Did You Know...
...that the inventor of the electric motor was a blacksmith named Thomas Davenport? Described as "a brilliantly unsuccessful inventor", Davenport invented the first rotary electric motor. In 1836 he headed out -- on foot -- from his Vermont home to file a patent application at the Patent Office in Washington, D.C. By the time he got there, he had squandered away his money and couldn't afford the $30 filing fee so he turned around and went home. When he later mailed in his application with money he'd raised, the Patent office was destroyed in a fire. He did finally get credit for his invention on Feb. 5, 1837.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8107131 | Scanner for optically and electrically scanning transponder-equipped document In a scanner for optical and electrical scanning of a document having a transponder associated therewith a glass plate is provided for placement of the document. An optical scanning device scans the document via a mirror. At least one antenna for transmission of ele... | 01/31/2012 |
| 7408657 | Image input and output system, method and recording medium having a common initiation portion An image input and output system is provided in which a common operation screen for a plurality of image output devices having different attributes is displayed. Based on attribute information of each of printers, the server generates a signal for generating an oper... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7408459 | Environment setup system, electronic apparatus, radio communication terminal, program An MPF (Multi Function Peripheral) obtains a BD address and a device name from a communication partner search response when it receives the communication partner search response from a cellular phone. When the MFP successfully obtains the BD address and the BD addre... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7400426 | Communicating apparatus and program It is an object to provide a communicating apparatus and its program in which in the case where the RTC pattern or the RCP frame cannot be received due to the noises or in the case where a modem diverges and data cannot be normally demodulated, a procedure signal ca... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7369258 | Network communication device A network communication device measures an elapsed time from the transmission of facsimile data prepared by an e-mail message composing section to the reception of a delivery verification response by a clock section. In accordance with the measurement, a time managi... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365884 | 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 facsimiles incl... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7355735 | Real time fax over packet based network A method of establishing a fax connection on a link which is a portion of a composite connection. The method includes transmitting at least some signals of a negotiation procedure on the link and initiating a retrain on the connection, without identifying a problem ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7333245 | System and method for printing retained print jobs A computing system including a computer and a printer. The computer is operable to transmit a print job to the printer that cases the printer to retain the job. The computer is further operable to record a record of the job. The record includes an identifier of the ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7330283 | Method for controlling error of internet fax data Provided are a method for controlling errors of an Internet fax data according to the statue of a network by using a receiver report (RR) message in a real-time transport control protocol (RTCP) and a gateway to which the method is applied. Therefore, transmission e... | 02/12/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7312904 | Apparatus, method and program for communication Facsimile communication is correctly performed even when an echo is generated in a communication line having a delay, by handling an echo signal in such a manner that when an echo of a CFR signal (according to the ITU-T recommendation V.21) transmitted from a receiv... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7310160 | Facsimile communication apparatus and method permitting reliable V.17 communication This invention is to provide a facsimile communication apparatus and method in which when a receiver which supports V.34 communication receives a call, transmits an ANSam signal, and receives a CM signal indicating V.17 communication from the transmitter, V.17 commu... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7277197 | Image communication apparatus and image communication method In a pre-procedure in an image communication method, a receiver notifies a transmitter as to whether a capability of receiving JPEG-encoded information is provided, whether a capability of receiving full-color information in Lab color space is provided, whether a ca... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7265853 | Postage server system and method A system and method for transmission of a document from a sending location to a receiving location by way of a trusted way location is disclosed. A selected document is physically or electronically transmitted by a sending location to a letter server operated by a d... | 09/04/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7251252 | Negotiated cell delivery capability According to the invention, a method for establishing a personal communication between an originating end and a terminating end of a communication system is disclosed. In one step, a first number of personal communication modes associated with the originating end is... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7248384 | Method, system, and program for responding to an acknowledgement request from a printer driver Provided is a method, system, and program for interfacing with a printer driver. Data and an acknowledgment request is received from the printer driver. The printer driver does not send further data to print until receiving an acknowledgment reply indicating that th... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7233410 | Printer control apparatus and method of controlling the same, printer and method of controlling the same, reader and method of controlling the same, and image forming system There is provided a printer control apparatus which can be applied to an image forming apparatus in which a plurality of types of readers and a plurality of types of printers can be connected to a single controller, and which enable efficient transfer of image data ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7218424 | Facsimile transmission over packet networks with delivery notification A method for facsimile transmission over a packet network includes establishing a facsimile call between first and second facsimile terminals in accordance with a facsimile protocol, using a facsimile gateway to convey communications between the terminals over the p... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7215437 | Method of printing over a network The invention proposes a scheme in which even in the case where a lot of print sites each of which provides a printing service by secure network communication are constructed on a network the print sites can be managed easily, as well as a system as an implementatio... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7200562 | Multimedia data decoder The multimedia data decoder includes a decoding section and a control section. The decoding section for decoding coded data in a bit stream has a function to detect a synchronous word from the bit stream, analyze decoding information following the synchronous word a... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7187466 | Image communication apparatus capable of reproducing data from a data processing apparatus An image communication apparatus converts image data received through a communication line into bit image data to be reproduced as a visible image by means of using a data converting unit and a reproducing unit. The apparatus converts data from a data processing app... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7176956 | Video enhancement of an avatar A communication system (100) includes two or more communication devices (110, 150) for communicating video including at least one virtual image. An avatar is associated with each communicated image. Change messages are communicated between a transmitti... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7158246 | Method for controlling fax data transmission according to an outputting way of a receiving part Disclosed is a method for controlling transmission of fax data according to a data outputting way of a receiving part, the method comprising the steps of: scanning and storing a document to be transmitted from a facsimile of a transmitting part to a facsimile of the... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7155538 | Adaptive forward error correction for optimizing communications over packet networks An apparatus and method for providing adaptive error correction for a fax and/or modem over packet network session is disclosed. A gateway device configured in accordance with the present invention comprises a controller configured to receive a signal from its local... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7148987 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program for controlling computer The present invention eliminates a need to install, on a computer, special driver software for controlling a network-enabled device to be used as well as a need to set network information on the driver software. ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7139088 | Communication apparatus and communication method When a data communication apparatus as a sender gateway receives instruction information for instructing a communication system via ITU recommendation T.38 or a communication system via ITU recommendation T.37 from a sender facsimile apparatus as an analogue communi... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7136475 | Call Management system with call control from user workstation computers A Call Management System provides for management of calls directly by system users at their workstation computers via a digital data network such as a digital networks not controlled via the user's telephone instruments as in prior systems. A call management compute... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7133934 | Adaptive error correction for communications over packet networks An apparatus and method for providing adaptive error correction for a fax and/or modem over packet network session is disclosed. A gateway device configured in accordance with the present invention comprises a controller configured to receive a signal from its local... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7133221 | Lens system and optical device having the same A lens system has a plurality of lenses, a stop, and a diffractive surface, the entire lens system moves during focusing, and the lens system satisfies the condition of β≧0.5, where β is a maximum photographic magnification. ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7130337 | Method and system for sample and recreation synchronization for digital transmission of analog modem signal A method and system for the synchronization of the transmission of digitally converted analog modem signals between two or more modems using either RF over-the-air or A/C power line communication channels. This invention provides for modem speed optimization my mini... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7130066 | Apparatus for performing a service in cooperation with another apparatus on a network A communication system that efficiently and accurately manages various devices on a network includes a local device, which performs a user authentication process by using user information (a user ID and a password) that is inputted by a user at an operation unit and... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7113311 | Facsimile communication method A facsimile transmission control procedure for a relay use to relay facsimile communication via a public telephone network between mobile communication control units placed at different places from one another in which such facsimile communication is implemented by ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7110129 | Method, system, and program for responding to an acknowledgement request from a printer driver Provided is a method, system, and program for interfacing with a printer driver. Data and an acknowledgment request is received from the printer driver. The printer driver does not send further data to print until receiving an acknowledgment reply indicating that th... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7107070 | Wireless video camera The invention relates to a video camera system comprising a mobile video camera 1 and a base station 2. The camera 1 comprises means of acquiring images and means of radio transmission of the acquired images. The base station 2 comprises ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7106464 | Scan system and method for scanning images to a remote location A scan system and method provides users the ability to quickly and efficiently transfer images from a scanner to a destination location. In particular, the scan system can be implemented as follows. The scan system includes a scanner and a transferring mechanism. Th... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7088769 | Signal transmission method and apparatus, and signal transmission system An apparatus/system and a method for optical fiber two-way communication, which enables highly reliable transmission at all times in order to carry out communication at a high transmission speed when an optical fiber or a combination of optical fibers not assumed ar... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7085021 | Fax over internet protocol client driver A fax over Internet protocol client driver. The present invention enables a client to support a fax over Internet protocol. Whereas conventional systems commonly rely upon an Internet service provider (ISP) to support the fax over Internet protocol functionality, th... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7075682 | Facsimile apparatus According to ITU-T Recommendation V. 34, the origination modem and the destination modem implement an original negotiation for determining a transmission rate of facsimile communication by executing a training independent of any controller. If the line therebetween ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7068165 | Environment setup system, electronic apparatus, radio communication terminal, program An MPF (Multi Function Peripheral) obtains a BD address and a device name from a communication partner search response when it receives the communication partner search response from a cellular phone. When the MFP successfully obtains the BD address and the BD addre... | 06/27/2006 |
