Hand-held www access device with gui-based www browser program integrated with bar code symbol reader for automatically accessing and displaying html-encoded documents by reading bar code symbols.

a bar code symbol reader and access device technology, applied in the direction of instruments, transmission, sensing by electromagnetic radiation, etc., can solve problems such as frustration for internet users

Inactive Publication Date: 2002-02-14
METROLOGIC INSTR INC
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Benefits of technology

Enables fast and error-free surfing to Web-sites by automatically interpreting URL-encoded symbols, eliminating the need for manual data entry and improving navigation efficiency through printed guides and directories.

Problems solved by technology

In addition to being time consuming, this Web-site surfing technique is prone to errors, causing the browser program to connect to the wrong Web-site or return a message stating that the Domain Name of the Web-site sought after cannot be found.
From practical point of view, this is quite frustrating to the Internet user.

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[0030] The illustrative embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the figure drawings wherein like elements and structures are indicated by like reference numbers.

[0031] In general, the system and method of the present invention is practiced in connection with a globally-based digital telecommunications network (known as the Internet). The function of the Internet is to provide an infrastructure that supports wired and wireless digital telecommunications throughout the world using the well known TCP / IP networking protocols. In general, the Internet infrastructure comprises Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Network Service Providers (NSPs), routers, telecommunication lines and channels. etc., all well known in the art.

[0032] Connected to the Internet 1 by way of the Internet infrastructure (i.e., ISPs and NSPs) are many Internet Web-site Servers (i.e., computer systems) 2 that are physically located throughout the world and whose function is to serve i...

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Abstract

An improved system and method of surfing Web-sites on the Internet. In the first illustrative embodiment, the Internet Scanning System includes a bar code symbol reader programmed to read URL-encoded bar code symbols printed on various types of print media which, when read thereby, automatically connects the Internet Client System to the Internet Server supporting the Web-site specified by the scanned URL-encoded bar code symbol. In a second illustrative embodiment, the Internet Scanning system includes optical character reader programmed to read URLs printed on various types of print media which, when read thereby, automatically connects the Internet Client System to the Internet Server supporting the Web-site specified by the read URL.

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RELATED CASES[0001] This Application is a Continuation-in-Part of: copending application Ser. No. 08 / 645,331 filed Sep. 24, 1996; copending application Ser. No. 08 / 615,054 filed Mar. 12, 1996; copending application Ser. No. 08 / 573,949 filed Dec. 18, 1995; copending application Ser. No. 08 / 292,237 filed May 17, 1994; copending application Ser. No. 08 / 365,193 filed Dec. 28, 1994; copending application Ser. No. 08 / 293,493 filed Aug. 19, 1994; copending application Ser. No. 08 / 561,479 filed Nov. 20, 1995; copending application Ser. No. 08 / 278,109 filed Nov. 24, 1995; copending application Ser. No. 08 / 489,305 filed Jun. 9, 1995; copending Ser. No. 08 / 476,069 filed Jun. 7, 1995; and copending application Ser. No. 08 / 584,135 filed Jan. 11, 1996. Each said patent application is assigned to and commonly owned by Metrologic Instruments, Inc. of Blackwood, New Jersey, and is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.BACKGROUND OF INVENTION[0002] 1. Field of Invention[0003] The present i...

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Patent Type & AuthorityApplications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G06F17/30G06K7/10H04L29/12
CPCG06F17/30879H04L29/12594H04L61/301G06K7/10881G06F16/9554H04L61/30
InventorKNOWLES, CARL HARRY
OwnerMETROLOGIC INSTR INC