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(43) Date of publication: 04.09.2002 Bulletin 2002/36 (21) Application number: 00937998.3 (22) Date of filing: 01.06.2000

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: G06F 9/44, G06F 13/00, G06F 17/30, H04L 12/66, H04M 15/00 (86) International application number: PCT/US0014/997 (87) International publication number: WO 0007/3900 (07.12.2000 Gazette 2000/49)

(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: 01.06.1999 US 136747 P (71) Applicant: Jacquez, Geoffrey M. Ann Arbor, MI 48105 (US)	(72) Inventor: Jacquez, Geoffrey M. Ann Arbor, MI 48105 (US) (74) Representative: Collins, John David  Marks & Clerk,57-60 Lincoln's Inn Fields London WC2A 3LS London WC2A 3LS (GB)