METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FACILITATING USER ACCESS TO WEB PAGES USING PORTAL DEVICE - Patent 1203325

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EP 1 203 325 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	08.05.2002 Bulletin 2002/19

(21)	Application number: 99958946.8

(22)	Date of filing: 12.11.1999

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: G06F 17/30

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US9926/859

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0122/283 (29.03.2001 Gazette 2001/13)

(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

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Priority:

23.09.1999 US 156020 P

(71)	Applicant: Planetportal.Com, Inc.
	Durham, NC 27713 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	KLEINHEKSEL, Brent, Michael Durham, NC 27703 (US) KAMINSKY, David, Louis Chapel Hill, NC 27514 (US) OGLE, David, Mark Cary, NC 27513 (US) DEKOENIGSBERG, Gregory, Reasoner Zebulon, NC 27597 (US) MAGES, Kenneth, Glenn Highland Park, IL 60035 (US) LAI, Chun-Wen Cary, NC 27510 (US)

(74)	Representative: Reinhard - Skuhra - Weise & Partner
	Friedrichstrasse 31 80801 München 80801 München (DE)

(54)	METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FACILITATING USER ACCESS TO WEB PAGES USING PORTAL DEVICE