Patent attributes
A method for allocating a memory location to a physical information carrier includes using an application executed on a portable processing unit; requesting the memory location on a server via a communication interface connected to the portable processing unit; allocating the memory location a unique identifier; allocating the unique identifier a pattern that is to be applied manually to a surface of the physical information carrier; applying the pattern by a user manually to the surface of the physical information carrier, whereby the memory location on the server is connected to the physical information carrier; if the pattern is captured while using a sensor of processing unit, downloading the allocation the memory location to the unique identifier from the server; and accessing the memory location via the portable processing unit by using the downloaded allocation.