Media bridge method and apparatus
DCFirst Claim
1. A computer architecture for providing a bridge between tangible media and computer media, said computer architecture comprising:
- a bridge server computer system including a database and a server control program;
a portable client device, including a bridge control program and an input device, said portable client device adapted to receive and store at least one bridge code associated with a tangible media object, which was transmitted from a transmitter associated with the object; and
a communications channel coupling said bridge server computer system and said client device to download the previously stored bridge codes from the client device to the bridge server computer system;
whereby said server control program is operativeto query said database based on the received bridge codes,to display a plurality of links to computer media, wherein the links correspond to the received bridge codes and,upon activation of one of said plurality of links, to execute action commands in said database in correspondence to the bridge code associated with the activated link.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for providing a bridge between tangible media and computer media. A bridge server computer system includes a database and a server control program. A client computer system includes a bridge control program and an input device adapted to receive a bridge code associated with a tangible media object. The bridge server computer system and the client computer system are coupled by a communications channel. The bridge control program is operative to send the bridge code from the client computer system to the bridge server and the server control program is operative to query the database based on the bridge code and execute action commands contained in the database in correspondence to the bridge code.
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1. A computer architecture for providing a bridge between tangible media and computer media, said computer architecture comprising:
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a bridge server computer system including a database and a server control program; a portable client device, including a bridge control program and an input device, said portable client device adapted to receive and store at least one bridge code associated with a tangible media object, which was transmitted from a transmitter associated with the object; and a communications channel coupling said bridge server computer system and said client device to download the previously stored bridge codes from the client device to the bridge server computer system; whereby said server control program is operative to query said database based on the received bridge codes, to display a plurality of links to computer media, wherein the links correspond to the received bridge codes and, upon activation of one of said plurality of links, to execute action commands in said database in correspondence to the bridge code associated with the activated link. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A method for bridging tangible media and computer media, said method comprising the steps of:
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creating a database of bridge codes and action commands corresponding to the bridge codes; receiving in a portable client device at least one bridge code associated with a tangible media object, which was transmitted by a transmitter associated with the tangible media object, and storing each received bridge code therein; after storing each received bridge code, communicating the each bridge code to a bridge server; querying the database based on each communicated bridge code; displaying at least one link to the computer media, each link corresponding to one communicated bridge code; and upon activation of a link, executing an action command stored in the database in correspondence to the bridge code associated with the activated link. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66)
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