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(11) EP 1 685 475 A2

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(43) Date of publication:
02.08.2006 Bulletin 2006/31

(21) Application number: 04811519.0

(22) Date of filing: 19.11.2004
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
G06F 3/00(2006.01)
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2004/038816
(87) International publication number:
WO 2005/052777 (09.06.2005 Gazette 2005/23)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL HR LT LV MK YU

(30) Priority: 19.11.2003 US 718125
29.07.2004 US 903299

(71) Applicant: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
San Diego, California 92121 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • JACOBS, Paul E.
    La Jolla, California 92037 (US)
  • MERGENTHALER, Steven
    Carlsbad, California 92009 (US)
  • SHAANAN, Gad
    La Jolla, California 92037 (US)
  • SANTOS, Theodore R.
    Boulder, Colorado 80301 (US)
  • SWANSON, Jeffrey
    Erie, Colorado 80516 (US)
  • LEJMAN, Andrew G.
    Lafayette, Colorado 80026 (US)
  • LARSON, David
    Superior, Colorado 80027 (US)

(74) Representative: Geyer, Ulrich F. 
WAGNER & GEYER, Patentanwälte, Gewürzmühlstrasse 5
80538 München
80538 München (DE)

   


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