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"I watched his countenance closely, to see if he was not deranged ... and I was assured by other senators after he left the room that they had no confidence in it."
U.S. Senator Smith of Indiana ; After seeing Samuel Morse demonstrate the telegraph.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5170428 | Data communication apparatus A data communication apparatus comprises: a memory to store data which is sent from a station for requesting the repeating multiple-address transmission; a transmitter to transmit the data stored in the memory to a repeating multiple-address reception sta... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5168376 | Facsimile machine and its security control method Communication permission or rejection is controlled on the basis of a party terminal name data in a communication protocol to realize a security communication limited only between particular facsimile machines. Since a terminal name data as a unified comm... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5136634 | Voice operated facsimile machine network A method and apparatus for transmitting specifically requested graphic and/or textual data from an unattended database storage location to a requestor's facsimile machine over a telephone line includes a host computer such as a PC modified with a facsimil... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5130818 | Communication terminal apparatus, and communication method A communication terminal apparatus connected to an ISDN treats communication information as being confidential in accordance with the result of a comparison between a subaddress received along with the communication information and confidentiality informa... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5115326 | Method of encoding an E-mail address in a fax message and routing the fax message to a destination on a network A fax message transmitted by a facsimile transmitter includes bar coded headers in its first page. At least one of these headers contains the name of an addressee that is also a user on a network. A fax server receiving the incoming fax message inspects t... | 05/19/1992 |
| 5099340 | Electronic filing apparatus An electronic filing apparatus includes a determinating device for receiving an image signal to determine whether or not image represented by the image signal is image of an OMR sheet in accordance with a predetermined form. The form at least includes a f... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5095373 | Facsimile machine having store and forward mode A facsimile machine has a store and forward (SAF) mode and comprises a reader for successively reading a plurality of document pages which are to be transmitted to different destinations in one read operation, a memory for storing image data related to th... | 03/10/1992 |
| 5084770 | Image communication apparatus The present invention relates to an image communication apparatus for use in facsimile or the like for transmitting and receiving a plurality of image data files as a batch. An identifier data is automatically added to each image data file to be transmitt... | 01/28/1992 |
| 5068888 | Interactive facsimile information retrieval system and method An information delivery system automatically delivers documents from a central information storage location to a facsimile machine positioned at a remote location in response to user requests that are automatically answered by the system. The information ... | 11/26/1991 |
| 5065254 | Facsimile machine and facsimile transmission system A facsimile machine includes a scanner, a plotter, a communicating device, a memory storing the image data supplied from the scanner and supplied, through the communicating device, from a source facsimile machine coupled to the transmission line through a... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5060080 | Self multi-copy method in a facsimile system There is disclosed a self multi-copy method in a facsimile system capable of making at least one copy of the contents of each inserted document. The inventive method comprises: displaying a first message to have the desired amount of the pages set; displa... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5057935 | Method for confirmation of document recipient in a data processing system A method is disclosed for efficiently managing the distribution of multiple documents within a data processing system. In many modern data processing systems an intended document recipient may selectively permit one or more alternate recipients to receive... | 10/15/1991 |
| 5050006 | Multi-address calling system Disclosed is a multi-address calling system in a facsimile device in which transmission of picture data to at least a first destination is effected in parallel and asynchronous with the reading, compacting and storing of the picture data, whereby the acce... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5020096 | Image communication system having improved line control An image communication apparatus includes a plurality of speech or nonspeech communication terminals and a line controller for connecting the plurality of terminals to a communication line. Each of the terminals includes an image reader circuit for readin... | 05/28/1991 |
| 5016115 | Point to multi point fax transmission method and system A method of simultaneously transmitting information to a plurality of standard facsimile (fax) receivers in which each receiver may have timing and response characteristics which vary from other receivers, including the steps of transmitting by a selectiv... | 05/14/1991 |
| 5003405 | Method and apparatus for transmitting verified copy of a document over distances and to substitute for original document A method and apparatus by which an original document in one location may be transmitted by image transmission, facsimile, or the like, to another location, verified as to accuracy, certified as a replacement for the original, and the original then destroy... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4996707 | Text-to-speech converter of a facsimile graphic image A computer system is described that includes a capability to receive and store graphic images from remote facsimile machines. The system includes a software that can convert graphic images of textual material into an ASCII coded file so that either keywor... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4994926 | Facsimile telecommunications system and method A system and method for facilitating facsimile transmissions has one or more store and forward facilities, each associated with a plurality of subscriber facsimile machines, typically coupled over the switched telephone network. The store and forward faci... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4958235 | System and method for rapidly conveying document images between distant locations A system for rapidly conveying images contained on each of a plurality of documents from a first location to a second location distance from the first location at a high transmission rate. The system includes a scanner at the first location for scanning e... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4956721 | Method of facsimile transmission after collection of facsimile charge and apparatus therefor A facsimile transmitting system is provided, wherein information recorded on a document or docments is read and transmitted. Prior to transmission, the amount of information recorded on the document is detected. A charge is calcualted prior to transmissio... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4941170 | Facsimile transmissions system A facsimile transmission system is used to transmit documents over telephone lines using an electronic mail system, which may be a localized system or a distributed electronic mail system. Transmission is initiated by the sending facsimile machine transmi... | 07/10/1990 |
| 4935955 | Facsimile PBX with storage and security A system for interfacing central office telephone lines with internal facsimile machines. Roll-over lines are employed that automatically sequence up from the main facsimile telephone number as more and more facsimile transmissions arrive. Incoming and ou... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4918723 | Keyboard to facsimile machine transmission system A keyboard to facsimile transmission device allowing the direct imputting of a sequence of identifying signals representing alpha-numeric characters and delimiters comprising a message to be transmitted to a facsimile machine for printing thereby. The mes... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4646160 | Facsimile apparatus A facsimile apparatus for transmitting/receiving image data has a first memory for storing image data of one or more pages, a second memory for storing external apparatus number and time data, and an automatic send control for comparing the time data stor... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4607289 | Facsimile transceiver capable of storing and relaying data A facsimile transceiver having a data storing and relaying function in which facsimile data transmitted thereto from a remote facsimile station is stored for a moment and then transmitted to a second remote facsimile station which is designated by the fir... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4415981 | Multi-purpose terminal device having an input and control keyboard for connection to a data processing system and/or to an automatic text processing unit A multi-purpose terminal device is adapted for connection to a data processing system, an automatic text processing unit and/or a communication network. An input and control keyboard is provided for controlling connections and for adding information to th... | 11/15/1983 |
| 4207598 | Automatic mail sending system For sending mail automatically, letters put in a sending station uncovered are scanned with a television camera tube, and the information is transmitted to storages in a telephone exchange. In the exchange, a numerical destination address written at a spe... | 06/10/1980 |
| 4106060 | Electronic mail box An electronic mail box includes an entry slot for receiving a letter to be transmitted electronically to a remote point, an optical reader for converting the letter text to electronic signals, and a keyboard for receiving the address of the addressee. The... | 08/08/1978 |
| 4064389 | System and method for authenticating an electronically transmitted document A method and apparatus are disclosed for electronically transmitting to a remote point unique data to be included in a document and for electronically transmitting from a second independent source an authenticating mark for the document. Where a plurality... | 12/20/1977 |
