A method and apparatus for providing a user product information via scanning of a machine readable symbology on a product. A symbology, for example a bar code, is scanned and the data therein passed into a URL which is used to present related product information to a user via the internet. The URL may...http://www.google.com.tw/patents/US6669087?utm_source=gb-gplus-share專利 US6669087 - Method and apparatus for accessing product information using bar code data