A METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GROUPING DYNAMICALLY VARYING LIMITED RANGE ENTITIES FOR RAPID SEARCHING - Patent 1256072

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EP 1 256 072 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	29.08.2002

(43)	Date of publication:
	13.11.2002 Bulletin 2002/46

(21)	Application number: 00987976.8

(22)	Date of filing: 01.11.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: G06F 17/30

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0030/090

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0103/3434 (10.05.2001 Gazette 2001/19)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

01.11.1999 US 162988 P
10.02.2000 US 501633

(71)	Applicant: Honeywell Inc.
	Morristown, NJ 07690 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	JAMALABAD, Vikram, Ramesh Somerset, NJ 08876 (US) BURNE, Richard, Allen Ellicott, MD 21042 (US) LOSKIEWICZ-BUCZAK, Anna Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922 (US)

(74)	Representative: Haley, Stephen
	Gill Jennings & Every,Broadgate House,7 Eldon Street London EC2M 7LH London EC2M 7LH (GB)

(54)	A METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GROUPING DYNAMICALLY VARYING LIMITED RANGE ENTITIES FOR RAPID SEARCHING