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EP About this file: EP1876758

EP1876758 - Method for probing the peer-to-peer quality of service (QOS) [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2008/02]Peer-to-Peer method of quality of service (QoS) probing and analysis and infrastructure employing same
[2008/06]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  30.12.2011
Database last updated on 24.08.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip18.07.2014Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): HU		published on 20.08.2014  [2014/34]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Microsoft Corporation
One Microsoft Way
Redmond, WA 98052-6399 / US
[2008/02]
Inventor(s)01 / Zhang, Qian
The Coal Office of Hubei Province Fuja Po Road Wuhan
Hubei 430070 / CN
02 / Zhu, Wenwu
11 Queenberry Way Basking Ridge
New Jersey 07920 / US
03 / Zhang, Xin Yan
Feng Huang Nan Lu 17 Liu He
Nanjing Jiangsu / CN
04 / Xiong, YongQiang
Apt. 133, Building No. 1 MingGuanBeiLi HaiDian District
Beijing 100088 / CN
 [2010/37]
Former [2008/02]01 / Zhang, Qian
The Coal Office of Hubei Province Fuja Po Road Wuhan
Hubei 430070 / CN
02 / Thu, Wenwu
11 Queenberry Way Basking Ridge
New Jersey 07920 / US
03 / Zhang, Xin Yan
Feng Huang Nan Lu 17 Liu He
Nanjing Jiangsu / CN
04 / Xiong, YongQiang
Apt. 133, Building No. 1 MingGuanBeiLi HaiDian District
Beijing 100088 / CN
Representative(s)Grünecker Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB
Leopoldstraße 4
80802 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2008/02]Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Schwanhäusser Anwaltssozietät
Maximilianstrasse 58
80538 München / DE
Application number, filing date07020834.313.01.2003
[2008/02]
Priority number, dateUS2002006146201.02.2002         Original published format: US 61462
[2008/02]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP1876758
Date:09.01.2008
Language:EN
[2008/02]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP1876758
Date:06.02.2008
[2008/06]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP1876758
Date:23.02.2011
Language:EN
[2011/08]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP09.01.2008
ClassificationIPC:H04L12/26, H04L12/24, H04L29/08, G06F17/30, // H04L29/08, G06F17/30
[2008/06]
CPC:
H04L61/2567 (EP,US); H04L43/0852 (EP,US); H04L43/50 (EP,US);
H04L47/10 (EP,US)
Former IPC [2008/02]H04L12/26, H04L12/24, H04L29/08, G06F17/30
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HU,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   MC,   NL,   PT,   SE,   SI,   SK,   TR [2008/02]
TitleGerman:Verfahren zur Ermittlung der Peer-to-Peer-Servicequalität (QoS)[2008/06]
English:Method for probing the peer-to-peer quality of service (QOS)[2008/06]
French:Procédé de sondage de la qualité de service (QoS) poste à poste[2008/06]
Former [2008/02]Ermittlung und Analyse der Peer-to-Peer-Servicequalität (QoS) sowie diese verwendende Infrastruktur
Former [2008/02]Peer-to-Peer method of quality of service (QoS) probing and analysis and infrastructure employing same
Former [2008/02]Procédé de sondage et d'analyse de la qualité de service (QoS) poste à poste et infrastructure l'utilisant
Examination procedure24.10.2007Examination requested  [2008/02]
19.03.2008Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
29.07.2008Reply to a communication from the examining division
23.08.2010Communication of intention to grant the patent
07.12.2010Fee for grant paid
07.12.2010Fee for publishing/printing paid
Parent application(s)   TooltipEP03000583.9  / EP1335525
Opposition(s)24.11.2011No opposition filed within time limit [2012/05]
Fees paidRenewal fee
24.10.2007Renewal fee patent year 03
24.10.2007Renewal fee patent year 04
24.10.2007Renewal fee patent year 05
24.10.2007Renewal fee patent year 06
31.03.2008Renewal fee patent year 07
13.01.2010Renewal fee patent year 08
14.01.2011Renewal fee patent year 09
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU13.01.2003
AT23.02.2011
BE23.02.2011
CY23.02.2011
CZ23.02.2011
DK23.02.2011
EE23.02.2011
FI23.02.2011
NL23.02.2011
SE23.02.2011
SI23.02.2011
SK23.02.2011
TR23.02.2011
BG23.05.2011
GR24.05.2011
ES03.06.2011
PT23.06.2011
[2014/34]
Former [2014/21]AT23.02.2011
BE23.02.2011
CY23.02.2011
CZ23.02.2011
DK23.02.2011
EE23.02.2011
FI23.02.2011
NL23.02.2011
SE23.02.2011
SI23.02.2011
SK23.02.2011
TR23.02.2011
BG23.05.2011
GR24.05.2011
ES03.06.2011
PT23.06.2011
Former [2011/51]AT23.02.2011
BE23.02.2011
CY23.02.2011
CZ23.02.2011
DK23.02.2011
EE23.02.2011
FI23.02.2011
NL23.02.2011
SE23.02.2011
SI23.02.2011
SK23.02.2011
BG23.05.2011
GR24.05.2011
ES03.06.2011
PT23.06.2011
Former [2011/47]AT23.02.2011
BE23.02.2011
CY23.02.2011
DK23.02.2011
EE23.02.2011
FI23.02.2011
NL23.02.2011
SE23.02.2011
SI23.02.2011
BG23.05.2011
GR24.05.2011
ES03.06.2011
PT23.06.2011
Former [2011/39]AT23.02.2011
BE23.02.2011
CY23.02.2011
FI23.02.2011
NL23.02.2011
SE23.02.2011
SI23.02.2011
BG23.05.2011
GR24.05.2011
ES03.06.2011
PT23.06.2011
Former [2011/37]BE23.02.2011
CY23.02.2011
FI23.02.2011
SE23.02.2011
SI23.02.2011
BG23.05.2011
GR24.05.2011
ES03.06.2011
PT23.06.2011
Documents cited:Search[X]WO0193064  (EMIKOLO NETWORKS INC [US], et al) [X] 21-31 * abstract * * page 3, line 20 - page 5 * * page 10, line 8 - page 12 * * page 14, line 5 - page 15, line 19 ** figure 1 *;
 [XY]  - JIM KUROSE, BRIAN LEVINE, DON TOWSLEY, "Peer-Peer and Application-level Networking", vol. class2, (20010914), pages 1 - 32, URL: www-net.cs.umass.edu/cs791n/class2.ppt, (20050525), XP002329833 [X] 1-7,9,21 * page 4 - page 8 * [Y] 8,10-20
 [Y]  - BANERJEE S ET AL, "Estimating available capacity of a network connection", CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS, (20000905), pages 131 - 138, XP010514091 [Y] 8,10-20 * abstract * * page 132, section 2. Issues on Measurements * * page 132 - 133, section 3. Technique Overview * * page 135, section 5. Estimating smax, the Bottleneck Service Time *
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