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(11) EP 1 588 261 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
26.10.2005 Bulletin 2005/43

(21) Application number: 03752274.5

(22) Date of filing: 10.09.2003
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7G06F 11/30
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2003/028592
(87) International publication number:
WO 2004/025472 (25.03.2004 Gazette 2004/13)
(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: 11.09.2002 US 409736 P
22.10.2002 US 277762
22.10.2002 US 277765

(71) Applicant: Wholepoint Corporation
San Francisco, CA 94123 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • OCEPEK, Steven R.
    Pacifica, CA 94044 (US)
  • LAUER, Brian A.
    Pacifica, CA 94044 (US)
  • DZIADZIOLA, David A.
    San Francisco, CA 94123 (US)

(74) Representative: Freeman, Jacqueline Carol 
W.P. THOMPSON & CO. 55 Drury Lane
London WC2B 5SQ
London WC2B 5SQ (GB)

   


(54) SECURITY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROTECTING ACCESS TO LOCAL AREA NETWORKS