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An apparatus and method for gathering, processing and locally storing information on access to a service made by an apparatus over a communications system
EP 1189385 A2 · Applicant: Virtual Access Ireland Limited
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- Filed October 16, 1997 and never granted as a European patent. Had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended October 16, 2017.
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FiledOctober 16, 1997
PublishedMarch 20, 2002
GrantedNever granted
Term endedOctober 16, 2017
Application numberEP 01125197
Classification (CPC)H04L43/00 +2 more
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