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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8126122 | Controlling data rate of a facsimilie transmission A network device to control a transmission rate of one or more fax data units transferred between a transmitting and a receiving network device. The transmission rate is controlled based on one or more control parameters. The control parameters may be generated base... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8094792 | Transmission apparatus and method for transmission apparatus to transfer received data A facsimile apparatus is disclosed that includes a register unit that registers transmission destination information in an internal address book. The register unit receives a number input at least a first time and a second time, and upon determining that a number in... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8014502 | Communication device A communication device includes a network control device connected to a Public Switched Telephone Network; an interface connected to an IP network; an operations control part configured to set an address corresponding to the Public Switched Telephone Network and ano... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8000457 | Visual answering machine An answering machine tool is described which, when a message is received, accesses caller identification data associated with the message and from this data identifies an image for the message. Data is then output to cause an icon comprising this image to be display... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7899165 | Maintenance information communication terminal, image forming apparatus provided with same, maintenance information management host, and communication method A maintenance information communication terminal, the terminal exchanging maintenance information on an apparatus to be maintenanced with a maintenance information management host, the terminal and the host being connectable together by a line, the apparatus connect... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7769150 | Facsimile device A device includes a facsimile circuit, a voltage detector, an open-circuit voltage detector, and a telephone status monitoring unit. If a first voltage difference is less than a predetermined voltage difference, the monitoring unit judges that the public line is rel... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7680256 | Contact number encapsulation system A contact number encapsulation system is disclosed that is operable to consolidate a plurality of contact numbers associated with a given user into a single contact number. The system includes a call processing application that uses information contained in a SIP me... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7653185 | Universal document transport A universal document transport facility is described where, in various embodiments, the facility recognizes document requests based on a received document, interacts with document routing rules and workflow requirements with respect to the received document, and man... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7616745 | Method for printing incoming facsimiles A method for printing incoming facsimiles assigns a print-priority number to a plurality of known facsimile origination identification numbers, wherein the print-priority number is different for at least two of the plurality. The method also identifies the facsimile... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7587035 | Information apparatus and control method of the same After the user purchased an information apparatus, even when he turns on a power source without setting a line and automatic line identification fails, a demonstration mode is not started, and when the information apparatus exists in a shop, the demonstration mode c... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7471779 | Communication control method and communication apparatus A communication apparatus is adapted to carry out a real-time network facsimile communication with an other party's apparatus via a packet network based on ITU-T Recommendations T.38. The communication apparatus is provided with an attribute information acquiring pa... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7450702 | Call screening for fax telephone numbers A system for providing call processing services to one or more customers includes a network configured to receive, from a first client, a fax transmission attempt intended for a second client associated with a customer. A network call processor within the network is... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7436941 | Plural-communication-line-containing apparatus, communication line naming program, communication line selection apparatus, and communication line selection program A plural-communication-line-containing apparatus capable of containing plural communication lines comprises: a communication-line-type discriminator for discriminating a type of communication line; a communication-line-number counter for counting the number of commu... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7414748 | Image input/output apparatus, method of controlling image input/output apparatus, image input/output system, and storage media To obtain image outputs which are equivalent to those obtained with local outputs even with regard to images received from an external device, there is provided an image input/output apparatus having an input section for inputting image data of original images, and ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7412037 | Method, system, and storage medium for providing comprehensive facsimile information within a voicemail system Exemplary embodiments relate to a method, system, and storage medium for providing comprehensive facsimile information within a voicemail system. The method includes receiving and storing a facsimile at a voicemail system. The method also includes interpreting eleme... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7403312 | Communication terminal device A communication terminal device includes a first storage device storing a transmission reservation table which includes information of communication jobs to be transmitted, a second storage device storing image data to be transmitted, and a transmitter transmitting ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7369502 | Intelligent provisioning of DSP channels for codec changes A communication system in which a profile of codecs is loaded at the originating end. The originating end sends the profile of codecs to the terminating end and receives in return an indication of which codec to use. The originating end and the terminating end creat... | 05/06/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7359370 | Method of communicating between network devices through gateways using call discrimination options A method and system of setting up a call over a circuit or packet switched network. Network elements exchange an automode sequence of signals to determine a modulation that both devices support and that will be used for the connection between them. The two elements ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7339707 | Method and system for viewing a fax document A system and method for viewing a fax document includes a fax device which may be configured for transmitting/receiving fax transmissions. When a transmitting fax device with a video camera and a video display transmits a fax transmission to a receiving fax device w... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7340626 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a main power supply section, an auxiliary power supply section, a plurality of sensors, and a power control section. The sensors are disposed at a plurality of positions. The sensors change output levels thereof upon detection of ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7327838 | System and method for integrating call delivery for fixed-site and mobility services A system and method for call forwarding between a subscriber's fixed-site and mobility devices. An incoming call is received that is directed to a fixed-site device belonging to the subscriber. When a busy/no-answer condition is detected at the fixed-site device, a ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7325029 | Methods for enabling e-commerce voice communication Methods for operating multimedia computers to provide e-commerce voice communication capability directly between any computer connected to a computer network such as the Internet and any telephone device connected to the PSTN are disclosed. A simple click and call m... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324635 | Branch calling and caller ID based call routing telephone features A caller ID based call routing feature is described for blocked and non-blocked caller ID's. A processing system in the public switched telephone network (PSTN) receives first identifying information for identify the source of a telephone call and associates additio... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7312887 | Internet print protocol print dispatch server A method for an online Web Server to process print requests for a remote printing. The request is sent by a client using the Internet Printing Protocol to the Server. The server then parses the request and determines the destination for the print job. The print job ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7305079 | Method and apparatus for communicating with one of plural devices associated with a single telephone number A system for (and a method of) selectively establishing communication with one of plural devices associated with a single telephone number is provided. In a preferred embodiment, the system includes a wireless connect unit connected between an enterprise private bra... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7289618 | Method for performing external call forwarding between internet and telephone network in web-phone system A method for performing external call forwarding between the Internet and a telephone network in a Web-phone system. The Web-phone system has a terminal to be connected to the Internet and the telephone network. The Web-phone system allows the terminal to forward an... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7280241 | Print driver user interface A print driver user interface method for printing copies of a document, which includes receiving a number corresponding to the number of copies to be printed from an application, receiving at least one command relating to an operation to be performed on each of the ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7274480 | Portable communicator This communicator makes it possible for the user to do telephone, facsimile, and data communication at any location. On a pen input device, a space eye 2, a telephone control system, a facsimile control system, and a data transmission system are mounted. All ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7269431 | System for forwarding SMS messages to other devices Improved techniques for communicating short messages forward an electronic message to an alternate communications device if the system is unable to deliver the short message to a destination communications device. The electronic message is formatted to be compliant ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7263107 | Data compression over packet networks Methods and systems are provided for use in a MoIP system including a first modem, a second modem and a third modem. An exemplary communication method includes the steps of receiving a call from the first modem by the second modem over a telephone line, contacting t... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7245391 | Facsimile device selecting transmission method appropriate for each transmission A facsimile device, which can switch a transmission method between an electronic-mail transmission method and a real-time transmission method for each transmission, is provided. The facsimile device includes an electronic-mail control unit used for transmitting imag... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7245612 | Internet call waiting with voicemail system that provides monitoring during recording An Internet Call Waiting (ICW) service provides single-line subscribers (100) connected to the Internet with incoming call information, call screening and voice messaging capabilities. An incoming call is terminated at an ICW server (154). The caller i... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7245403 | Image transfer apparatus and image transfer method An image transfer apparatus includes a history information storage unit configure to store a history information by associating a mail address designated as a destination in a previously performed image transfer with type information indicating a type of the termina... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7243355 | Method, system and computer program product for a lightweight directory access protocol client application program interface A device, including a computer readable medium storing executable computer instructions for implementing an application program interface (API). The API including a function call for enabling communications between a calling application and a client on the device, t... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7242754 | System and method for implementing and accessing call forwarding services A system and method include implementing and accessing a subscriber's telecommunications services, using a graphical user interface (GUI) via the Internet, and an interactive voice response (IVR) system via the public switched telecommunications network (PSTN). The ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7242497 | Information input/output system, method and terminal therefor An information input/output system includes printer servers and facsimile servers, connected with the Internet respectively, and printers and facsimile apparatuses connected with the printer and facsimile servers, respectively. A terminal is configured to access inf... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7227654 | Method and apparatus for group 3 facsimile capable of properly performing a communications operation using optional frames A method of a facsimile apparatus includes the steps of providing the facsimile apparatus with a memory which prestores identification information for a plurality of different facsimile machines having common specifications of optional frames, receiving a call for a... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7224491 | Data communication apparatus, data communication system, data communication method, control program, and computer readable storage medium stored with control program A data transmission apparatus including a multicasting means for executing multicasting transmission for a mixture of e-mails and facsimiles, a destination setting means for setting destinations of the multicasting transmission, a first adding means for, based on e-... | 05/29/2007 |
