Claims
- 1. A system for accessing content on a network, the system comprising:
a publisher interface, responsive to publisher inputs, for generating a code associated with a web-based document including the content; a user interface for receiving the code inputted by the user to access the corresponding content selected by the user; and a web server, responsive to the inputted code, for providing the web-based document including the selected content.
- 2. The system of claim 1, further comprising:
a content storage device for storing the web-based document generated by a publisher associated with the code and retrievable by the web server.
- 3. The system of claim 1, further comprising:
a composer interface, responsive to selections by the publisher, for generating the web-based document including publisher content, and for associating the generated code with the web-based document.
- 4. The system of claim 1, further comprising:
a code scanner, operated by a user, for scanning the code, and for generating a corresponding code signal; wherein the web server, responsive to the code signal as the inputted code, provides to the user the web-document associated with the scanned code.
- 5. The system of claim 4, wherein the code is a graphic capable of being read by the code scanner.
- 6. The system of claim 5, wherein the graphic is printable by a publisher to be placed on a physical document provided to the user.
- 7. The system of claim 5, wherein the graphic includes a bar code; and
wherein the code scanner is a bar code reader for scanning the graphic, including the bar code.
- 8. The system of claim 1, wherein the web-based document includes a plurality of panes as sub-pages of the web-based document.
- 9. The system of claim 8, wherein each of the plurality of panes corresponds to respective sets of publisher-specified content.
- 10. A system for accessing content over the Internet, the system comprising:
a publisher interface, responsive to publisher inputs, for generating a graphic, including a bar code, associated with a web-based document including the content, and for outputting the graphic with the bar code onto a physical document; a user interface, connected to the Internet, for receiving from the user the graphic with the bar code on the physical document to access the corresponding content selected by the user; and a web server, connected to the Internet, for storing the web-based document, responsive to the inputted graphic with the bar code, for providing to the user, through the user interface, the web-based document including the selected content.
- 11. The system of claim 10, wherein the web server includes:
a content storage device for storing the web-based document generated by a publisher associated with the graphic and retrievable by the web server.
- 12. The system of claim 10, further comprising:
a composer interface, responsive to selections by the publisher, for generating the web-based document including publisher content, and for associating the generated graphic with the web-based document.
- 13. The system of claim 10, further comprising:
a bar code scanner, operated by a user, for scanning the graphic with the bar code, and for generating a corresponding code signal; wherein the web server, responsive to the code signal as the inputted bar code, provides to the user the web-document associated with the scanned bar code.
- 14. The system of claim 13, wherein the graphic is printable by a publisher to be placed on a physical document provided to the user for scanning by the bar code scanner.
- 15. The system of claim 10, wherein the web-based document includes a plurality of panes as sub-pages of the web-based document.
- 16. The system of claim 15, wherein each of the plurality of panes corresponds to respective sets of publisher-specified content.
- 17. A method for accessing content on a network, the method comprising the steps of:
storing the content in a web-based document on a web server; generating, in response to publisher inputs through a publisher interface, a graphic including a bar code, with the graphic being associated with the content; outputting the graphic with the bar code onto a physical document; receiving, at a user interface, the graphic with the bar code on the physical document; responding to the inputted graphic with the bar code at a web server; and retrieving the stored the web-based document including the selected content corresponding to the inputted graphic.
- 18. The method of claim 17, further comprising the steps of:
receiving as a composer interface, to selections by the publisher; generating the web-based document including publisher content; and associating the generated graphic with the web-based document.
- 19. The method of claim 17, wherein the step of receiving includes the step of:
scanning the graphic with the bar code using a bar code scanner, operated by a user; wherein the step of responding to the inputted graphic includes the steps of: generating a code signal corresponding to the scanned graphic; and responding to the code signal as the inputted bar code to provide to the user the web-document associated with the scanned bar code.
- 20. The method of claim 17, wherein the step of outputting includes the steps of:
printing the graphic as a printed document; and placing the printed graphic onto a physical document to be provided to the user for inputting to receive the content.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is based on and claims priority of co-pending application Ser. No. 60/167,802, filed Nov. 29, 1999, which is incorporated by reference herein.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60167802 |
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