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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 10, 1999
Rajko Milovanovic, Plano, TX (US);
Bharathi Subramanian, Garland, TX (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A method of transferring electronic equivalents ( ) of published items ( ) is provided wherein bar codes ( ) are attached on the items ( ) prior to distribution to subscribers ( ). The bar codes ( ) are scanned by a bar code reader ( ), formatted into a predetermined message format compatible with network protocols and transmitted to the associated publishing authority ( ). Based on the bar code information, the publisher ( ) will either push the requested electronic equivalent ( ) or transfer a pointer to the user ( ) to a network cite containing the requested electronic equivalent ( ). Alternatively, the publisher ( ) can push updates of published items ( ) to users ( ).