Patent ID: 7430588

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 portable wireless device; b. processing, on the portable wireless device, the captured image to decode the machine-readable code into a file identifier; c. forming, on the portable wireless device, a resource location request comprising the file identifier; d. transmitting, from the portable wireless device via an associated wireless communications network, the resource location request to a resolution server computer on the computer network that is interoperable with the wireless communications network; e. determining, at the resolution server computer, a resource location identifier associated with the resource location request; f. returning the resource location identifier to the portable wireless device; g. the portable wireless device transmitting a resource request to an information server computer designated by the resource location identifier; h. the information server computer receiving the resource request and returning content to the portable wireless device associated with the resource request.