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locations

have

different

programming

based

upon

the

local

stations

Which

carry

the

programming).

Further,

there

is

no

interaction

involved

in

bar-code

television

programming;

the

commands

are

strictly

“one-Way”—namely,

to

turn

on

the

TV

or

VCR

and

select a

channel

at

a

particular

time.

[0011]

US.

Pat.

No.

4,654,482

describes

a

system

Which

uses

bar

codes

for

identi?cation

purposes

and

for

function

command

purposes

for a

home

ordering

system.

In

this

system,

orders

can be

placed

from

a

user’s

home

using

the

direct

dial

telephone

netWork.

The

orders

are

placed

from

printed

materials

such

as

catalogues,

neWspaper

inserts

or

other

advertising

material

Which

carry

an

item

identi?cation

bar

code

adjacent

to

a

description

of

an

item.

This

bar

code

is

scanned

into a

processing

device

at

the

user’s

location.

The

bar

code encodes

identi?cation

data

(an

item

ID

num

ber,

similar

to

UPC—Universal

Product

Code)

and

transac

tional

information

related

to

the

vendor

of

the

item.

The

processing

device

is

operated

by

the

user

depressing

sWitches

to

invoke

desired

actions

(e.g.,

send,

select)

or

to

provide

desired

responses

(e.g.,

yes,

no,

etc.)

in

response

to

prompts

on

a display.

These

prompts

are

generated

either

locally

Within

the

processing

device

or

remotely

by

a

vendor’s

host

computer.

The

vendor’s

host

computer

com

municates

With

the

processing

device

over

the

direct

dial

telephone

netWork

via

a

modem.

In

order

to

make

purchases

from

different

merchants,

cartridges

containing

transactional

information

for

various

merchants

are

provided.

Alterna

tively,

a

?xed

memory

containing

transactional

information

relating

to

a

number

of

different

merchants

can

be

used. In

this

case,

one

or

more

bar

codes

can

serve

to

identify

the

different

merchants

and,

if

desired,

to

provide

data

associ

ated

With

the

merchants.

SUMMARY

OF

THE

INVENTION

[0012]

A

business

process

links

a

processor

(e.g.,

com

puter,

PDA,

card

scanner,

data

reader

or

telephone)

by

mechanically

or

electromechanically

reading

coded

infor

mation

such

as

bar

codes

that

are

unique

to

each

subscriber

to

the

business

process.

The

encoded

information,

such

as

a

bar

code

may

have

modest

character

content

(such

as

equal

to

or

feWer

than

36

characters,

preferably

equal

to

or

less

than

30

characters),

as

the

bar

code used

in

the

practice

of

the

invention

preferably

is

a

unique

identi?er

for

the

sub

scriber

that

enables

electronic

access

(e.g.,

memory

accessed

or

internet

accessed)

to

a

directory

Where

that

subscriber’s

information

is

provided

in

greater

detail.

The

use of

the

input

(scanned)

data

over

the

internet

accesses

either

central

?les

for

subscribers

or

accesses

a

bridge

provider

Where

contact

With

a

site

established

by

the

subscriber

is

provided.

The

central

?les

or

subscriber

site

Will

then

provide

a

compila

tion

of

information

provided

by

the

subscriber.

At

least

certain

components

of

that

information

may

be

doWnload

able

into

various

formats,

such

as

address

lists,

vendor

lists,

supplier

lists,

client

bases,

purchasers,

and

the

like.

DETAILED

DESCRIPTION

OF

THE

INVENTION

[0013]

One

of

the

most

common

features

of

the

Internet

is

the

exchange

of

electronic

mail

(E-mail).

Many

Internet

users

print

E-mail

addresses

on

their

business

cards

along

With

their

telephone

and

fax

numbers.

Any

Internet

user

or

any

subscriber

to

most

major

online

services

(e.g.,

Com

puserveTM,

America

OnlineTM,

etc.)

can

exchange

E-mail

Apr.

15,

2004

With

any

other

connected

user

as

long

as

he

knoWs

the

other

user’s

Internet

E-mail

address.

[0014]

Another

major

feature

of

the

Internet

involves

a

data

exchange

facility

commonly

referred

to

as

“FTP”

(for

“File

Transfer

Protocol,”

the

transfer

protocol

Which gov

erns data

exchange)

by

Which

users

can

exchange

binary

data

With

any

Internet

site

Which

supports

FTP

(FTP

site).

FTP

users

can

doWnload

or

upload

binary

?les

of

any

siZe

over

the

Internet,

and can

broWse

through

?le

directories

on

remote

FTP

sites.

Other

Internet

FTP-related

facilities

pro

vide

the

ability

to

search

for

information

by

content,

title,

topic,

etc.

FTP

sites

and

?les

are

identi?able

by

a

special

Internet

address

speci?er

Which

identi?es

the

FTP

protocol,

Internet

site

and/or

?le

name

and

location.

[0015]

The

Internet

hypertext

facility

commonly

knoWn

as

the

“World

Wide

Web”,

or

“WWW”,

has

become

increasingly

popular.

The

W

facility

includes

inter-linked

hypertext

documents,

knoWn

as

“Web

pages”.

These

documents

utiliZe

a

hypertext

language

called

“HTML”

(Hyper

Text

Meta

(or

Markup)

Language)

and

are

processed

on

the

Internet

according

to

a

Hypertext

Transfer

Protocol

(“HTTP”).

Any

Web

page

can

link

(i.e.,

reference

or

“point

to”)

any

other

Web

page

anyWhere

on

the

Internet.

As

a

result,

Web

pages

are

spread

out

all

over

the

Internet.

Web

pages

generally

provide

a

“point

and

click”

style

of

user

interface

Which

requires

very

little

user

training.

As

With

FTP

data

resources

(?les),

Web

pages

are

identi?able

by

a

special

Internet

address

(knoWn

as a

Universal

Resource

Locator,

or

URL)

Which

identi?es

the

hypertext

protocol

(e. g.,

HTTP)

for

Web

pages and

the

Internet

site

on

Which

the

Web

page

is

located.

Many

WWW

sites

have

a

default

“home

page”

or

Web

page

Which

is

automatically

accessed

Whenever

the

site

is

refer

enced.

[0016]

Addresses

of

resources

on

the

Internet

are

speci?ed

by

the

URLs

Which

are

long

character

strings

composed

of

a

protocol

name

and

an

address

(or

URN—Universal

Resource

Name),

Which

includes

the

path

to

the

requested

resource.

The

accepted

format

is

a string

of

the

form

“protocol-name://hostname/path”.

Occasionally,

the

proto

col

may

be

inferred

from

operations

already

being

per

formed.

For

example,

if

one

is

broWsing

directories

on

an

Internet

site

for

the

purpose

of

doWnloading,

the

“ftp:/

”

?le

transfer

protocol

is

generally

assumed.

In

such

cases,

many

broWser

programs

permit

the

speci?cation

of

a

resource

(e.g.,

?le)

by

the

URN

only.

Similarly,

if

one

is

broWsing

WWW

pages,

it

may

reasonably

be

assumed

that

the

“http://”

hypertext

transfer

protocol

is

in

use

and

should

be

the

default

protocol unless

otherWise

speci?ed.

Internet

E-mail

addresses

are

“strings”

having

the

general

format:

“user

[email protected]”.

[0017]

Given

the

electronic

nature

of

the

Internet,

these

URL

character

strings are

usually

referenced

in

electronic

documents

or

in

printed

matter

by

reproducing

the

entire

string.

To

access

a

resource,

a

user

Will

either

electronically

copy

its

associated

string

(if

the

URL

string

is

available

electronically)

to

an

application

(e.g.,

softWare

program)

capable

of

accessing

it,

or

Will

manually

type

it

into

such

an

application

(if

the

URL

string

is

printed

in a

hard

copy

document).

[0018]

The

minimum

knoWledge

necessary

to

contact

another

party

via

E-mail

or

to

send

or receive

information

via

the

Internet

is

an

Internet

address;

either

an

E-mail

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