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EP0897164 - Voice dialing system for preventing unauthorized use of a call forwarding feature [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [1999/07]	Apparatus and methods for user identification to deny access or service to unauthorized users
	[2009/33]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 07.01.2011 Database last updated on 03.10.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	29.07.2011	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): IE	published on 31.08.2011 [2011/35]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states International Business Machines Corporation New Orchard Road Armonk, NY 10504 / US
	[N/P]
Former [2010/09]	For all designated states International Business Machines Corporation New Orchard Road Armonk, NY 10504 / US
Former [1999/07]	For all designated states International Business Machines Corporation New Orchard Road Armonk, N.Y. 10504 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / Bergl, Vladimir Vyhledske nam.635 165 00 Praha No. 6 / CZ
	02 / Davies, Kenneth 17 Mohawk Road Ossining, NY 10562 / US
	03 / Ittycheriah, Abraham Poovakunnel 37 Jupiter Ridge Drive Danbury, CT 06811 / US
	04 / Maes, Stephane Herman 1 Wintergreen Hill Road Danbury, Connecticut 06811 / US
	[1999/07]
Representative(s)	Moss, Robert Douglas IBM United Kingdom Limited Intellectual Property Department Hursley Park Winchester Hampshire SO21 2JN / GB
	[N/P]
Former [1999/07]	Moss, Robert Douglas IBM United Kingdom Limited Intellectual Property Department Hursley Park Winchester Hampshire SO21 2JN / GB
Application number, filing date	98305894.2	23.07.1998
	[1999/07]
Priority number, date	US19970908121	11.08.1997 Original published format: US 908121
	[1999/07]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP0897164
	Date:	17.02.1999
	Language:	EN
	[1999/07]
	Type:	A3 Search report
	No.:	EP0897164
	Date:	07.02.2001
	[2001/06]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0897164
	Date:	03.03.2010
	Language:	EN
	[2010/09]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	29.12.2000
Classification	IPC:	G07C9/00, H04M3/54, H04M3/38	[2001/05]
	CPC:	H04M3/382 (EP,US); G07C9/37 (EP,US); H04M3/42204 (EP,US); H04M2201/40 (EP,US)
	Former IPC [1999/07]	G07C9/00
Designated contracting states	DE, FR, GB, IE, IT, NL [2001/43]
Former [1999/07]	AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE
Title	German:	Sprachgesteuertes Wählsystem zum Verhindern des unberechtigten Gebrauchs einer Anrufumleitungsfunktion	[2009/41]
	English:	Voice dialing system for preventing unauthorized use of a call forwarding feature	[2009/33]
	French:	Système de numérotation à commande vocal interdisant l'usage non-autorisé de la fonction de renvoi d'appel	[2009/33]
	Former [1999/07]	Gerät und Verfahren zur Benutzeridentifikation, um Zugang oder Dienstleistung an nicht autorisierte Benutzer zu verweigern
	Former [1999/07]	Apparatus and methods for user identification to deny access or service to unauthorized users
	Former [1999/07]	Appareil et procédés d'identification d'utilisateurs pour refuser l'accès ou un service aux utilisateurs non autorisés
Examination procedure	22.06.2001	Examination requested [2001/34]
	30.01.2008	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	19.03.2008	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	20.04.2009	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	22.06.2009	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	14.09.2009	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	11.12.2009	Fee for grant paid
	11.12.2009	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	06.12.2010	No opposition filed within time limit [2011/06]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	13.07.2000	Renewal fee patent year 03
	16.07.2001	Renewal fee patent year 04
	02.07.2002	Renewal fee patent year 05
	15.07.2003	Renewal fee patent year 06
	02.07.2004	Renewal fee patent year 07
	18.07.2005	Renewal fee patent year 08
	21.07.2006	Renewal fee patent year 09
	13.07.2007	Renewal fee patent year 10
	18.07.2008	Renewal fee patent year 11
	28.07.2009	Renewal fee patent year 12
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	IT	03.03.2010
	NL	03.03.2010
	IE	23.07.2010
	[2011/35]
Former [2011/28]	IT	03.03.2010
	NL	03.03.2010
Former [2010/45]	NL	03.03.2010
Documents cited:	Search	[Y]EP0750413 (INTELLPROP LTD [GB]) [Y] 1-4,7-10 * abstract * * column 9, line 9 - line 24 * * column 3, line 52 - column 4, line 3 *;
		[Y]WO9518441 (AT & T CORP [US]) [Y] 1-4,7-10 * abstract * * page 8, line 29 - page 11, line 25 *;
		[Y]US5499288 (HUNT ALAN K [US], et al) [Y] 5,6 * abstract * * column 4, line 52 - column 5, line 25 * * column 8, line 7 - line 49 *;
		[A]US5625671 (SALIN HANNU-PEKKA [FI]) [A] 1,7 * abstract * * column 4, line 28 - column 5, line 58 *;
		[A]EP0581689 (SMART INGENIERIE [FR]) [A] 1,7 * abstract * * column 3, line 22 - column 6, line 30 *;
		[A]US5249230 (MIHM JR THOMAS J [US]) [A] 1,5,7 * abstract * * column 8, line 66 - column 9, line 49 *;
		[A]US5465290 (HAMPTON THOMAS H [US], et al)
		[Y] - CLARK D W, "WHERE YOU GO, SO GO THE CALLS", AT & T TECHNOLOGY,US,AMERICAN TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. SHORT HILLS, NEW JERSEY, (19930921), vol. 8, no. 3, ISSN 0889-8979, page 6,8, XP000420492 [Y] 5,6 * the whole document *
		[A] - FEDERICO A ET AL, "A new automated method for reliable speakers identification and verification over telephone channels", INSPEC, INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS, STEVENAGE, GB, Database accession no. 2976959, XP002154888 [A] 3,6 * abstract *
		[ ] - PROCEEDINGS: ICASSP 87. 1987 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ACOUSTICS, SPEECH, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING (CAT. NO.87CH2396-0), DALLAS, TX, USA, 6-9 APRIL 1987, 1987, New York, NY, USA, IEEE, USA, pages 1457 - 1460 vol.3

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