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EP 1 550 309 A2

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(88) Date of publication A3: 08.07.2004 (43) Date of publication: 06.07.2005 Bulletin 2005/27 (21) Application number: 03749551.2 (22) Date of filing: 10.09.2003

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: H04N 7/173 (86) International application number: PCT/US2003/028275 (87) International publication number: WO 2004/025405 (25.03.2004 Gazette 2004/13)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR Designated Extension States: AL LT LV MK (30) Priority: 10.09.2002 US 409645 P (71) Applicant: Thomson Licensing S.A. 92648 Boulogne-Billancourt (FR)	(72) Inventors: BOYCE, Jill, MacDonald Manalapan, NJ 07726 (US) RAMASWAMY, Kumar Princeton, NJ 08540 (US) (74) Representative: Le Dantec, Claude  46, Quai Alphonse Le Gallo 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt (FR)