response to the step of causing transmitting the reproduced audio signature to the remote location and then, at the remote location, transmitting the associated routing information to the at least one of the first locations that transmitted the reproduced audio signature; and transferring information between the plurality of first locations and the specific and determinable second location in response to the step of causing and in accordance with the transmitted routing information stored in the database and associated with the reproduced unique audio signature and conducting commerce there between.