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EP 1 281 150 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 05.02.2003 Bulletin 2003/06 (21) Application number: 01933123.0 (22) Date of filing: 07.05.2001

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: G06F 17/60 (86) International application number: PCT/US0114/659 (87) International publication number: WO 0108/6550 (15.11.2001 Gazette 2001/46)

(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: 10.05.2000 US 567589 (71) Applicant: Edeposit Corporation Silver Spring, MD 20910-2714 (US)	(72) Inventor: UNDERSTEIN, Norman Potomac, MD 20859-0404 (US) (74) Representative: Skinner, Michael Paul  c/o Swindell & Pearson48 Friar Gate Derby DE1 1GY Derby DE1 1GY (GB)