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Canadian Patents Database: CA 2528349 (A new one)
1. Patents: AUTOMATIC ACCESS OF INTERNET CONTENT WITH A CAMERA-ENABLED CELL PHONE
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(12) Patent Application: (11) CA 2528349
http://patents1.ic.gc.ca/details?patent_number=2528349&language=EN_CA
(54) AUTOMATIC ACCESS OF INTERNET CONTENT WITH A CAMERA-ENABLED CELL PHONE

(54) ACCES AUTOMATIQUE A UN CONTENU INTERNET A L'AIDE D'UN TELEPHONE CELLULAIRE EQUIPE D'UNE CAMERA

ABSTRACT:

A camera-enabled cell phone (2) that is adapted to image a machine readable code such as a bar code (12), decode the bar code, send the bar code data over the Internet (18) to a resolution server (20) that will return an associated URL that will ink the camera phone to content on information server (22). Thus, by taking a picture of a bar code symbol, the camera phone will automatically retrieve content from the Internet that has been linked to that bar code via the present invention.

(72) Inventors (Country): HUNTER, KEVIN D. (United States)
(73) Owners (Country): NEOMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (United States)
(71) Applicants (Country): NEOMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (United States)
(74) Agent: BORDEN LADNER GERVAIS LLP
(45) Issued:
(86) PCT Filing Date: June 7 , 2004
(87) PCT Publication Date: Jan. 6 , 2005
(51) International Class (IPC): G06F 3/06 (2006.01)
H04Q 7/20 (2006.01)
G06K 9/22 (2006.01)
G06F 15/16 (2006.01)
G06F 13/20 (2006.01)

Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT): Yes
(85) National Entry: Dec. 5 , 2005
(86) PCT Filing number: PCT/US2004/017960
(87) International publication number: WO2005/001628

(30) Application priority data:
Application No. Country Date
60/476,496 United States June 6 , 2003

Availability of licence: N/A
Language of filing: English