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EP 1 169 696 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 09.01.2002 Bulletin 2002/02 (21) Application number: 00909478.0 (22) Date of filing: 10.03.2000

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: G10L 21/02 (86) International application number: PCT/GB0000/892 (87) International publication number: WO 0055/846 (21.09.2000 Gazette 2000/38)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH CY 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: 12.03.1999 GB 9905788 (71) Applicant: Fulcrum Systems Limited Buckinghamshire HP12 4HJ (GB)	(72) Inventors: TOWNSEND, David Mark Berkshire SL6 4DA (GB) SHERRATT, Robert Simon Berkshire RG5 4XW (GB) (74) Representative: Coles, Graham Frederick  24 Seeleys Road Beaconsfield Buckinghamshire HP9 1SZ Beaconsfield Buckinghamshire HP9 1SZ (GB)