Patent ID: 6993573

Claim:
A method for accessing content from an information server computer on a computer network comprising the steps of: a. capturing an image of a machine-readable code with a camera-enabled cell phone; b. processing, on the camera-enabled cell phone, the captured image to decode the machine-readable code into a file identifier; c. forming, on the camera-enabled cell phone, a request URL comprising the file identifier; d. transmitting, from the camera-enabled cell phone via an associated cellular telephone network, the request URL to a resolution server computer on the computer network that is interoperable with the cellular telephone network; e. determining, at the resolution server computer, an information URL as a function of the request URL; f. returning the information URL to the camera-enabled cell phone; g. the camera-enabled cell phone transmitting the information URL to an information server computer designated by the information URL; h. the information server computer receiving the information URL and returning content to the camera-enabled cell phone as a function of the information URL.