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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7640310 | Network facsimile apparatus and transmission method A communication apparatus is connected to a terminal apparatus via a network. The communication apparatus includes an e-mail receiver that performs an e-mail reception via the network. A file generator generates an HTML file for a web page indicating a result of the... | 12/29/2009 |
| RE40892 | Network facsimile apparatus The network facsimile apparatus is able to communicate using both a public switched telephone network and a computer network, and has a facsimile section which transmits and receives an image via the public switched telephone network, a network communication section... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7555520 | Server apparatus and method for electronic mail transmission control A server apparatus and a method for electronic mail transmission control are provided that enables electronic mail communication, even if a user does not know information regarding destination, such as a mail account, in advance. The server apparatus includes a rece... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7548336 | Internet facsimile apparatus and e-mail receiving method An Internet facsimile apparatus is configured to receive e-mail and to print the e-mail. The Internet facsimile apparatus includes a controller that determines whether the received e-mail includes a text part when it is determined that the received e-mail comprises ... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7508867 | Activation of multiple xDSL modems with implicit channel probe A communication apparatus and a communication device that are selectively connectable to each other. A transmitter, associated with one of the communication apparatus and the communication device, transmits a first predetermined signal, such as, for example, an MS s... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7440131 | Internet facsimile apparatus and e-mail receiving method An Internet facsimile apparatus is configured to receive an e-mail and to print the e-mail. The Internet facsimile apparatus includes a controller that determines whether the received e-mail includes a text part when it is determined that the received e-mail compris... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7398297 | Email receiver and method of receiving email Upon occurrence of memory overflow, a POP3 protocol process section interrupts email reception by POP3 and stores a page count number at the interruption in the data memory area as the interrupted page number. After that, POP3 protocol process section starts recepti... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7383328 | Terminal apparatus, network system and communication method including opening of received document file A terminal apparatus is configured to receive image data from a scanner. A controller receives, from the scanner, a control file including a file name, receives, from the scanner, a document file, the document file including image data scanned by the scanner, analyz... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7355734 | Dial-up internet facsimile apparatus A dial-up internet facsimile apparatus comprises a modem that makes dial-up connection to a service provider of e-mail via telephone line, an operation section that has a stop button, and an e-mail reception section that receives e-mail data from the connected servi... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352479 | Image recording apparatus having copy mode and facsimile mode, and transmission method using the same An image recording apparatus according the present invention includes a copy section for copying an original, a transmission section for transmitting the original via a telephone line, an input section for inputting the number of sheets to be copied and a destinatio... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352483 | Network image processing apparatus and monitoring apparatus A number-of-commands counter counts number of commands received during a predetermined measurement period, which is timed by a timer. An access interval determiner determines command reception frequency from the count result, and decides on an optimum access interva... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7327480 | Server apparatus and internet facsimile apparatus and communication terminal capability exchanging method In a server apparatus, a registration processing section analyzes a capability information transmission mail received by an E-mail communication section, and extracts capability information. Next, a sender's address and capability information are made to correspond ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7321442 | Image data communications device and method An image data communication apparatus is connected to an image data source and to a network, and transmits image data attached to an e-mail to a receiving apparatus via the network. The e-mail including a mail from command and a mail message. The image data communic... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7321440 | Print job managing apparatus and print job control method A host that controls jobs of a printer obtains client identifying information within a job control request, which is received from a terminal, while obtaining the job information and client identifying information of the print request from the printer, and storing t... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7305001 | ADSL modem apparatus and ADSL modem communication method The present invention provides a management table that uses only specific symbols for upstream signals and other symbols for downstream signals, within a hyperframe (ADSL communication unit). Communication is performed by switching streams between the upstream and d... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7305440 | Apparatus and method for receiving image An [X-mailer:] field analyzing section checks whether or not [X-mailer:] field is included in a header of received mail data. If [X-mailer:] field is included in the header, there is a possibility that received mail data will be error mail. Then, a [From:] field ana... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7299260 | Apparatus and method for receiving e-mail A mail retrieval moderator instructs an image memory usage rate calculator to calculate a usage rate of an image memory, and determines whether the usage rage is greater than or equal to 98%. When the answer is “Yes”, there is a risk that the image memory will h... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7295600 | ADSL modem apparatus and re-initialization method for ADSL modem apparatus The present invention monitors communication status during a data communication, determines whether the current communication status needs a re-initialization, requests a re-initialization of an opposing ADSL modem apparatus by transmitting ClearEOC when a re-initia... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7293062 | Apparatus and method for communication control An internet facsimile apparatus (IFAX) can normally function even on a network managed by the HTTP protocol, in a system where an e-mail communicator receives e-mail from an IFAX according to the SMTP protocol, an HTML processor converts the e-mail data into an HTML... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7286254 | Communication control apparatus and method of converting between facsimile and e-mail transmissions A network communication control apparatus that converts data from a facsimile apparatus into e-mail to transmit to another communication apparatus, and converts e-mail from another communication apparatus into facsimile data to transmit to the facsimile apparatus, t... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7272173 | Activation of multiple xDSL modems with implicit channel probe A communication apparatus and method utilizing a Digital Subscriber Line (xDSL) modem that is selectively connected to a central communication apparatus to perform a full duplex communication. A communicator transmits a plurality of Mode Request (MR) signals to the ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7260065 | Data communication apparatus A data communication apparatus includes a communication section that performs pre-communication protocol to exchange a communication function with a communication destination terminal, and transmits data to the communication destination terminal after the pre-commun... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7245393 | Facsimile machine and communication result notifying method A facsimile apparatus transmits facsimile data converted from e-mail data to a facsimile destination via a public communication network. A receiver receives the e-mail data from a requesting node. A memory stores a password and a domain name of a requesting node. An... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7243151 | Home gateway apparatus A home gateway apparatus that can control the power in each current carrying unit, and lower the power consumption is provided; by dividing the apparatus into a first system that has a minimum function to connect with the Internet, and a second system that has neces... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7234162 | Communication apparatus and communication method A communication apparatus and a communication method capable of selecting desired sender-information in a short time from multiple of registered sender-information are presented. Sender-default information of the communication apparatus is stored in a default inform... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7221471 | Image data communication device and method An image data communication apparatus is connected to an image data source and to a network, and transmits image data attached to an e-mail to a receiving apparatus via the network. The e-mail including a mail from command and a mail message. The image data communic... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7212302 | Internet facsimile apparatus and E-mail communication method An e-mail communication apparatus connected an administrator via a network includes a receiver that receives e-mail from a sender over the network and a detector that detects whether or not the received e-mail can be handled, based upon whether the e-mail can be ope... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7200169 | DSL modem apparatus and initialization method for DSL communication An ADSL modem apparatus including an IFFT unit that performs an inverse fast Fourier transform on transmission data, an FFT unit that performs a fast Fourier transform on reception data, and a processor that performs an initialization sequence according to a protoco... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7190479 | Image data communications device An image data communication apparatus is connected to an image data source and to a network, and transmits image data attached to an e-mail to a receiving apparatus via the network. The e-mail including a mail from command and a mail message. The image data is attac... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7184161 | Image data communications device and method An image data communication apparatus is connected to an image data source and to a network, and transmitting image data attached to an e-mail to a receiving apparatus via the network. The e-mail including a mail from command and a mail message. The image data attac... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7155522 | Image information transmitting system, scanner apparatus and user terminal apparatus, and method for registering user terminal information to scanner apparatus PC broadcasts a search packet on a network (ST505), and waits for the response (ST506). A network scanner receives the search packet and determines whether or not the received search packet is a group name to be responded (ST507). When determini... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7152101 | Communication control method, communication control apparatus, and ADSL communication apparatus A communication control method detects whether an opposing apparatus is capable of performing an abbreviated procedure during a handshake step, declares an initiation of the abbreviated procedure if the opposing apparatus is capable of performing the abbreviated pro... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7152159 | Encrypted mail transmission system In the present invention, the an electronic mail transmission terminal device encrypts an electronic mail and transmits the encrypted mail. An electronic mail server device, when the encrypted mail is received, transmits a reception notification mail, which notifies... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7148988 | Image data communications device and method An image data communication apparatus is connected to an image data source and to a network, and transmits image data attached to an e-mail to a receiving apparatus via the network. The e-mail including a mail from command and a mail message. The image data communic... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146406 | Server apparatus and method to distribute media data A server apparatus to transmit music data is provided with a distribution request process section that receives music number, a reading section that reads out the music data from a contents server, and a notification process section that notifies the terminal of the... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7142323 | Image data communications device and method An image data communication apparatus is connected to an image data source and to a network, and transmits image data attached to an e-mail to a receiving apparatus via the network. The e-mail including a mail from command and a mail message. The image data communic... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7139089 | Multifunctional printer and method for displaying image data to be transmitted At a predetermined location on a touch panel, a document image in a portrait direction, or a document image in a landscape direction is displayed according to a direction of the scanned document, while displaying a corresponding forwarding image in parallel, on the ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7139092 | Image data communications device and method An image data communication apparatus is connected to an image data source and to a network, and transmits image data attached to an e-mail to a receiving apparatus via the network. The e-mail including a mail from command and a mail message. The image data attached... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7139093 | Network facsimile apparatus A communication apparatus is connected to a terminal apparatus via a network. The communication apparatus includes a detector that detects at least a part of the communication apparatus to obtain status information regarding the detected pair of the communication ap... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7133146 | Printing apparatus, server apparatus and information processing apparatus Recording sheet-type information employed in a special use is set beforehand in a printing apparatus. An information processing apparatus connected the printing apparatus through predetermined communication media inquires of the recording sheet-type information set ... | 11/07/2006 |
