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EP 1 264 265 A2

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(88) Date of publication A3: 03.10.2002 (43) Date of publication: 11.12.2002 Bulletin 2002/50 (21) Application number: 01930557.2 (22) Date of filing: 17.04.2001

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: G06F 17/60 (86) International application number: PCT/US0112/564 (87) International publication number: WO 0108/0144 (25.10.2001 Gazette 2001/43)

(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 (30) Priority: 18.04.2000 US 551487 (71) Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Company Palo Alto,California 94304-1112 (US)	(72) Inventor: KASSMAN, Dustin, H. Corvallis, OR 97333 (US) (74) Representative: Jackson, Richard Eric et al Carpmaels & Ransford,43 Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2RA London WC1A 2RA (GB)