COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD

摘要

Communication system and method for linking each of a plurality of tagged objects to information services stored in a network. The system provides means to read an object tag or one of the objects and means, to retrieve information about the object stored on storage means located at arbitrary places. To facilitate the retrieval of information, directory means are provided storing object data associating each of the objects with information services. In order to be able to handle a virtually arbitrary number of objects and information services, the directory means comprises a plurality of directory servers, each storing part of data base of the object data. The object data is distributed according to a defined scheme onto the plurality of directory servers in order to be able to identify the directory server storing object data associated with a particular read object tag.