SYSTEM, METHOD AND ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE FOR THE PURCHASE AND USE OF ELECTRONIC CONTENT UTILIZING A LASER-CENTRIC MEDIUM - Patent 1242929

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EP 1 242 929 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	25.07.2002

(43)	Date of publication:
	25.09.2002 Bulletin 2002/39

(21)	Application number: 00931936.9

(22)	Date of filing: 18.04.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: G06F 17/60

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0010/395

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0006/3810 (26.10.2000 Gazette 2000/43)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

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Priority:

21.04.1999 US 295826

(71)	Applicant: Research Investment Network
	IrvineCalifornia 92614 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	COLLART, Todd, R. Los Altos, CA 94022 (US)

(74)	Representative: Kuhnen, Rainer Andreas, Dipl.-Ing.
	Kuhnen & WackerPatentanwaltsgesellschaft mbH,Prinz-Ludwig-Strasse 40A 85354 Freising 85354 Freising (DE)

(54)	SYSTEM, METHOD AND ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE FOR THE PURCHASE AND USE OF ELECTRONIC CONTENT UTILIZING A LASER-CENTRIC MEDIUM