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         Appeal No. 2002-2128                                                       
         Application No. 08/793,984                                                 


              The disclosed invention relates to a personal data archive            
         system for transporting large quantities of data, such as medical          
         history data, from one application to another or from one service          
         provider to another.  Included in the system are first and second          
         portable memory devices and at least one associated authorization          
         checking device.  The first portable memory device, which stores           
         non-critical but frequently used data, is accessible independent of        
         the second portable memory device, which has a larger data storage         
         capacity and is used to store critical but less frequently used            
         data.                                                                      
              Claim 43 is illustrative of the invention and reads as                
         follows:                                                                   
         43.  A personal data archive system comprising:                            
              a first portable memory device containing personal data solely        
         of a single owner;                                                         
              a second portable memory device of greater data storage               
         capacity than and differing from said first portable memory device,        
         said second portable memory device containing additional personal          
         data associated solely with said single owner, wherein said second         
         portable memory device is separate from said first portable memory         
         device, and a full set of personal data consists of data of the            
         single owner stored on said first and second portable memory               
         devices; and at least one authorization-checking device associated         
         with said first and second portable memory devices in order to             
         access data stored on each memory device wherein the authorization-        
         checking device can be enabled only as a function of a positive            
         authorization and authentication process; and                              


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