Patent ID: 7066382

Claim:
A system for transmitting data over a communications network comprising: a data carrier having a data storage area thereon storing encoded data representing Internet address data, as well as non-rewriteable instruction data indicating what level or type of security should be employed in accessing the Internet using said data carrier, a data carrier reader configured to read Internet address data and instruction data on data storage area of said data carrier, said data carrier reader being connected to or built into a computer system having a display, a web browser and an Internet connection, said computer system being configured to parse Internet address data stored on said data carrier through said data carrier reader, as well as said instruction data indicating level or type or security, an Internet server hosting one or more Internet sites corresponding to Internet address data stored on said data carrier, and wherein said computer system is configured to select an appropriate level or type of security for Internet communications based on said instruction data, form an Internet connection to a website corresponding to said address data by connecting to said server using the selected level or type of security for Internet communications, and then present to a user the corresponding website using said web browser and said display.