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(43) Date of publication: 16.08.2017 Bulletin 2017/33 (21) Application number: 14903767.3 (22) Date of filing: 07.10.2014

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  G06F 13/38(2006.01) G06F 13/12(2006.01) H04N 21/835(2011.01) G06F 12/02(2006.01) H04N 21/6334(2011.01) (86) International application number: PCT/IB2014/002048 (87) International publication number: WO 2016/055823 (14.04.2016 Gazette 2016/15)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR Designated Extension States: BA ME (71) Applicant: Synopsys, Inc. Mountain View, CA 94043 (US)	(72) Inventors: ELIAS, Andrew, Alexander Ottawa, Ontario K2K 2C8 (CA) THIBAULT, Jean-Pierre Ottawa, Ontario K2B 5C2 (CA) BOWLER, Nick Ottawa, Ontario K2K 1K1 (CA) LOUGHEED, Steven Ottawa, Ontario K1T 4G4 (CA) LEWIS, Michael, James Ottawa, Ontario K2H 8R8 (CA) (74) Representative: Epping - Hermann - Fischer  Patentanwaltsgesellschaft mbH Schloßschmidstraße 5 80639 München 80639 München (DE)