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(11) EP 0 793 387 B8

(12) CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT SPECIFICATION
Note: Bibliography reflects the latest situation

(15) Correction information:
Corrected version no 1 (W1 B1)

(48) Corrigendum issued on:
09.10.2002 Bulletin 2002/41

(45) Mention of the grant of the patent:
02.05.2002 Bulletin 2002/18

(21) Application number: 97301344.4

(22) Date of filing: 28.02.1997
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: H04N 7/173

(54)

Tv mail system

Fernseh-Postsystem

Système de courrier par télévision

(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB

(30) Priority: 29.02.1996 JP 4346496

(43) Date of publication of application:
03.09.1997 Bulletin 1997/36

(73) Proprietor: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken 210-8572 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Hashimoto, Koichi
    1-1 Shibaura 1-chome Minato-ku Tokyo 105 (JP)
  • Miura, Isamu
    1-1 Shibaura 1-chome Minato-ku Tokyo 105 (JP)
  • Katayama, Yasuko
    1-1 Shibaura 1-chome Minato-ku Tokyo 105 (JP)

(74) Representative: Shindler, Nigel 
Brookes Batchellor 102-108 Clerkenwell Road
London EC1M 5SA
London EC1M 5SA (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
EP-A- 0 396 186
 US-A- 5 461 667
   
       
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