METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING CONTENT THROUGH INDIRECTIONS

摘要

The present invention teaches a variety of computer interface methods and systems (500) for providing content to a user through an indirection. One interface system has an encoded physical medium (510), a sensor (512), a network device (514), a routing server (516) and a content server (518). The encoded physical medium has at least one indirection hotspot (530) with a content ID encoded therein. The sensor (512) decodes then transmits the decoded content ID to a network device (514). The network device (514) transmits the decoded ID to the routing server (516). The routing server (516) responds to the receipt of the content ID (which essentially is a request for content) by redirecting the request to a given content address for locating content on content server (518) corresponding to the given content ID stored in a database (540).