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(43) Date of publication: 20.11.1996 Bulletin 1996/47 (21) Application number: 95907364.0 (22) Date of filing: 09.01.1995

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  H04N 5/ 262( . ) H04N 13/ 00( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/US1995/000303 (87) International publication number: WO 1995/019093 (13.07.1995 Gazette 1995/30)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE DK ES FR GB IT NL SE (30) Priority: 10.01.1994 US 19940179383 30.12.1994 US 19940366890 (71) Applicants: FUISZ, Richard, C. Great Falls, VA 22066 (US) Battist, Gerald E. Reston, VA 22094 (US)	(72) Inventors: FUISZ, Richard, C. Great Falls, VA 22066 (US) Battist, Gerald E. Reston, VA 22094 (US) (74) Representative: O'Connell, David Christopher, et al  HASELTINE LAKE & CO. Hazlitt House 28 Southampton Buildings Chancery Lane London WC2A 1AT London WC2A 1AT (GB)