Patent ID: 6996532

Claim:
A method of accessing a network-connected content site comprising the following steps carried out at a network browser: (a) receiving a sound-sequence signal representing sound sequences with sound features that encode a character sequence according to a predetermined scheme, the character sequence comprising two groups of characters, one of which is a site code intended to be translated to a content-site URI by a remote service system and the other of which comprises the address of the service system, the nature of the sound features and of the predetermined scheme being such that a sound sequence of a musical character represents the address of the service system; (b) decoding the received sound-sequence signal to derive a said character sequence; (c) detecting said two groups of characters in the character sequence with detection of said other group being taken as indicating that the site code formed by said one group is to be sent to the service system for translation; and (d) sending the site code to the service system at its address indicated by said other group of characters, receiving back the corresponding content-site URI, and using it to access the content site.