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EP0906687 - METHOD AND AUDIO SERVER SYSTEM FOR AN UNRELIABLE NETWORK [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [1999/14]	AUDIO SERVER SYSTEM FOR AN UNRELIABLE NETWORK
	[2004/29]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 10.03.2006 Database last updated on 06.07.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	10.03.2006	No opposition filed within time limit	published on 26.04.2006 [2006/17]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states MICROSOFT CORPORATION One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052-6399 / US
	[N/P]
Former [1999/14]	For all designated states MICROSOFT CORPORATION One Microsoft Way Redmond, Washington 98052-6399 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / BOLOSKY, William, J. 24622 S.E. Mirrormont Drive Issaquah, WA 98027 / US
	02 / LEVI, Steven, P. 16612 N.E. 41st Street Redmond, WA 98052 / US
	03 / VAN ANTWERP, Mark, D. 115 34th Avenue E. Seattle, WA 98112 / US
	04 / BERNET, Yoram 4525 1st Avenue N.E. Seattle, WA 98105 / US
	[1999/14]
Representative(s)	Grünecker Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB Leopoldstrasse 4 80802 München / DE
	[N/P]
Former [1999/14]	Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Schwanhäusser Anwaltssozietät Maximilianstrasse 58 80538 München / DE
Application number, filing date	97931303.8	19.06.1997
	[1999/14]
	WO1997US10759
Priority number, date	US19960667095	19.06.1996 Original published format: US 667095
	[1999/14]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO9749224
	Date:	24.12.1997
	Language:	EN
	[1997/55]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP0906687
	Date:	07.04.1999
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 24.12.1997 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[1999/14]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0906687
	Date:	04.05.2005
	Language:	EN
	[2005/18]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	24.12.1997
Classification	IPC:	H04M3/50, H04L29/06	[1999/14]
	CPC:	H04L65/80 (EP,US); H04L9/40 (US); H04N7/17336 (EP,US); H04L65/1101 (US)
Designated contracting states	DE, FR, GB [1999/14]
Title	German:	VERFAHREN UND AUDIO-SERVER-SYSTEM FÜR EIN UNZUVERLÄSSIGES NETZWERK	[2004/29]
	English:	METHOD AND AUDIO SERVER SYSTEM FOR AN UNRELIABLE NETWORK	[2004/29]
	French:	PROCEDE ET SYSTEME DE SERVEUR AUDIO DESTINE A UN RESEAU PEU FIABLE	[2004/29]
	Former [1999/14]	AUDIO-SERVER-SYSTEM FÜR EIN UNZUVERLÄSSIGES NETZWERK
	Former [1999/14]	AUDIO SERVER SYSTEM FOR AN UNRELIABLE NETWORK
	Former [1999/14]	SYSTEME DE SERVEUR AUDIO DESTINE A UN RESEAU PEU FIABLE
Entry into regional phase	10.12.1998	National basic fee paid
	10.12.1998	Designation fee(s) paid
	10.12.1998	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	16.01.1998	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
	10.12.1998	Examination requested [1999/14]
	23.11.2001	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	12.03.2002	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	04.10.2002	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	10.04.2003	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	31.08.2004	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	02.03.2005	Fee for grant paid
	02.03.2005	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	07.02.2006	No opposition filed within time limit [2006/17]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	30.06.1999	Renewal fee patent year 03
	13.09.2000	Renewal fee patent year 04
	27.06.2000	Renewal fee patent year 05
	12.06.2002	Renewal fee patent year 06
	12.06.2003	Renewal fee patent year 07
	14.06.2004	Renewal fee patent year 08
	Penalty fee
	Additional fee for renewal fee
	30.06.2000	04 M06 Fee paid on 13.09.2000
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Cited in	International search	[A]EP0674414 (AVID TECHNOLOGY INC [US]) [A] 1-24 * column 7, line 2 - line 26 ** column 9, line 53 - column 11, line 27 *;
		[Y]WO9617451 (PROGRESSIVE NETWORKS [US]) [Y] 1-8,10-13,20 * abstract * * figures 2A-2D; claims 3,13 * * page 7, line 5 - line 30 * * page 8, line 11 - line 25 * * page 17, line 3 - line 23 * * page 20, line 15 - page 21, line 30 * * page 24, line 13 - line 18 * * page 28, line 11 - line 35 *;
		[Y]WO9617306 (ORACLE CORP [US]) [Y] 1-8,10-13,20 * page 12, paragraph 5 - page 15, paragraph 5 * * page 32, paragraph 4 - page 33, paragraph 3 *;
		[E]WO9722201 (CAMPBELL ROY H [US], et al) [E] 1,4-12,15,16,19-23 * abstract * * page 19, line 10 - page 23, line 7 * * claims 1,5 *;
		[A] - "MULTIMEDIA AUDIO ON DEMAND", IBM TECHNICAL DISCLOSURE BULLETIN, (199406), vol. 37, no. 6B, pages 451 - 460, XP000616888 [A] 1-3,13,17 * the whole document *
		[A] - LOUGHER P ET AL, "THE IMPACT OF DIGITAL AUDIO AND VIDEO ON HIGH-SPEED STORAGE", PROCEEDINGS OF THE SYMPOSIUM ON MASS STORAGE SYSTEMS, TOWARDS DISTRIBUTED STORAGE AND DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS ANNECY, JUNE 12 - 16, 1994, INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS, (19940612), no. SYMP. 13, pages 84 - 89, XP000493022 [A] 1,7,8,12,15,16,19-21 * the whole document * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MASS.1994.373037
		[A] - BOLOT J -C ET AL, "CONTROL MECHANISMS FOR PACKET AUDIO IN THE INTERNET", PROCEEDINGS OF IEEE INFOCOM 1996. CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS, FIFTEENTH ANNUAL JOINT CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE COMPUTER AND COMMUNICATIONS SOCIETIES. NETWORKING THE NEXT GENERATION SAN FRANCISCO, MAR. 24 - 28, 1996, INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS, (19960324), vol. 1, pages 232 - 239, XP000622315 [A] 2,3,13,14,17,18,24 * the whole document * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/INFCOM.1996.497898

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