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EP 1 010 319 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 21.06.2000 Bulletin 2000/25 (21) Application number: 98911528.2 (22) Date of filing: 06.03.1998

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: H04N 5/91 (86) International application number: PCT/US9804/575 (87) International publication number: WO 9841/015 (17.09.1998 Gazette 1998/37)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE Designated Extension States: AL LT LV MK RO SI (30) Priority: 10.03.1997 US 813185 15.05.1997 US 856945 (71) Applicant: Joseph Enterprises, Inc San Francisco, CA 94104 (US)	(72) Inventor: GROSSMEYER, Mark, C. Cedarburg, WI 53012 (US) (74) Representative: Dixon, Philip Matthew  Frank B. Dehn & Co.179 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4EL London EC4V 4EL (GB)