초록

A data object comprises both a graphic and embedded link information, such as the URL address of a network node, thereby permitting the graphic object to serve as a link usable by an internet browser or the like.

대표청구항 ▼

1. A method comprising:providing an encoded physical medium including a graphic, the graphic having machine readable linking information encoded therein, the encoded linking information indicating a computer implemented process; sensing the graphic, yielding graphic data; decoding the machine readab

1. A method comprising:providing an encoded physical medium including a graphic, the graphic having machine readable linking information encoded therein, the encoded linking information indicating a computer implemented process; sensing the graphic, yielding graphic data; decoding the machine readable information from the graphic data; and invoking the computer implemented process; wherein said machine readable information is decoded from graphic data having substantially non-uniform pixel values.