METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING CONFIGURATION OF MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT - Patent 1337947

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EP 1 337 947 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	27.08.2003 Bulletin 2003/35

(21)	Application number: 01979827.1

(22)	Date of filing: 16.10.2001

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

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0132/154

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0203/3625 (25.04.2002 Gazette 2002/17)

(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:

17.10.2000 US 690793
04.09.2001 US 946160

(71)	Applicant: Accenture LLP
	Palo Alto, CA 94304 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	GARROW, Gary, R. Burbank, CA 91501 (US) NEWTON, Charles, P., III Southlake, TX 76092 (US) WEIR, Patrick, E., San Franciso, CA 94118 (US) WEST, David, P., II Newman, GA 30265 (US) WETZER, Michael Redwood City, CA 94065 (US)

(74)	Representative: McLeish, Nicholas Alistair Maxwell
	Boult Wade TennantVerulam Gardens70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT London WC1X 8BT (GB)

(54)	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING CONFIGURATION OF MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT