The present invention describes a revolutionary new device bridging the
gap between the virtual multimedia-based Internet world and the real
world, best exemplified by print media. More particularly, the invention
relates to communicating multimedia information using a scanner for
machine-readable code containing a link information corresponding to a
provider information depicted on the printed medium, a user interface for
obtaining user input information corresponding to the provider
information, a communications bridge for sending the link information and
the user input information via the network, a receiver in communication
with the scanner, capable of receiving the link information and user
input information, and further capable of receiving and playing a
multimedia information sequence, and a portal server in communication
with the scanner via the network capable of selecting a multimedia
information sequence corresponding to the link information and the user
input information.
