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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110288994 | Deposit Permissions For Non-Account Holders Systems and methods for generating an access code are described. A first request to generate an access code for permitting a first individual to deposit monetary funds into an account associated with an entity is received. The first individual is not an account owner of... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110032578 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROUTING A FACSIMILE CONFIRMATION BASED ON CONTENT A method for routing a confirmation of receipt of a facsimile or portion thereof according to one embodiment of the present invention includes analyzing text of a facsimile for at least one of a meaning and a context of the text; and routing one or more confirmations to... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20100208293 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM A control method for controlling a communication apparatus used for transmitting a file with efficiency and reliability according to a time required for the conversion processing when a file as a transmission object is converted into transmission data, and the control m... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100149600 | Image communication device An image communication device which can transmit text data designated arbitrarily by a user while transmitting image data to a destination. The image data is transmitted in a media session established by a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and the designated text data a... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100138496 | METHOD FOR DIGITALLY RECORDING PROGRESS NOTES A computer implemented method for digitally recording progress notes, including establishing a content database cooperable with software, the content database being populable with identifying information relevant to patients and care providers. The software is customiza... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100103443 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF An image forming apparatus and a control method thereof, the control method of an image forming apparatus which transmits and receives facsimiles through a first line and a second line including detecting a facsimile transmitting and receiving error of a first facsimile... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100085608 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit having an upper cover to be freely opened and closed; an original reading unit disposed above the original forming unit; and a guide mechanism for moving and positioning the original reading unit over the image f... | 04/08/2010 |
| 20100046032 | Method for Ensuring Reliable Transmission of DCN Signal by a Gateway A method for ensuring reliable transmission of a DCN signal by a gateway is disclosed. When acting as a sending gateway, the gateway packs a DCN signal detected into an IFP packet and sends the IFP packet to the IP side, then, reports a fax end event to a Soft Switch af... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20090268243 | Method and Apparatus for Sending and Receiving Facsimile Transmission over a Non-Telephonic Transmission System An interface is provided for connecting a standard telephone line and/or a standard facsimile machine with a distributive communication network interface such as a personal computer, whereby facsimile signal present on the telephone line or at the facsimile machine may ... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090153908 | FACSIMILE DEVICE FOR DIRECTLY COMMUNICATING OVER IP NETWORKS Implementations described herein may provide fax terminals that can communicate directly with one another over packet-based networks. In one implementation, a fax device may include a network connection configured to connect the device to a packet-based network. The fax... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090128861 | Systems and Methods for Communicating Multimodal Messages A dynamic message delivery system includes an answer detector and a message manager. The message manager establishes a call. The answer detector determines when one of a facsimile machine, a voicemail system or a live speaker answers the call. The message manager respon... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090100523 | SPAM DETECTION WITHIN IMAGES OF A COMMUNICATION Determining undesirable, or “spam” communication, by reviewing and recognizing portions within the communications that are things other than ASCII or text. Images are analyzed to determine whether the content of the images is likely to represent undesired content. T... | 04/16/2009 |
| 20090086277 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF ADDING PAGES TO AN IMAGE DATA FILE TO BE SENT OVER A NETWORK A method for sending an image data file over a network is herein described. In the method, the first device stores an image data file including a plurality of pages. The first device may receive the image data file from an access device via a network. The first device d... | 04/02/2009 |
| 20090073499 | Facsimile Methods, Apparatuses and Systems A facsimile method, system and apparatus for sending and receiving facsimiles over one or more networks including a fax sender connected to a network and the PSTN for sending facsimiles, an administrator connected to a network having a processor and at least one databas... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090033981 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS A communication apparatus is provided that can easily select either one of a public telephone network and an Internet communication network through which information is to be transmitted and that transmits the information through the selected communication network. A te... | 02/05/2009 |
| 20080309985 | FAX MACHINE A fax machine includes a setting recorder, a communication device, a remainder calculator, a determination device, and a controller. The setting recorder holds setting information on a fax transmission job. The communication device performs the transmission job based on... | 12/18/2008 |
| 20080285087 | CONFIGURABLE IMAGING SYSTEM An imaging system, comprising an image source and a plurality of microtile units for generating respective portions of an image, each microtile unit including a plurality of coupling mechanisms for connection to a plurality of other microtile units such that the microti... | 11/20/2008 |
| 20080252932 | Techniques to synchronize information between fidelity domains Techniques to synchronize information between fidelity domains are described. A computer system may include a first application program having a low fidelity domain, and a second application program having a high fidelity domain. The second application program may inclu... | 10/16/2008 |
| 20080239405 | Double sided fax machine Double Sided Fax Machine is an improvement on existing facsimile machines that has all of the standard components of a facsimile machine but also has a second group of sensors that permits double-sided transmission and reception. To use Double Sided Fax Machine, an indi... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080231908 | Methods and systems for classifying and prioritizing incoming facsimiles A method is provided for classifying and prioritizing facsimiles comprising: accepting a facsimile comprising image data; classifying the facsimile in accordance with a predetermined classification scheme based on the data comprising the facsimile; determining, based on... | 09/25/2008 |
| 20080218812 | Metadata image processing Embodiments including using metadata for image processing are disclosed.... | 09/11/2008 |
| 20080204818 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE A communication device has an image reading unit, a wireless tag reading unit, a transmitting unit, a detecting unit, and a data-size notifying unit. The image reading unfit reads image data from an original document on a page basis. The original document has a wireless... | 08/28/2008 |
| 20080204817 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE A communication device has a reading unit, a wireless tag reading unit, and a transmitting unit. The reading unit reads image data from an original document. The original document has a first wireless tag including wireless tag data. The wireless tag data has data size.... | 08/28/2008 |
| 20080192287 | Image processing apparatus, image processing system, and image processing method In an image processing apparatus which is connected to a server and permitted to make an access request to the server, the server receiving the access request only from a request source which is permitted to make the access request, a reader reads an image to obtain an ... | 08/14/2008 |
| 20080151313 | Image monitoring system for preventing confidential information outflow, image monitoring method, and computer image monitoring program stored on a computer readable medium In order to prevent a sheet of paper on which confidential information is formed as an image from being taken out, an MFP has a print data accepting portion to accept print data, an image-forming portion to form an image based on the print data onto a sheet of paper hav... | 06/26/2008 |
| 20080144120 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM An image processing apparatus which makes it possible to further simplify operations for designating a removable storage medium as a transmission destination of image data. A scanner section reads an image from an original. A controller unit transmits image data of the ... | 06/19/2008 |
| 20080100875 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE A communication device in accordance with the present invention includes a transmitting unit capable of transmitting a file to an external device, a storage unit for storing a string and an address of the external device so that the character string and the address of t... | 05/01/2008 |
| 20080088884 | FACSIMILE APPARATUS, ITS CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM AND STORAGE MEDIUM When facsimile data is transmitted by performing facsimile communication, a public line is seized. Then, when the public line is seized, it is a determined which of a dial tone signal or a voice signal for phone call a signal received from the public line is, it is cont... | 04/17/2008 |
| 20080080010 | Easy Copying Between Electronic Paper And Display A method and devices for copying an image (2) from an electronic display (1) to an electronic paper (3), wherein said electronic paper (3) is held against an area (6) of the electronic display (1) for performing a copy action an... | 04/03/2008 |
| 20080074705 | Communication Terminal Apparatus and Facsimile Communication Method A communication terminal apparatus includes a network facsimile device having network functions, and an SIP adapter device connected to the network facsimile device to enable communication based on Session Initiation Protocol SIP for communication control. The SIP adapt... | 03/27/2008 |
| 20080055658 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method, computer readable medium, and computer data signal An information processing apparatus includes: a retrieval portion that retrieves feature information, which is identical to feature information obtained from a target recording medium to be processed, from a storage apparatus that stores feature information being optica... | 03/06/2008 |
| 20080055659 | IMAGE TRANSMISSION APPARATUS A transmission-side MFP receives a user name, checks whether the user name is registered in a destination user list, and if so, transmits image data to a reception-side MFP. If an ACK is received, the transmission-side MFP displays that transmission was successful. When... | 03/06/2008 |
| 20080055660 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a mounting portion on which an external memory device is mountable, a detecting unit that detects mounting or non-mounting of the external memory device to the mounting portion, a printing unit that prints data acquired from the exter... | 03/06/2008 |
| 20080024833 | FACSIMILE MACHINE A facsimile machine includes an entry unit, a searching unit, a transmitting unit and a control unit. The entry unit accepts a transmission instruction including a destination. The searching unit searches the destination information in a database held by an external dat... | 01/31/2008 |
| 20080018945 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SWITCHING HIGH-SPEED FACSIMILE TO ORDINARY FACSIMILE A method applied to T.38 gateway for making high-speed facsimile fall back to ordinary facsimile, including: detecting a call menu signal from a calling high-speed fiacsimile machine: intercepting the call menu signal when the call menu signal containing high-speed facs... | 01/24/2008 |
| 20080018946 | Facsimile device There is provided a facsimile apparatus that analyzes an image of a received original, and prints an image, which is different according to analysis results, in combination with the received original, thereby allowing a user to easily sort the received original. The fac... | 01/24/2008 |
| 20080007790 | Facsimile communication system and image processing apparatus Leakage of communication information concerning facsimile communication is prevented. A facsimile server manages communication information concerning facsimile communication. An image processing apparatus connects itself to the facsimile server to acquire communication ... | 01/10/2008 |
| 20080007789 | Systems and methods for secure fax transmission status notification The presently disclosed embodiments are directed to systems and method for transmitting a secure electronic fax transmission report for a fax job from a fax capable printer to a user or recipient and sending commands for resubmitting or deleting the fax job from the use... | 01/10/2008 |
| 20070297022 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD APPLICABLE TO THE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL PROGRAM A method for controlling an image forming apparatus includes: storing data in which pages are defined; specifying insertion data to be inserted into the data; providing instructions to insert the insertion data specified at a specific page of the data stored; determinin... | 12/27/2007 |
| 20070279698 | Network facsimile apparatus and network facsimile system There is described a network facsimile apparatus, which makes it possible to alleviate burdens of the user in charge of operations for confirming the transferring status and for acquiring the image data, when the image data are transferred to another receiver by employi... | 12/06/2007 |
