INTERNET-BASED EDUCATION SUPPORT SYSTEM, METHOD AND MEDIUM PROVIDING SECURITY ATTRIBUTES IN MODULAR, EXTENSIBLE COMPONENTS - Patent 1532565

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EP 1 532 565 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	25.05.2005 Bulletin 2005/21

(21)	Application number: 03788568.8

(22)	Date of filing: 19.08.2003

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

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2003/025696

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2004/017245 (26.02.2004 Gazette 2004/09)

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

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Priority:

19.08.2002 US 404276 P
28.08.2002 US 406304 P
25.02.2003 US 449507 P

(71)	Applicant: Blackboard Inc.
	Washington, DC 20036 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	ALCORN, Robert L. Washington, DC 20036 (US) BROWN, Dorothy R. Washington, DC 20036 (US) ETESSE, Christopher E. Washington, DC 20036 (US) FONTAINE, John S. Washington, DC 20036 (US) PERIAN, Scott N. Washington, DC 20036 (US) RINZEL, Daniel F. Washington, DC 20036 (US) YASKIN, David Washington, DC 20036 (US)

(74)	Representative: Kehl, Günther et al
	Kehl & Ettmayr Patentanwälte,Friedrich-Herschel-Strasse 9 81679 München 81679 München (DE)

(54)	INTERNET-BASED EDUCATION SUPPORT SYSTEM, METHOD AND MEDIUM PROVIDING SECURITY ATTRIBUTES IN MODULAR, EXTENSIBLE COMPONENTS