Abstract: The present invention provides a method for increasing traffic on an electronic site, e.g., Web site. In particular, the method increases a quantity of users to an electronic on-line messaging site from off-line traffic. The method includes capturing user information from a public media transmitting device, which is coupled to a wide area network of computers. The method also outputs an address location to a user of the communication function through the public media transmitting device. The method also accesses the address location through one of the plurality of a computers. Accordingly, the present method increases on-line traffic using off-line traffic.

Abstract: A system for increasing traffic to an electronic messaging site, e.g., Web Site. The system has a plurality of computer devices, each of the computer devices is networked to each other over a network system. The system has a public media transmitting device, which includes an image capturing device. The image capturing device is adapted to capture an image of at least one user. The image capturing device is coupled to the network system; and an output device coupled to the public media transmitting device. The output device provides a hard copy of an image of the user and text information directed to a messaging site. The information can include, for example, an e-mail address, URL, etc.