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EP 1 040 663 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 04.10.2000 Bulletin 2000/40 (21) Application number: 98962647.8 (22) Date of filing: 23.12.1998

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: H04N 7/167 (86) International application number: PCT/IB9802/139 (87) International publication number: WO 9933/271 (01.07.1999 Gazette 1999/26)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE Designated Extension States: AL LT LV MK RO SI (30) Priority: 23.12.1997 EP 97403150 (71) Applicant: CANAL+ Société Anonyme 75711 Paris Cedex 15 (FR)	(72) Inventors: TRANCHARD, Lionel F-75013 Paris (FR) DECLERCK, Christophe F-28210 Senantes (FR) (74) Representative: Cozens, Paul Dennis et al Mathys & Squire100 Grays Inn Road London WC1X 8AL London WC1X 8AL (GB)