A method is disclosed for controlling the software interface of a user's
computing device to display information on a display in proximity to the
physical location of the user's computing device. The interface is
operable to display to a user on the display at least one access window
that is operable to access information about a product, which access
window requires the user to input a unique string of characters
associated with the product, which user's computing device is connected
to a network at a user location on the network. In response to the input
of the unique string of characters, the user's computing device is
controlled from a remote intermediate location on the network to connect
over the network to a content provider location on the network, which
content provider has an associative relationship with the string of
characters at the remote intermediate location on the network.