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==Description== The CueCat was named CUE<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/srchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&d=PALL&s1=6708208.PN.|title = United States Patent: 6708208 - Unique bar code for indicating a link between a product and a remote location on a web network}}</ref> for the unique bar code which the device scanned and CAT<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/srchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&d=PALL&s1=D432539.PN.|title = United States Patent: D432539 - Keystroke automator}}<!-- https://patents.google.com/patent/USD432539S/en --></ref> as a wordplay on "Keystroke Automation Technology".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://trademarks.justia.com/758/75/keystroke-automation-technology-75875851.html|title=Keystroke Automation Technology Trademark - Serial Number 75875851 :: Justia Trademarks|website=trademarks.justia.com}}</ref> It enabled a user to open a link to an Internet [[Uniform Resource Locator|URL]] by [[Optical scanner|scanning]] a [[barcode]] β called a "cue" by Digital Convergence β appearing in an article or catalog or on some other printed matter. In this way, a user could be directed to a web page containing related information without having to type in a URL. The company asserted that the ability of the device to direct users to a specific URL, rather than a domain name, was valuable.<ref>{{cite news | last = Kaufman | first = Leslie | title = Speaking in Bar Code; Personal Scanners Link Products Directly to Consumers | newspaper = [[The New York Times]] | date = October 6, 2000 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/06/business/speaking-in-bar-code-personal-scanners-link-products-directly-to-consumers.html?pagewanted=all | access-date = November 10, 2001}}</ref> In addition, television broadcasters could use an audio tone in programs or commercials that, if a TV was connected to a computer via an audio cable, acted as a web address shortcut.<ref>{{cite news | last = Stepanek | first = Marcia | title = The CueCat Is on the Prowl: This gizmo is on the cutting edge of e-marketing. But with each swipe, it tracks your moves through cyberspace | newspaper = [[Bloomberg Businessweek]] | location = [[New York City]] | date = September 28, 2000 | url = http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/sep2000/nf20000928_029.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001017162623/http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/sep2000/nf20000928_029.htm | archive-date=2000-10-17 | access-date = November 10, 2011}}</ref> The CueCat was connected to computers in the same way as a [[Hardware keylogger|keystroke logger]], as a "[[keyboard wedge]]", [[interposer]], or pass-through between the [[Keyboard technology|keyboard]] [[PS/2 connector|PS/2 jack]] and the [[motherboard]] [[PS/2 port]]. Because of [[PS/2 port#Conversion between PS/2 and USB USB|USB-PS/2 compatibility]], USB-PS/2 adapters may be optionally used. A native [[USB]] version of the CueCat scanner hardware was also produced, but fewer of them were made before all manufacturing of the hardware was discontinued.<ref name="Readerware"/>
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