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(11) EP 0 879 448 A2

(12)

(43) Date of publication:
25.11.1998 Bulletin 1998/48

(21) Application number: 97908642.0

(22) Date of filing: 04.02.1997
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
G06F 12/ 00( . )
G06F 17/ 30( . )
G06F 13/ 00( . )
(86) International application number:
PCT/US1997/001887
(87) International publication number:
WO 1997/029414 (14.08.1997 Gazette 1997/35)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
GB

(30) Priority: 09.02.1996 US P 11435
15.01.1997 US A 784277

(71) Applicant: AT&T Corp.
New York, NY 10013-2412 (US)

(72) Inventor:
  • HELFMAN, Jonathan, Isaac
    Albuquerque, NM 87114 (US)

(74) Representative: Suckling, Andrew Michael, et al 
Marks & Clerk, Nash Court, Oxford Business Park South
Oxford OX4 2RU
Oxford OX4 2RU (GB)

   


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