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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6966004 | Method for providing single step log-on access to a differentiated computer network A method for providing single step log-on access for a subscriber to a computer network. The computer network is differentiated into public and private areas. Secure access to the private areas is provided by a Service Selection Gateway (SSG) Server, introduced betw... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6963418 | Communication system and method Administering client computer (3) is connected to a plurality of facsimile machines (1) over a LAN (2). The facsimile machines (1) store quick-dial telephone numbers in RAM (11), and operating programs in flash memory (13). ... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6963634 | Electronic-mail apparatus A method for receiving data, utilizing an electronic-mail communication apparatus. The method includes receiving image data in a facsimile format via a telephone network and receiving electronic mail data, including one of image data and character code data, via a c... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6961555 | System and apparatus for connecting a wireless device to a remote location on a network A system for connecting a wireless device to a remote location on a computer network. The wireless device (2510) includes a processor (2714) and a transmitter/receiver (2716) for sending and receiving radio frequency signals (2516) to pro... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6952279 | 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 mail section which transmits ... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6937354 | Multi-function unit, server and network system having multi-function unit A multi-function unit includes a printer engine, a logical copying machine carrying out a copying process with respect to a recording medium by the printer engine, and a plurality of logical printers carrying out printing processes with respect to the recording medi... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6928305 | Systems and methods for establishing communication links between computing devices Communication systems for establishing communication links between first and second computing devices are provided. A representative system includes a second computing device that incorporates a speed-dial system, a first actuator and a menu. The speed-dial system i... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6928413 | Method of product promotion A method of promoting a product. A user at a user location (100) is induced to obtain a first product having a unique ID from a first vendor to win a prize. The user registers the product via a user computer (102) connected on-line to a central registr... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6924878 | Method of processing a roll of exposed photographic film containing photographic images into corresponding digital images and then distributing visual prints produced from the digital images This invention is directed to a method of processing at least one digital image of at least one photographic image and distributing at least one visual print produced from the at least one digital image. The method includes the steps of storing at least one digital ... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6918044 | Password protection for high reliability computer systems A high reliability computer system includes a first processing engine (PE), a first memory and a third memory both accessible by the first PE, a second PE, and a second memory and a fourth memory both accessible by the second PE. The first memory contains initializa... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6912061 | Method and apparatus for processing image output A print server connected to medical diagnostic imaging equipment via a network or dedicated channels, wherein the print server executes a process to identify the device that is the source of image data received via the network or dedicated channels and outputs the i... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6908238 | Image printing order receiving system and image printing order receiving method In a print order receiving system, a first output receiving server receives an order to print all captured image data obtained by imaging apparatus, an image storing server stores the captured image data, a first print-out apparatus prints out the initial printed ma... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6910133 | Reflected interrupt for hardware-based encryption A router may induce a reflected interrupt to indicate to a processor in the router to execute encryption or decryption commands on packets in an input queue. The reflected interrupt may have a lower priority than interrupts generated for the processing of time-criti... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6906817 | Network system for directing the transmission of facsimiles A general document recognition system is described which is intended to be used in connection with an electronic document transmission function used on a computer network. The general document recognition system is set up to recognize any number of document types cr... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6903838 | Automatically specifying address where document is to be sent A method for providing automatic communication addressing comprising the steps of: locating a communication mark, if one is present, on a medium containing information; obtaining at least one address directly or indirectly from the communication mark; inputting the ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6903833 | Image data distribution system and the method thereof An image data distribution system wherein an image server has information on destination group formed of members selected from among a plurality of image communication apparatuses. The information is memorized on a storage memory and the image data will be sent out ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6903845 | Facsimile machine for use in combination with PC In view of the fact that a limited storage area of a facsimile memory cannot store a large amount of data necessary to operate and manage the facsimile machine, a hard disk of a personal computer connected to the facsimile machine is used for storing such a large am... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6904051 | Communication apparatus There is disclosed a communication apparatus designed to assure the execution of ring type multi-address data transmission. In order to ensure that a user see a received image, transfer to a next station is not carried out until the receive image is printed out. Wit... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6882450 | Facsimile device and a facsimile device monitoring system The invention relates to a facsimile device and a facsimile device monitoring system. The result of a transmission can be promptly informed to the user. When an error occurs, the file of the memory transmission can be simply erased, or the address and the transmissi... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6879411 | Facsimile system A facsimile system includes a facsimile machine reading image data from an original, a computer transmitting to and receiving from the facsimile machine data of addressee identification information indicative of at least a name of addressee and a facsimile number co... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6876462 | Network printer 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... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6856431 | Method and apparatus for facsimile transmission capable of effectively decreasing communication costs A gateway apparatus includes facsimile and Internet communications mechanisms, a memory, and a communications controller. The facsimile communications mechanism receives facsimile communications protocols and facsimile information from a calling facsimile apparatus ... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6831758 | Image processing apparatus and data processing apparatus In an image processing apparatus, a read section inputs image data of an original document including a plurality of character strings indicating document receivers. A control section extracts character strings from an image data of the document and recognizes the do... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6816278 | Communication device and storage medium A communication device is provided wherein a message stored in a message box for a specific individual and a message stored in a general mail box and not addressed to a specific individual can be retrieved sequentially without releasing a line. The communication dev... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6813036 | Internet facsimile machine An internet facsimile machine capable of facsimile transmission via an internet to an addressee includes an identification information input circuit for inputting user identification information of an address of an addressee, a predetermined information input/select... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6804336 | Method for e-mail fax A method for communication, comprising the steps of: receiving an electronic mail message having content and having at least one destination with a top level domain name, routing the electronic mail message to a facsimile server if the top level domain name matches ... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6785018 | Internet facsimile terminal apparatus and communication method using the same A POP access section accesses a POP3 server using a first user ID/password registered in a user ID registration table, fetches message information from a mailbox of the user ID, and stores it to RAM. A message information extracting section extracts necessary inform... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6775026 | Internet facsimile system capable of data communication over the internet An Internet communication system includes a target register, an Internet command unit, a judgment unit, a target candidate display unit, and a selection unit. The target register is registered with e-mail addresses and URLs as targets of data communication over the ... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6753980 | Line-switching facsimile modem apparatus and a facsimile modem connection method The facsimile modem of the present invention comprises a computer interface, a switching unit, and a memory unit. The objective of the present invention is this line-switching facsimile modem that can transmit a data demanding the security, high-speed, and low-cost ... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6721071 | Facsimile allowing correct registration of telephone number The facsimile forms an image based on an image data received through a communication and allows registration of a telephone number specifying a calling device. In the facsimile, the telephone number of the calling device is detected at the time of calling and is ref... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6710897 | Facsimile device applying one-touch dialing operation for effecting automatic transmission by pre-registered destination facsimile numbers A facsimile device comprising a back-up memory for storing a plurality of destination facsimile numbers each of which corresponds to a certain one-touch key provided on the device, a modem section for transmitting and receiving in accordance with a facsimile communi... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6710894 | Image data communication apparatus and method A communications device for sending image data through E-mail includes: an image data creator, an image data sending system that sends the image data according to an E-mail message transfer protocol, a register for registering multiple identifications of a transmitt... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6643034 | 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... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6639974 | Fax routing system and method using standard fax machine and personal computer A fax routing system and method using a standard fax machine and personal computer. The telephone number is decoded from the telephone number dialing which is generated by the fax machine. This number is looked up in a table. If a corresponding Internet-a... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6628429 | System and method to effectively suppress idle fax signals The present invention provides a system and method to effectively suppress idle fax signals. In one embodiment, the method includes detecting a fax indicator signal. The method further includes calculating a short term energy of the fax indicator signal. ... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6614931 | Handwritten instructions for messaging appliances A messaging device has a message reception component configured to receive a printable message from a message originator, and a printer that prints the received message and that also prints an origin identifier of the message originator on the print mediu... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6614551 | Email capable fax machine and methods for using the same A fax machine works as a fax machine, and is capable of sending and receiving image data by email. In addition to a fax type scanner and fax type printer, the device includes an alphanumeric keyboard, a processor and a memory. The device is configured as ... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6608692 | Image processing apparatus, method, and computer-readable storage medium for storing programs used therein Trace information showing a fact that an illegal output request has been issued from any one of data processing apparatuses is managed. Under an output environment such that an output apparatus is shared from a plurality of data processing apparatuses, wh... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6603578 | Communications terminal equipment Whether or not a calling signal is inputted to NCU 2 during facsimile communication is first monitored (S1). If no calling signal is detected (S1:NO), a subroutine processing for a display processing is executed (S2). If a calling signal is detected (S1:Y... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6600576 | Facsimile apparatus In a facsimile apparatus including numeric keys for entering dial numbers or abbreviated dial numbers, a transmission instruction key for instructing the processing for transmission, a storage unit for storing dial information and received information, a ... | 07/29/2003 |
