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(11) EP 1 535 258 A2

(12)

(88) Date of publication A3:
13.05.2004

(43) Date of publication:
01.06.2005 Bulletin 2005/22

(21) Application number: 03736672.1

(22) Date of filing: 22.05.2003
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7G09B 1/00
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2003/016094
(87) International publication number:
WO 2003/100745 (04.12.2003 Gazette 2003/49)
(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

(30) Priority: 22.05.2002 US 382079 P
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:
  • ETESSE, Christopher E.
    Washington, DC 20036 (US)
  • WEST, Jennifer R.
    Raleigh, NC 27614 (US)
  • CHASEN, Michael L.
    Chevy Chase, Maryland 20815 (US)

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

   


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