Abstract: A system that provides users of both fixed and wireless Internet devices, a method of entering numbers instead of the text characters of Internet Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) and other Internet identifiers to access Internet resources and functions, such as Web sites, e-mail services, individual documents or files, location services, etc. When the user enters a WebNum, the digits of the WebNum are sent to a database on a system that is accessible over the Internet. The database maps the WebNum back to a Uniform Resource Locator (URL), which contains a hostname in the Internet domain name structure. This would subsequently be resolved through the Internet Domain Name System (DNS) to an IP address to identify the IP address of the Web site. The cell phone provider or WID network provider would then retrieve the home page of the Web site over the Internet, to return content to the cell phone or WID display.

Abstract: A system that provides users of both fixed and wireless Internet devices, a method of entering numbers instead of the text characters of Internet Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) and other Internet identifiers to access Internet resources and functions, such as Web sites, e-mail services, individual documents or files, location services, etc. When the user enters a WebNum, the digits of the WebNum are sent to a database on a system that is accessible over the Internet. The database maps the WebNum back to a Uniform Resource Locator (URL), which contains a hostname in the Internet domain name structure. This would subsequently be resolved through the Internet Domain Name System (DNS) to an IP address to identify the IP address of the Web site. The cell phone provider or WID network provider would then retrieve the home page of the Web site over the Internet, to return content to the cell phone or WID display.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for providing position detection using a unique binary sequence encoded in indexing bits stored in servo wedges. The present invention generates a unique binary sequence (UBS) code and stores the bits of such a code in the indexing bits of the servo wedges. The bits are read from the servo wedges and used to provide unique identification of head position. Each servo wedge and each data field can be uniquely identified, even servo wedges and data fields under different heads. The present invention may be used to provide initial position detection, position verification during normal operation, and position verification upon head switching. When used for position verification, the present invention uses a confidence block to determine the confidence level with which the head is believed to be correctly positioned.