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EP 1 183 581 A2

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(88) Date of publication A3: 08.11.2001 (43) Date of publication: 06.03.2002 Bulletin 2002/10 (21) Application number: 00918303.9 (22) Date of filing: 24.03.2000

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: G06F 1/00 (86) International application number: PCT/US0007/731 (87) International publication number: WO 0057/259 (28.09.2000 Gazette 2000/39)

(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: 24.03.1999 US 125973 P 23.03.2000 US 535258 (71) Applicant: Myhomelink.Con, Inc. San Francisco, CA 94104 (US)	(72) Inventors: SEIDL, John, Michael Atherton, CA 94027 (US) ZAUSNER, Eric, R. San Francisco, CA 94118 (US) (74) Representative: Boyce, Conor  F. R. Kelly & Co., 27 Clyde Road, Ballsbridge Dublin 4 Dublin 4 (IE)