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`It is certified that error appears in the above-identified patent and that said Letters Patent is hereby corrected as shown below:
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`In the Claims
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`At Claim 1, Lines 24-26 of Column 35, please replace “responsive to a click or tap of the location
`selectable element, displaying a map view on a video display device” with -- responsive to a click or
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`Application Number:
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`Title of Invention:
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`METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGINGDIGITALFILES
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`First NamedInventor/Applicant Name:
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`Christopher J. Desmond
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`Bradley Michael Taub
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`069366-000002USC1
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`Title of Invention:
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`METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGINGDIGITALFILES
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`Christopher J. Desmond
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