Abstract: A system and method for providing interaction between a user and a computer system is disclosed. A computer system has a sensor configured to read and interpret a content hotspot and to read and interpret a context hotspot, and a processor configured to perform an operation that is based on content information interpreted from the content hotspot. The operation is influenced by context information interpreted from the context hotspot.

Abstract: The present invention teaches a computer interface system for providing content to a user using at least two encoded hotspots. A first hotspot is a context hotspot which activates functions in the computer system, selects databases and/or sets selection criteria. A second, content, hotspot is decoded based on its encoded information as well as the information decoded from the context hotspot. Content of the second hotspot includes direction and indirection content and may access data or executable programs.

Abstract: The present invention teaches a variety of computer interface methods and systems for providing content to a user through an indirection. One interface system has an encoded physical medium, a sensor, a network device, a routing server, and a content server. The encoded physical medium has at least one indirection hotspot with a content ID encoded therein. The sensor decodes the content ID and then transmits the decoded content ID to a network device. In turn, the network device transmits the decoded content ID over a network to the routing server. The routing server responds to the receipt of the content ID (which is essentially a request for content) by redirecting the request to a given content address corresponding to the given content ID. Additionally, the routing server may log information regarding the content request on a service access log maintained on a computer readable medium.