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GLOBAL

UNIQUE

IDENTIFICATION

OF

SUBSCRIBER

BACKGROUND

OF

THE

INVENTION

[0001]

1.

Field

of

the

Invention

[0002]

The

present

invention

relates

to

methods

of

reading

symbols

to

access

doWnloadable

information,

recordable

information,

and

speci?cally

doWnloadable

addresses

and

summary

information

relating

to

a

subscriber

of

a

service

Wherein

the

symbols

represent

global

identi?ers

unique

to

each

subscriber.

The

symbols

(e. g.,

in

the

form

of

a

mechani

cally

readable

code,

especially

a

bar

code

and

especially

a

code

or

bar

code

With

a

speci?cally

limited

number

of

characters)

may

be

scanned,

and

the

scanned

information

used

to

access

a

Website

or

central

processing

station

Where

information

speci?c

to

the

symbols

scanned

may

be

accessed

and/or

doWnloaded.

[0003]

2.

Background

of

the

Art

[0004]

The

use of

computers

to

store

and

access

informa

tion

has

become

an

essential

part

of

almost

every

facet

of

business

and

enterprise

around

the

World.

TWo

elements

of

use of

the

computer

that

are

corresponding

bene?ts

and

limitations

on

the

use

of

information

from

computers

are

the

speed

With

Which

information

can

be

accessed

and

the

length

of

time

needed

to

place

accurate

information

onto

an

accessible

data

base.

[0005]

The

use

of

computer

stored

lists

for

customers,

vendors,

contacts,

friends

and

the

like

has

become

a

very

important

element

in

data

storage

for

commercial

and

pri

vate

use.

Data

input

must

be

accurate

to

be

useful,

and

must

be

complete

for

it

to

be

used

With

con?dence.

One

of

the

most

annoying

problems

in

the

use of

addresses,

both

Web

addresses

and

business

addresses

is

the

presence

of

errors

that

can

misdirect

or

fail

to

direct

intended

contact.

An

error

of

a

single

character

in

Web

addresses

Will

alWays

cause

misdirection

of

electronic

messages.

[0006]

Bar

codes

and

other

visually

scannable

systems,

as

Well

as

alphanumeric

identi?ers,

have

been

used

to

provide

information

that

can

be

sent

over

the

netWork

or

stored

on

computers

to

identify

products

or

certain

information

that

is

desired

to

be

readily

accessible.

The

most

familiar

use of

such

bar

code

information

is

on

products,

Where

scanning

identi?es

the

product

and

its

price.

By

such an

identi?cation

system,

both

the

stock

quantities

of

the

item,

the

through

rate

of

the

item

and

the

cost

being

charged

for

the

item

can be

immediately

transmitted

to

a

host

computer

and/or

displayed

on

a

cash

register.

This

greatly

simpli?es

inventory

control

and

outlet

pricing.

Much

more

sophisticated

and

inter

business

applications

of

scanned

information

have

been

considered

and

implemented.

[0007]

US.

Pat.

No.

6,012,102

describes

a

simpli?ed

method

of

accessing

data

resources

on

data

communications

netWorks

by

encoding

data

resource

identi?ers

into

a

machine-readable

printed

symbol

Which

can

be

scanned

into

a

computer-based

data

communications

terminal.

The

machine-readable

printed

symbol

can be

a

bar

code

or

in

a

form

obtainable

With

any

other

printed

encoding

technology

Which

encodes

digital

information

in

printed

form

so

that

it

can

be

electronically

read.

Once

the

symbolic

representation

of

the

data

resource

speci?er

is

read

into

the

computer,

softWare

running

on

the

computer

can

use

a

data

resource

Apr.

15,

2004

identi?er

to

access

internet

resources.

Various

features

are

directed

to

compressing

the

siZe

of

the

data

resource

iden

ti?er

to

?t

Within

a

short

symbol

such

as

a

bar

code

on

a

business

card.

[0008]

US.

Pat.

No.

6,377,986

describes

a

method

for

controlling

a

computer

Wherein

one

or

more

remote

loca

tions

disposed

on

a

netWork

are

accessed

in

response

to

scanning

an

optical

code.

A

?rst

computer

disposed

on

the

netWork

connects

to

a

scanner

for

scanning

the

optical

code

of

a

product

by

a

user.

The

scanner

is

uniquely

identi?ed

With

a

scanner

distributor

by

a

scanner

identi?cation

num

ber.

Asecond

computer

disposed

on

the

netWork

is

accessed

in

response

to

the

user

scanning

the

optical

code

With

the

scanner,

Wherein

a

lookup

operation

is

performed

at

the

second

computer

to

match

the

scanner

identi?cation

number

With

the

scanner

distributor

to

obtain

remote

routing

infor

mation

of

the

one

or

remote

locations.

The

remote

routing

information

is

returned

from

the

second

computer

to

the

?rst

computer

in

order

to

access

the

one

or

more

remote

locations

disposed

on

the

netWork.

The

one

or

more

remote

locations

are

accessed

to

return

remote

information

to

the

?rst

com

puter

for

presentation.

[0009]

US.

Pat.

No.

6,321,992

describes

a

Web-based

package

routing,

tracking

and

delivering

system

and

method

that

uses

URL/ZIP-CODE

encoded

bar

code

symbols

on

parcels

and

packages.

The

system

comprises

one

or

more

Routing,

Tracking

and

Delivery

(RTD)

Internet

Server

Sub

systems

connected

to

the

Internet

infrastructure

and

updated

at

any

instant

of time

With

package

tracking

information.

A

Package

Log-In/Shipping

Subsystem

is

located

at

each

shipping

location

and

connected

to

the

RTD

Internet

Server

by

Way

of

the

Internet

infrastructure.

A

Package

Routing

Subsystem

is

located

at

a

hub

station

and

connected

to

the

RTD

Internet

Server

by

Way

of

the

Internet

infrastructure.

A

Portable

Package

Delivery

Subsystem

is

carried

by

each

package

delivery

person,

and

connected

to

the

RTD

Internet

Server

by

Way

of

the

Internet

infrastructure

communication

link.

At

each

remote

hub

station

Within

the

system,

the

URL/ZIP-CODE

encoded

bar

code

symbol

is

automatically

scanned

by

Way

of

the

Internet

infrastructure;

the

encoded

destination

Zip

Code

is

locally

recovered

and

used

to

route

the

package

at

the

hub

station;

and

the

locally

recovered

URL

is

used

to

access

the

RTD

Internet

Server

and

update

the

location

of

the

package

Within

the

system.

The

Portable

Package

Delivery

Subsystem

is

used

to

read

the

URL/ZIP

CODE

encoded

bar

code

symbol

near

the

delivery

destina

tion in

order

to

access

the

RTD

Internet

Server

and

display

delivery

information

and

the

like

to

facilitate

the

delivery

process.

[0010]

Data

from

retrieved

symbols

can simply

be

stored

in,

for

eXample,

an

electronic

“address

book”

or

list

of

“favorite

places”

for

later

use

in

accessing

an

Internet

resource,

for

eXample.

Bar

codes

have

been

used

in

the

past

in

the

context

of

TV

programming

guides

(e.g.,

VCR+

Plus®).

The

bar

codes

are

printed

in

printed

TV

guides,

include

data

about

programs

and

vieWing

times,

and

are

used

for

automatically

programming

a

VCR

(Video

Cassette

Recorder).

VCR+Plus®

bar

codes,

and

similar

techniques

for

representing

TV

programming

information

are

used

locally

betWeen

the

scanning

apparatus

and

a

TV.

Unlike

the

present

inventive

technique,

hoWever,

they

do

not

encode

unique

resources

addresses

but,

rather,

time

and

channel

data

Which

is

location

dependent

(i.e.,

different

geographical

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