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EP 1 999 706 A2

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(88) Date of publication A3: 02.05.2008 (43) Date of publication: 10.12.2008 Bulletin 2008/50 (21) Application number: 07757151.1 (22) Date of filing: 16.02.2007

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  G06Q 30/00(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/US2007/062352 (87) International publication number: WO 2007/098421 (30.08.2007 Gazette 2007/35)

(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 LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR (30) Priority: 17.02.2006 US 774198 P 03.03.2006 US 366466 30.05.2006 US 420970 30.05.2006 US 420966 (71) Applicant: Google, Inc. Mountain View, CA 94043 (US)	(72) Inventors: LUCOVSKY, Mark Montecito, California 93108 (US) COLLISON, Derek L. Foster City, California 94404 (US) SJOGREEN, Carl P. San Francisco, California 94114 (US) (74) Representative: Sieckmann, Dirk Christoph  Betten & Resch Patentanwälte Theatinerstrasse 8 D-80333 München D-80333 München (DE)