Patent ID: 7080079

Claim:
A method of using the Internet to retrieve and handle at least one article in electronic form from a printed publication which has been printed in paper form by a publisher, comprising: preparing at least one article that is to be published in printed paper form for circulation by said publisher; assigning, by said publisher, said at least one article with at least one unique tag prior to printing said article in printed paper form for circulation by said publisher; publishing in circulation, by said publisher, both of said at least one article and its corresponding unique tag in printed paper form with its corresponding tag being printed in physical proximity to said article, said publisher also providing retrieval information indicative of a web site, an e-mail address and a telephone number for retrieval; storing, by said publisher, said at least one article in an electronic database, said article being uniquely retrievable based on said corresponding unique tag; connecting, by said publisher, said database to said Internet; receiving, by said publisher, a request from an Internet client through one of said web site, said e-mail address and said telephone number indicated by said retrieval information, said request including said at least one tag and delivery information indicative of at least one of said Internet client's telephone number and said Internet client's e-mail address, said tag having been previously observed by said Internet client from said printed paper form in circulation, said Internet client having previously registered at least one of said Internet client's telephone number and said Internet client's e-mail address with said publisher; said publisher authenticating said Internet client based on at least one of said Internet client's telephone number and said Internet client's e-mail address indicated by said request; retrieving by said publisher from said database to locate said article in electronic form matching said at least one tag, upon authenticating said Internet client's request; upon locating said article in electronic form from said database, said publisher electronically transmitting said article in electronic form to said Internet client's email address, said method further comprising: upon pre-registering said Internet client, collecting and storing said Internet client's email address for delivery; connecting said database to a telecommunication gateway, said gateway being adapted to transmit said request from an Internet client to said database through one of wireless and landline telephone telecommunication network; upon authenticating said Internet client, sending said printed article in electronic form to said Internet client's email address previously collected.