Owner Microsoft Corporation

Inventors Sutanto, Henry; Szilagyi, Zoltan; Kannapel, Timothy H; Duncan, Richard; Wakeam, Jamie; Raghupathy, Sashi

Agent Davies Collison Cave

Pub. Number AU-B-2003262757

PCT Number PCT/US03/26170

PCT Pub. Number WO2005/029342

Filing date 21 August 2003

Wipo publication date 11 April 2005

Acceptance publication date 11 February 2010

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