AU2003270371A8 - Method and system for providing a cache guide - Google Patents

Method and system for providing a cache guide

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AU2003270371A8
AU2003270371A8 AU2003270371A AU2003270371A AU2003270371A8 AU 2003270371 A8 AU2003270371 A8 AU 2003270371A8 AU 2003270371 A AU2003270371 A AU 2003270371A AU 2003270371 A AU2003270371 A AU 2003270371A AU 2003270371 A8 AU2003270371 A8 AU 2003270371A8
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providing
cache
cache guide
guide
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Terry Wayne Lockridge
Ting Wang
Robert Eugene Trzybinski
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Thomson Licensing SAS
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AU2003270371A 2002-09-05 2003-09-05 Method and system for providing a cache guide Abandoned AU2003270371A1 (en)

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US40843602P 2002-09-05 2002-09-05
US60/408,436 2002-09-05
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JP (1) JP4705781B2 (en)
KR (1) KR101006409B1 (en)
CN (1) CN100449458C (en)
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EP1540936A4 (en) 2007-12-05
JP4705781B2 (en) 2011-06-22
JP2005538615A (en) 2005-12-15
WO2004023785A2 (en) 2004-03-18
WO2004023785A3 (en) 2004-07-15
BR0314337A (en) 2005-08-09
EP1540936A2 (en) 2005-06-15
AU2003270371A1 (en) 2004-03-29
CN100449458C (en) 2009-01-07
KR101006409B1 (en) 2011-01-10
MXPA05002554A (en) 2005-05-27

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