SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR SHARED DEVICE OF STORAGE COMPACTING - Patent 1379956

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EP 1 379 956 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	14.01.2004 Bulletin 2004/03

(21)	Application number: 01916130.6

(22)	Date of filing: 21.02.2001

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: G06F 12/08, G06F 3/06

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2001/005343

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2002/069151 (06.09.2002 Gazette 2002/36)

(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

(71)	Applicant: Storageapps Inc.
	Bridgewater, NJ 08807 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	MILOS, Don Red Hook, NY 12571 (US) BATES, John, W. Mendon, MA 01765 (US)

(74)	Representative: Jackson, Richard Eric et al
	Carpmaels & Ransford,43-45 Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2RA London WC1A 2RA (GB)

(54)	SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR SHARED DEVICE OF STORAGE COMPACTING