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EP 1 013 097 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 28.06.2000 Bulletin 2000/26 (21) Application number: 98943427.9 (22) Date of filing: 27.08.1998

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: H04N 7/58 (86) International application number: PCT/US9817/757 (87) International publication number: WO 9914/955 (25.03.1999 Gazette 1999/12)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE (30) Priority: 12.09.1997 US 928414 (71) Applicant: Imedia Corporation San Francisco, CA 94105 (US)	(72) Inventors: KRAUSE, Edward, A. San Mateo, CA 94402 (US) MONTA, Peter, A. San Francisco, CA 94123 (US) (74) Representative: Fiener, Josef  PatentanwälteKahler, Käck, Fiener et col.,P.O. Box 12 49 87712 Mindelheim 87712 Mindelheim (DE)