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EP 1 721 291 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 15.11.2006 Bulletin 2006/46 (21) Application number: 04813408.4 (22) Date of filing: 08.12.2004

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  G06Q 30/00(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/US2004/041085 (87) International publication number: WO 2006/031238 (23.03.2006 Gazette 2006/12)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR (30) Priority: 08.12.2003 US 528105 P (71) Applicant: International Barcode Corporation New York, NY 10010 (US)	(72) Inventors: LUBOW, Allen Brooklyn, NY 11215 (US) BUNIN, Cary Miami, FL 33140 (US) (74) Representative: Hackett, Sean James  Marks & Clerk, Alpha Tower, Suffolk Street Queensway Birmingham B1 1TT Birmingham B1 1TT (GB)