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A Web-based system and method for enabling an operator to access and display HTML-encoded documents located on the WWW. The system comprises one or more Internet information servers, an Internet access terminal, and an audio-visual monitor. The Internet information servers store a plurality of HTML-

A Web-based system and method for enabling an operator to access and display HTML-encoded documents located on the WWW. The system comprises one or more Internet information servers, an Internet access terminal, and an audio-visual monitor. The Internet information servers store a plurality of HTML-encoded documents at a plurality of storage locations specified by a plurality of Uniform Resource Locators (URLs). The Internet access terminal is operably connected to the infrastructure of the Internet and embodies a GUI-based Internet browser program, supporting the TCP/IP networking protocol. The Internet access terminal includes a bar code symbol reader for reading bar code symbols. The bar code symbol reader is programmed for reading bar code symbols encoded with URLs specifying the location of HTML-encoded documents on the WWW, and producing data representative of each encoded URL. In response to reading a URL-encoded bar code symbol on the pages of a printed WWW-site guide, the bar code symbol reader produces data representative of the URL, and the produced data is transmitted to the Internet access terminal. Thereupon, the GUI-based Internet browser program automatically accesses the HTML-encoded document specified by the URLusing the TCP/IP networking protocol, and the Internet access terminal automatically displays the accessed HTML-encoded document on the audio-visual monitor for viewing.

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[ What is claimed:] [1.] An Internet Access System, which comprises:an Internet information resource guide having one or more pages on which one or more URL-encoded bar code symbols are printed along with their corresponding human-readable URLs and content descriptions of the information resources s

[ What is claimed:] [1.] An Internet Access System, which comprises:an Internet information resource guide having one or more pages on which one or more URL-encoded bar code symbols are printed along with their corresponding human-readable URLs and content descriptions of the information resources specified by said URL-encoded bar code symbols, and each said URL-encoded bar code symbol being a truncated-type encoded symbol having a very low height to length ratio;a programmed bar code symbol reader for reading one or more of said URL-encoded bar code symbols; andan Internet terminal operably connectable to said bar code symbol reader, and the Internet by way of an Internet Service Provider (ISP); reby, when said bar code symbol reader reads each said URL-encoded bar code symbol, said Internet Access System is automatically connected to an Internet Server connected to the Internet and supports the information resource having an Internet address specified by said read URL-encoded bar code symbol.