Disclosed is a service identification tag for being used in accessing an
information transmission server on the Internet. The tag is formed combining an
exclusive graphic pattern that can be recognized by a human, and an identification
code that can be read by a reading unit. Also disclosed is a communications system
having: a service server provided with an identification code/URL conversion table;
an information transmission server provided with an information storage; and a
terminal unit that is connected through a radio or wire communication network to
the information transmission server, the terminal unit having a function for communicating
with a Web server. The terminal unit makes a unique link to the service server,
reads the identification code from a service identification tag, sends the identification
code to the service server, and receives the URL information of the information
transmission server corresponding to the identification code from service server.