A METHOD FOR BIT-MAP PARSING USING A COBOL ALGORITHM - Patent 1287464

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EP 1 287 464 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	05.03.2003 Bulletin 2003/10

(21)	Application number: 01931168.7

(22)	Date of filing: 01.05.2001

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: G06F 17/60

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0140/644

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0108/4456 (08.11.2001 Gazette 2001/45)

(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:

01.05.2000 US 201559 P

(71)	Applicant: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL, INC.
	Purchase, NY 10577-2509 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	HOECHST, Glenn Glencoe, MO 63038 (US) CALLAHAN, Steve St. Louis, MO 63146 (US) MILLER, Charlie Grover, MO 63040 (US) SMITH, Patricia University City, MO 63130 (US)

(74)	Representative: Beresford, Keith Denis Lewis et al
	BERESFORD & Co.2-5 Warwick Court,High Holborn London WC1R 5DH London WC1R 5DH (GB)

(54)	A METHOD FOR BIT-MAP PARSING USING A COBOL ALGORITHM