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Where

89

is

the

number

of

characters

in

the

subset

of

ASCII.

(This

could

change

With

Whatever

design

features

the

ser

vice

Would

like

to

use

or

With

changes

in

available

standards

or

the

selection

of

other

standards

available

at

the

present

time).

[0033]

The

GUID

Which

is

represented

by

a

subset

of

ASCII

characters

is

displayed

digitally

With

a

barcode

using

the

barcode128

standard.

This

bar

code

is

then

the

bar

code

that

is

unique

to

the

subscriber,

contains

the

GUID

for

access

to

the

administrative

site

or

for

access

directly

to

the

subscriber

site.

Either

of

these

options

is

Within

the

scope

of

practice

of

the

invention.

[0034]

A

running

scenario

of

one

particular

type

of

use

of

the

system

of

the

invention

Would

assist

in

providing

details

on

operation

and performance

of

the

system.

An

exemplary

system

Would

be

for

booth

vendors

at

a

trade

shoW.

Each

vendor

Would

subscribe

to

a

service

that

provides

them

With

a

Global

Unique

Identi?er

(hereinafter

referred

to

as

the

“GUID”).

That

GUID

Would

be

provided

by

the

service

provider.

Each

GUID

Would

be

provided

With

a

unique

value,

usually

by

providing

a

number

of

unique

teXt

char

acters

(e.g.,

50,

40, 36,

32,

30

alphanumeric

and/or

gram

matical

characters

in

text),

and

these

characters

may

be

compressed

or

digitiZed

or

otherWise

converted

into

data

that

can

be provided

as

a

bar

code.

For

eXample,

Microsoft®

systems

produces

a

GUID

from

status

information

(e.g.,

date,

time,

location,

order,

etc.)

so

that

a

unique

GUID

is

alWays

provided,

as

the

status

cannot

be

identical

among

different

requests

for a

GUID.

Acentral

server

to

provide

the

GUID

Would

accept

only

one

request

at

an

instance or

place

them

into

sequence

so

that

the

numbers/characters

Would

be

different.

The

service

subscriber

Would

then

be

provided

With

a

unique

bar

code

for

this

GUID.

This

unique

bar

code

Would

be

placed

on

business

cards,

scanning

sheets,

letter

head,

products,

and

the

like

for

access

by

users.

The

user

Would

scan

the

bar

code

into

at

least

temporary

memory,

and

this

bar

code

Would

be used

to

access

the

service

subscrib

er’s

information

?le

through

the

internet.

The

scan

Would

provide,

at

a

minimum,

the

internet

address

to

the

subscrib

er’s

netWork

Website

With

doWnloadable

information,

and

preferably

Would

also

contain

one

or

more

of

the

folloWing

compressed

information:

a)

service

provider

address,

b)

GUID

for

the

speci?c

service

subscriber

scanned,

c)

indi

vidual’s

name,

d)

corporate

name,

e)

telephone

number

for

direct

contact,

f)

corporate

information

(product

or

service

number),

g)

other

speci?ed

information.

This

information

may

be scanned

into a

portable

scanner

With

memory

or

may

be scanned

directly

into

a

computer.

The

memory

associated

With

the

portable

scanner

should

be

doWnloadable

into a

computer,

and

multiple

GUID’s/bar

codes

should

be

stor

able,

as

on

commercially

available

Symbol

ScannerTM

CS

1504,

Metrologic

Model

No.

IS

4100,

Symbol

CS

2000,

PSC

QS200,

and

the

like.

That

information

is

tailored

by

the

subscribers

to

meet

individual

perceptions

of

industry

needs.

The

scanner

itself

may

require,

and

preferably

requires

speci?c

softWare

to

translate,

decode,

or

decrypt

informa

tion.

Encryption

is

not

preferred,

and

is

undesirable

to

the

eXtent

that

the

system

is

intended

to

make

the

information

more

accessible.

[0035]

The

scanner

may

also

contain

direct

or

symbolic

data information,

and

may

be

precoded

at

manufacture

or

Which

can

be

individually

programmed

into

the

scanner

memory

and

added

to

data

scanned

in

for

speci?c

service

Apr.

15,

2004

subscribers.

For

example,

a

general

contracting

manufac

turer

may

have

speci?c

subcontracting

goals

to

meet

at

a

trade

shoW.

He

can

print

in

a

speci?c

message

to

attach

to

each

scanned

in

GUID,

such

as

1)

die

manufacturer,

2)

specialty

etching,

3)

precision

polymer

molding,

4)

coolant

supplier,

5)

package

designer,

or

6)

general

interest.

As

different

vendors

are

encountered

at

the

trade

shoW,

the

service

subscriber

can

enter

the

preprogrammed

addendum

into

the

scanned

data,

saving

time

in

later

considering

What

speci?c

products

the

particular

vendor

had.

The

scanner, or

an

associated

PAD,

computer

or

other

device

can

also

add

more

detailed

messages

that

are either

added

speci?cally

to

the

scanned

?le,

attached

as

a

sub-?le,

or

otherWise

identi

?ed

in

memory

as

being

related

to

the

particular

scanned

GUID.

For

eXample,

as

each

GUID

is

scanned

into

memory,

it

may

be

listed

in

memory

as

GUID,

and

the

neXt

addendum

provided

Will

be

listed

as

ADDENDUM1

and

thereby

asso

ciated

With

that

speci?c

GUID.

When

the

GUID

data

is

doWnloaded

into

computer

memory

(as

from

the

hand

held

scanner),

the

Addendum

sub-?le

Will also

be

transferred,

and

can

be

brought

up

With

the

GUID

data,

or

When

the

GUID

data

is

brought

up on

the

computer

or

notebook,

there

Would

be

an

indication

that

user-added

information

is

available

(e.g.,

With an

icon

indicating

“ATTACHMENT”

or

the

like).

[0036]

After

storage

of

the

scanned

bar

code

on

the

scanner,

it

may

be

doWnloaded

through

any

port,

such

as a

USB

port,

serial

port,

Wedge

scanner, or

keyboard

into

the

computer.

Alternatively,

the

scanned

barcode

could

be

accessed

in

real

time

by

direct

entry

on

keyboard,

or

digital

entry

through

the

above

mentioned

ports.

The

computer

may

be

connected

on-line,

as

by

addressing

a

Web

site

contained

in

the

scanned

information,

to

the

service

router

or

directly

to

the

service

subscriber

Website.

[0037]

Of

particular

importance

in

the

information

scanned

in

is

the

fact that

upon

return

to

a

computer,

not

only

may

the

data

contained

in

the

GUID

be

doWnloaded,

but

also

that

by

going

on-line,

additional

information

can

be

doWn

loaded

either

from

the

service

site

or

from

the

scanned

service

subscriber

site.

In

effect,

the

visitor

to

the

trade

shoW

may

be

able

to

scan

in

data

from

100

or

more

vendors

at

the

shoW,

storing

the

GUID

(even

With

personal

notes

for

each

vendor), load

the

information

onto

a

computer,

access

the

individual

vendor

Websites,

add

information

to

the

computer

?le,

and

never

have

to

Write

or

type

a

single

Word

into

data

or

use

minimum

manual

entry.

All

information

may

be

dumped

into

the

computer

by

copying

teXt,

images,

and

the

like.

[0038]

The

GUIDs

may

be

provided

on

business

cards,

if

the

visitor

or

potential

client

does

not

have

a

service

sub

scription.

The

card

can

be

later

used

if

the

visitor

later

obtains

the

service

or

by

a

subsidiary

service

that

does

not

need

full

subscription.

For

eXample,

the

casual

user

may

access

subscriber

sites

through

the

administrator

site

for

a

service

fee,

With

the

administrator

site

providing

all

essential

softWare

on

a

temporary,

lease

or

loan

or

single

use

fee

basis.

The

card

may

also

have

a

pre?X,

suf?X

or separate

Web

address

for

the

service

so

that

a

card

holder

may

access

the

service

on

a

trial

basis

from

a

card,

With

the

visitor

e-mail

address

logged

into

the

service

system

to

assure

that

the

service

is

sampled,

not

continuously

used

by

the

visitor.

To

effect

this,

it

is

desirable

that

speci?c

enabling

softWare

may

be

required

With

the

use

of

the

GUIDs,

so

that

the

informa

tion,

When

scanned,

can

be

converted

to

appropriate

internet

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