IMPROVED ELECTRONIC ORDERING AND VENDING SYSTEMS - Patent 1004087

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EP 1 004 087 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	31.05.2000 Bulletin 2000/22

(21)	Application number: 98938532.3

(22)	Date of filing: 19.08.1998

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: G06F 17/60, G06F 153/00

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/AU9800/654

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 9909/499 (25.02.1999 Gazette 1999/08)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT DE ES FR GB IE IT PT SE

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Priority:

19.08.1997 US 56124

(71)	Applicants:
	IMAGING TECHNOLOGIES PTY LIMITED Crows Nest, NSW 2065 (AU) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY Palo Alto,California 94304-1181 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	SMITH, GowerImaging Technologies Pty. Limited Crows Nest, NSW 2065 (AU) OKRAGLIK, HenryImaging Technologies Pty. Limited Crows Nest, NSW 2065 (AU) BROAD, Robert Palo Alto, CA 94304-1181 (US)

(74)	Representative: Granleese, Rhian Jane
	Marks & Clerk,57-60 Lincoln's Inn Fields London WC2A 3LS London WC2A 3LS (GB)

(54)	IMPROVED ELECTRONIC ORDERING AND VENDING SYSTEMS