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EP 1 002 287 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 24.05.2000 Bulletin 2000/21 (21) Application number: 98946302.1 (22) Date of filing: 07.08.1998

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: G06F 17/30 (86) International application number: PCT/EP9805/026 (87) International publication number: WO 9908/206 (18.02.1999 Gazette 1999/07)

(84) Designated Contracting States: FR GB IT (30) Priority: 08.08.1997 DE 19734413 (71) Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ) 126 25 Stockholm (SE)	(72) Inventor: SINANDER, Niklas S-421 47 Västra Frölunda (SE) (74) Representative: HOFFMANN - EITLE  Patent- und RechtsanwälteArabellastrasse 4 81925 München 81925 München (DE)