METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR MINIMAL TIME MULTICAST GRAFT/JOIN RESTORATION - Patent 1062766

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EP 1 062 766 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	27.12.2000 Bulletin 2000/52

(21)	Application number: 99912580.0

(22)	Date of filing: 16.03.1999

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: H04L 12/18, H04L 29/14

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US9905/731

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 9948/246 (23.09.1999 Gazette 1999/38)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	BE CH DE ES FR GB IT LI NL

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Priority:

16.03.1998 US 39375

(71)	Applicant: Reuters America Incorporated
	Hauppauge, NY 11788 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	STIRPE, Paul, A. Shoreham, NY 11786 (US)

(74)	Representative: Musker, David Charles
	R.G.C. Jenkins & Co.26 Caxton Street London SW1H 0RJ London SW1H 0RJ (GB)

(54)	METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR MINIMAL TIME MULTICAST GRAFT/JOIN RESTORATION