METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO MANAGE AND TRACK THE STATES OF ELECTRONIC MEDIA - Patent 1252578

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EP 1 252 578 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	30.10.2002 Bulletin 2002/44

(21)	Application number: 01942433.2

(22)	Date of filing: 12.01.2001

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: G06F 15/163

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0101/088

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0105/2081 (19.07.2001 Gazette 2001/29)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

14.01.2000 US 176230 P

(71)	Applicant: Zaplet, Inc.
	Redwood City, CA 94065 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	EVANS, Steven, Richard Los Altos Hill, CA 94022 (US) MILLER, Graham San Francisco, CA 34109 (US) HANSON, Michael Menlo Park, CA 34025 (US) AXE, Brian San Francisco, CA 94115 (US)

(74)	Representative: Hibbert, Juliet Jane Grace et al
	Kilburn & Strode,20 Red Lion Street London WC1R 4PJ London WC1R 4PJ (GB)

(54)	METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO MANAGE AND TRACK THE STATES OF ELECTRONIC MEDIA