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EP 0 879 448 A2
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Date of publication:
25.11.1998
Bulletin 1998/48
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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)
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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)
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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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