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address

or

a

URL/U

RN

specifying

an

FTP

or

W

resource.

Unfortunately,

these

addresses

can

be very

long

and

dif?cult

to

remember.

By

Way

of

example,

a

particular

Web

page

might

be

identi?ed

by

the

Internet

URL:

“http://WWW.inter

netxs.com/pub/indices/userinfo/homepage.html”.

[0019]

In

this

example,

“http://”

identi?es

the

hypertext

protocol

(the

tWo

forWard

slashes

‘//’

are a

special

delimiter

used

to

separate

the

protocol

name

from

the

rest

of

the

URL),

“WWW”

refers

to

the

“World

Wide

Web”,

“internetx

s.com”

refers

to

a

host

computer

at

a

commercial

site,

“/pub/indices/userinfo/”

identi?es

a

speci?c

directory

on

the

host

computer’s

storage

database,

and

“homepage.html”

is

a

?le

speci?er

for

a

hypertext

Web

page

Written

in

HTML.

When

this

URL

is

given

to

W

processing

softWare

(i.e.,

a

“Web

Browser”),

the

hypertext

Web

page

is

retrieved

over

the

internet

and

executed

for

display

to

the

user.

It

is

beyond

the

scope

of

this

speci?cation

to

go

into

the

details

of

Internet,

W

and

FTP

protocols

and

information

transfer

mechanisms.

HoWever,

those

of

ordinary

skill

in

the

art

already

understand

and

appreciate

the

underlying

principles

and

mechanisms.

[0020]

Many

Internet

sites

provide

services

and

informa

tion

to

Internet

users

via

WWW,

FTP,

E-mail,

and

other

mechanisms.

Many

television

and

radio

neWs

departments,

movie

studios,

research

laboratories,

universities,

manufac

turers,

vendors

and

a

variety

of

others

have

publicly-acces

sible

W

or

FTP

sites.

It

is

not

uncommon

to

see or

hear

a

neWs

broadcast

refer

to

an

Internet

URL

by

Which

more

information

on

a

story

can be

obtained.

Numerous

manu

facturers

provide

technical

support

and

documentation

via

the

Internet,

and

print

their

W

or

FTP

addresses

in

their

advertisements

and

literature.

[0021]

For

the

end

user,

hoWever,

the

explosion

of

Internet

URLs

and

E-mail

addresses

can

be

someWhat

overWhelm

ing.

These

addresses

must

be

remembered

or

carried

around

on

a

piece

of

paper,

then

manually

typed

into a

computer

(or

other

Internet

access

terminal)

or stored

in

an

electronic

address

book,

often

by

manual

insertion

off a

keyboard.

This

process

is

cumbersome,

error-prone,

and

can

be

frustrating

for

the

user.

[0022]

In

the

present

invention,

a

bar

code

unique

to

a

service

subscriber

is

scanned

to

provide

internet

access

to

information

on

that

subscriber.

The

information

may

be

scanned

or

manually

entered

to

provide

immediate

access

or

to

be

stored

for

later

access

or

later

transfer

and

access

to

a

permanent

data

base.

The

scanned

information

may

link

With

a

computer

(preferably

With

specialiZed

softWare

embedded

in

a

processor

or

the

computer).

The

scanned

information

is

unique

to

the

service

subscriber,

and

may

be

provided With

as

feW

as

thirty

or

feWer

characters.

The

characters

activate

an

address

for

providing

information

relating

to

the

speci?c

service

subscriber,

preferably

con

necting

the

user

to

a

central

?le

address,

router

to

that

address,

or

directly

to

that

address.

Upon

accessing

the

address,

various

levels

of

information

regarding

that

service

subscriber

may

be

accessed

and

at

least

some

information

doWnloaded.

In

a

preferred

embodiment,

additional

infor

mation

or

non-active

trailer

data

may

be

associated

With

the

scanned

information

to

amplify

or

enhance

information

personally

entered

by

the

user

that

relates

to

the

service

subscriber.

[0023]

The

current

subscriber

process

can

be

portrayed

generically

as

folloWs.

Apr.

15,

2004

[0024]

Current

Subscription

Process:

[0025]

1.

The

subscribers

name

is

typed

into

an

electrOonic

form

or

electronically

readable

form

(e.g.,

company,

individual or

code

name)

[0026]

2.

A

GUID

(Global

Unique

Identi?er)

is

then

created

and

submitted

to

a

server

With

the

subscrib

er’s

name

(company,

individual

and/or

code

name).

[0027]

3.

Data

about

the

subscriber

may

noW

be

entered

into a

management

table

by

the

administrator

and/or

the

subscriber.

[0028]

4.

The

data

may

be

tailored

by

the

Subscriber

and/or

the

administrator

(as a

service

or

as a

require

ment

to

maintain

data

compliance

or

legal

compli

ance

standards).

[0029]

The

GUID

may

be

obtained

from

an

administrator

site

or

other

central

site

under

the

control

of

the

subscribing

service

or

an

agent

in

a

procedure

similar

to,

but

not

limited

to

the

folloWing

approximate

sequence

or

combination

of

steps.

A

?rst

step

or

early

step

Would

require

typing

in

or

otherWise

providing

the

potential

service

subscriber’s

name

(company,

individual

and/or

code

name

or

identi?er).

Upon

accessing

the

administrator

site,

a

unique

GUID

Will

be

provided

to

the

potential

subscriber.

The

potential

subscriber

may

then

enter

data

onto

a

management

?eld.

This

data

may

be

tailored

by

the

subscriber.

The

GUID

comprises

alpha

numerics

and/or

symbols

(e.g.,

a

bar

code

having

all

sym

bols

available

on

a

keyboard

and

possibly

additional

sym

bols).

The

administrator

or

subscribing

service

may

be

able

to

indicate

approval of

the

GUID

and

the

subscriber

may

be

able

to

indicate

acceptance

of

the

GUID,

although

this

should

not

be

required.

A

bar

code

is

generated

With

pro

prietary

softWare

(at

least

in

part

located

at

the

administrator

site)

that

enables

scanning

of

the

GUID

and

subsequent

access of

the

administrator

system

(or direct

contact

With

the

subscriber)

upon

reading

and

use of

data

scanned

from

the

bar

code.

[0030]

The

Nature

and

Options

With

the

GUID

[0031]

There

are

at

least

several

options

that

Will

be

discussed

in

this

text

related

to

generating

the

GUID.

The

GUIDs

can

be

generated

locally

so

that

they

can

be

distrib

uted

Without

immediate

access

to

a

server.

This

alloWs

distribution

by

a

Palm/Computer,

local

computer

and

the

like.

The

GUID

can

also

be

generated

by

the

central

server,

as

described

earlier.

The

GUID

can

be

generated

taking

into

account

the

subscriber’s

provided

information,

such

as

the

subscriber’s

name,

address,

telephone

number,

e-mail

address,

physical

address,

or

any

other

element

of

informa

tion.

The

GUID

is

preferably

generated

in

binary

form

and

then

expanded

into

a

subset

of

ASCII

characters

Which

comprises

alphanumerics

and/or

symbols

(e.g.,

a

barcode

having

all

symbols

available

on

the

keyboard

and

possibly

additional

symbols).

As

long

as

the

softWare

and

server

can

ultimately

interpret

the

bar

code

into

meaningful

symbols,

the

nature

of

the

symbols

themselves

is

not

critical

to

the

operation

of

the

program.

Standard

symbols

are

desirable

from

the

standpoint

of

user

comfort

in

vieWing

symbols

that

convey

meaning

to

the

user.

[0032]

The

preferred

standard

of

operation,

but

not

the

exclusive

standard

that

may

be

used

in

the

practice

of

the

invention

represents

a

binary

number

of

base2

With

base89,

1 2 3 4 5 6

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