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(43) Date of publication: 01.04.1998 Bulletin 1998/14 (21) Application number: 96917201.0 (22) Date of filing: 04.06.1996

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  H04W 88/ 02( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/US1996/008951 (87) International publication number: WO 1996/041489 (19.12.1996 Gazette 1997/03)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE FR GB NL (30) Priority: 07.06.1995 US 19950477150 (71) Applicant: SEIKO COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. Beaverton, OR 97006 (US)	(72) Inventors: GRAY, Kenneth, G. Lake Oswego, OR 97034 (US) PARK, Daniel, J. Beaverton, OR 97006 (US) (74) Representative: Meddle, Alan Leonard, et al  FORRESTER & BOEHMERT Franz-Joseph-Strasse 38 80801 München 80801 München (DE)