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addresses and/or

signals

only

upon

operation

of

the

soft

Ware.

To

use

the

service,

the

user

must

therefore

eventually

subscribe

to

the

service

by

leasing or

purchasing

the

enabling

softWare.

[0039]

In

general,

each

URL-encoded

bar

code

symbol

of

the

present

invention

can

be

either a linear

(1-D)

or

2-D

bar

code

symbol

structure

of

virtually

any

symbology

that

alloWs

for

the

encoding

of

the

ASCII-type

information

contained

Within

a

URL-type

information

structure,

the

syntax of

Which

is

Well

knoWn

in

the

art.

In

the

preferred

embodiment,

the

URL-Encoded

Bar

Code

Symbol

is

real

iZed

as a

truncated-type

bar

code

symbol

of

Code

or

Code

Symbology.

Preferably,

each

such

bar

code

symbol

is

printed

above,

beloW

or

alongside

each

Web-site

URL

or

its

listing

in a

Web-site

guide

or

directory.

In

general,

the

URL-encoded

bar

code

symbol

can

be

of

any

length.

Nota

bly,

the

advantage

of using

the

truncated

bar

code

symbol

structure

is

that

the

height

of

the

bars

and

spaces

is

relatively

short

in relation

to

the

length

of

the

bar

code,

thus

alloWing

the

URL-encoded

truncated

Symbol

to

be

easily

printed

With

each

Web-site

listing

printed

on

croWded

pages

of

printed

Web-site

guides

and

catalogues.

What

is

claimed:

1.

Aprocess

for

linking

computers

through

a

service

by

a

user

reading

information

from

a

bar

code,

each

bar

code

providing

information

unique

to

a

service

subscriber

With

equal

to

or

feWer

than

36

characters

being

read,

Wherein

the

equal

to

or

feWer

than

36

characters

can:

a)

activate

a

distal

address

to

access

information

relating

to

that

speci?c

subscriber,

the

service

connecting

the

user

to

that

address;

and

b)

provide

a

compilation

of

information

on

the

subscriber

to

the

user

upon

execution of

softWare

reading

the

equal

to

or

feWer

than

36

characters.

2.

The

process

of

claim

1

Wherein

scanning

of

the

less

than

or

equal

to

36

characters

is

performed

With

a

portable

scanner

that

stores the

scanned

equal

to

or

less

than

36

characters.

3.

The

process

of

claim

2

Wherein

the

portable

scanner

dumps

scanned

data

of

equal

to

or

less

than

30

characters

into a

computer

and

the

computer

stores the

scanned

data.

4.

The

process

of

claim

3

Wherein

the

computer

is

then

connected

on-line

and

softWare

converts

the

stored data

into

an

on-line

accessible

address,

communicatively

connecting

the

computer

to

the

on-line

accessible

address.

5.

The

process

of

claim

4

Wherein

after

communicatively

connecting

the

computer

to

the

accessible

address,

informa

tion

at

the

accessible

address

is

vieWed

on

the

computer.

6.

The

process

of

claim

4

Wherein

after

communicatively

connecting

the

computer

to

the

accessible

address,

informa

tion

at

the

accessible

address

is

stored

on

the

computer.

Apr.

15,

2004

7.

The

process of

claim

6

Wherein

the

information

stored

on

the

computer

from

the

accessible

address

is

subsequently

used

to

communicatively

connect

the

computer

to

the

acces

sible

address.

8.

The

process

of

claim

3

Wherein

the

computer

is

then

connected

on-line

to

a

service

server

and

softWare converts

the

stored

data

into

an

on-line

accessible

address,

commu

nicatively

connecting

the

computer

to

the

on-line

accessible

address

through

the

service

server.

9.

Aprocess

for

linking

computers

through

a

service

by

a

user

reading

information

from

a

bar

code

With

feWer

than

or

equal

to

36

characters

and

storing

the

information

on

a

user

computer,

each

bar

code

providing

information

uniquely

identifying

a

service

subscriber,

Wherein

the

feWer

than

or

equal

to

36

characters

can:

activate

a

distal

address

to

access

information

relating

to

that

speci?c

subscriber.

10.

The

process

of

claim

9

Wherein

activation

of

the

distal

address

is

effected

through

softWare

that

interprets

data

obtained

from

the

scanning

of

the

bar

code.

11.

The

process of

claim

10

Wherein

the

softWare

is

located

on

the

user

computer.

12.

The

process

of

claim

11

Wherein

at

least

some

of

the

softWare

is

located

on

the

user

computer.

13.

The

process

of

claim

11

Wherein

at

least

some

of

the

softWare

is

located

on

a

service

server

computer.

14.

A

computer

having

stored

in

memory

therein

a

soft

Ware

program

that

can

convert

data

from

a

scanned

bar

code

With

equal

to

or

feWer

than

36

characters

into a

service

subscriber

speci?c

including

a

Web

address

and

then

the

program

can

communicatively

connect

the

computer

to

that

Web

address.

15.

The

computer

of

claim

14

Wherein

data

from

a

scanner

may

comprise

stored data

that

is

?rst

stored

in

memory

in a

scanner

and

then

doWnloaded

into

the

computer.

16.

The

computer

in

claim

14 Wherein

communicatively

connecting

the

computer

to

that

address

is

effected

upon

speci?c

request

from

a

computer

user.

17.

The

computer

in

claim

14 Wherein

communicatively

connecting

the

computer

to

that

address

is

effected as part

of

a

program

sequence

upon

accessing

the

computer

using

converted

scanned

bar

code

data.

18.

A

product

that

can

be used

in

the

process

of

claim

1,

the

product

having

the

machine

readable

compilation

of

symbols

With

feWer

than

or

equal

to

36

characters

that

can

direct

softWare

to

identify

information

on

the

subscriber

to

the

user

upon

execution

of

the

softWare

reading

the

symbols

With

feWer

than

or

equal

to

36

characters.

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