CONTROLLING ACCESS TO CONTENT - Patent 1177493

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EP 1 177 493 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	06.02.2002 Bulletin 2002/06

(21)	Application number: 00930603.6

(22)	Date of filing: 11.05.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: G06F 1/00, H04N 7/16

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0012/916

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0068/764 (16.11.2000 Gazette 2000/46)

(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

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Priority:

11.05.1999 US 133419 P

(71)	Applicant: America Online, Inc.
	Dulles, VA 20166 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	HENDREN, C., Hudson, III Strasburg, VA 22657 (US)

(74)	Representative: Tomlinson, Kerry John
	Frank B. Dehn & Co., European Patent Attorneys, 179 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4EL London EC4V 4EL (GB)

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