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EP 0 946 942 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 06.10.1999 Bulletin 1999/40 (21) Application number: 96944810.0 (22) Date of filing: 12.12.1996

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  H04H 20/ 40( . ) H04M 11/ 08( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/US1996/019897 (87) International publication number: WO 1998/026416 (18.06.1998 Gazette 1998/24)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE (71) Applicant: Krikorian, Thomas M. West Bloomfield, MI 48323 (US)	(72) Inventor: Krikorian, Thomas M. West Bloomfield, MI 48323 (US) (74) Representative: Rottmann, Maximilian R., et al  c/o Rottmann, Zimmermann + Partner AG Glattalstrasse 37 8052 Zürich 8052 Zürich (CH)