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EP 0 966 859 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 29.12.1999 Bulletin 1999/52 (21) Application number: 98960017.0 (22) Date of filing: 15.12.1998

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  H04M 3/ 22( . ) H04Q 11/ 04( . ) H04M 3/ 36( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/GB1998/003756 (87) International publication number: WO 1999/031925 (24.06.1999 Gazette 1999/25)

(84) Designated Contracting States: CH DE DK FI FR GB LI SE (30) Priority: 15.12.1997 EP 19970310155 29.05.1998 EP 19980304246 (71) Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Company Palo Alto, California 94304 (US)	(72) Inventors: MOTTISHAW, Peter John West Lothian EH30 9XU (GB) ARCHIBALD, David Moir Dalkeith, Midlothian EH22 3HT (GB) CARSON, Douglas John Roseburn, Edinburgh EH12 5PG (GB) REYNOLDS, Alistair, Scott Linlithgow EH49 6QA (GB) (74) Representative: Coker, David Graeme, et al  Hewlett-Packard Limited Intellectual Property Section, Building 2, Filton Road Bristol BS12 6QZ Bristol BS12 6QZ (GB)