APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING NETWORK SERVER OVERLOAD

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EP 0 901 656 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	17.03.1999 Bulletin 1999/11

(21)	Application number: 97920351.0

(22)	Date of filing: 11.04.1997

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

G06F 13/ 00^{( . )}
H04L 29/ 06^{( . )}
H04M 3/ 00^{( . )}
H04M 3/ 38^{( . )}
H04Q 3/ 545^{( . )}

G06F 9/ 50^{( . )}
H04L 29/ 08^{( . )}
H04M 3/ 22^{( . )}
H04M 3/ 42^{( . )}
H04L 12/ 56^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1997/006058

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1997/045792 (04.12.1997 Gazette 1997/52)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE FR GB IT SE

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Priority:

24.05.1996 US 19960018308P
24.05.1996 US 19960018337P

(71)	Applicant: BELL COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH, INC.
	Morristown, New Jersey 07960-6438 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	SMITH, Donald, Edward Little Silver, NJ 07739 (US)

(74)	Representative: Dubois-Chabert, Guy, et al
	Société de Protection des Inventions 25, rue de Ponthieu 75008 Paris 75008 Paris (FR)

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