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EP 1 147 657 A2

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(88) Date of publication A3: 16.11.2000 (43) Date of publication: 24.10.2001 Bulletin 2001/43 (21) Application number: 99968878.1 (22) Date of filing: 14.12.1999

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: H04N 1/21 (86) International application number: PCT/US9929/501 (87) International publication number: WO 0041/387 (13.07.2000 Gazette 2000/28)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE (30) Priority: 31.12.1998 US 224498 (71) Applicant: IOMEGA CORPORATION Roy,Utah 84067 (US)	(72) Inventors: THOMAS, Fred, C., III Ogden, UT 84403 (US) STEPHENSON, Jeffrey, B. Clinton, UT 84015 (US) JOLLEY, David, L. Kaysville, UT 84037 (US) THOMAS, Fred, C., Jr. Bethesda, MD 20817 (US) (74) Representative: Cabinet Hirsch  34, Rue de Bassano 75008 Paris 75008 Paris (FR)