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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7418084 | Systems and methods for third-party call control The present invention may include a call controller for initiating third-party call control requests. The invention may also include an endpoint control manager for determining whether a remote endpoint is a simple endpoint or intelligent endpoint. The invention may... | 08/26/2008 |
| RE40454 | Job information communication system for a printing system A transmission job originating station for controlling transmission of job information, based on the processing of a print job in a printing system, is provided. The control system includes a document generating subsystem for providing at least a portion of the prin... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7403602 | Internet-based message delivery with PSTN billing A global computer network message delivery service is disclosed. A sender enters a short message for delivery to a recipient's telephone. The sender also enters the recipient's telephone number. The sender may also enter the telephone number that he can be reached a... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7369281 | 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... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7363031 | System for monitoring and controlling a set of household appliances A system for monitoring and controlling a set of power users, in particular household appliances, which users (U) are connected to a first communication network (RE) through appropriate interfacing means (N) for the exchange of information and/or instructions, where... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7340501 | System, method, apparatus and program for collecting and providing information A transmission device sends status information representing status of a copier to a center through a PSTN. In the center, the status information of each copier is analyzed, and suggestion information selected based on a result of the analysis is provided to a termin... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7245390 | Communication apparatus for ring-type multiple address transmission/reception A facsimile apparatus which is easy to use is provided. Control is performed so that a CPU (central processing unit) registers a sub-address signal and a communication specification so as to correspond to a memory box, selects start of ring-type multiple-address tra... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7237019 | Apparatus for notifying a system administrator or an operator of reception of a message containing monitored information in a manner selected according to user situation In a message notification apparatus, message-type information defining one or more types of messages of which an operator is to be notified, and notification-manner information defining at least one manner in which the operator is to be notified of reception of each... | 06/26/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7212303 | Print control method for a multifunctional printer including a facsimile feature A print control apparatus, which is connected to a multifunctional printer for printing images based on various data including at least facsimile data, comprises: a detector for detecting a call signal CI transmitted through a telephone line; a checker for checking ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7170646 | 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... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7136468 | Internet-based message delivery with PSTN billing A global computer network message delivery service is disclosed. A sender enters a short message for delivery to a recipient's telephone. The sender also enters the recipient's telephone number. The sender may also enter the telephone number that he can be reached a... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7126713 | Communication terminal apparatus and method A communication terminal apparatus which includes a non-volatile memory device that stores parameters of various kinds, and a control device that performs an operation based on at least the parameters. The non-volatile memory device includes a read-only non-volatile... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7117160 | System and method for eliminating an unnecessary dispatch of a service technician The present invention is directed to a system and method for eliminating the unnecessary dispatch of a service technician. The service orders generated by the service order control system are monitored to identify service orders that require a dispatch. If a service... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7108436 | Image forming apparatus, communication apparatus, apparatus setting method, program for implementing the method, and storage medium storing the program An image forming apparatus in which apparatus setting information registered in at least one of other apparatuses connected to the image forming apparatus via a communication line is obtained from the other apparatuses. The apparatus selling information of the other... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7106466 | Method and apparatus for effectively controlling use of specific communications service A communications terminal is connected to at least one of a telephone line and a local area network and includes a first memory, a second memory, a detector, and an indicating mechanism. The first memory stores service information including availability information ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7102776 | Facsimile apparatus and control method for controlling the same In the case where facsimile receiving is carried out while a failure occurs with a printer, a CPU creates a notification E-mail having the received image data attached thereto as a attachment file, and transmits to Internet the created E-mail when an E-mail address ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7085019 | Facsimile apparatus The present invention relates to a facsimile apparatus for providing a single/dual side mixture mode capable of transmitting and receiving original images including single/dual side mixture efficiently. Under control of a CPU 22, information indicating presen... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7068305 | Integrated imaging and printing apparatus A stable condition for a printing operation regarding an apparatus having a printer unit and a battery unit, eliminating problems related to lack of a battery power during the printing operation performed by the battery, specifically for a portable apparatus using t... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7068762 | Method and system for providing visual notification in a unified messaging system A method and system for interfacing a legacy e-mail, voice mail and facsimile system into a unified messaging system. The system includes visual message notification for notifying a user of incoming messages. Visual notification may include a flashing light emitting... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7019855 | Method for informing a transmitting module of error occurrence in a receiving part of a facsimile A process and apparatus for informing a transmitting facsimile machine of occurrence of an error in a first receiving facsimile machine, including the steps of: inputting the telephone number of a second facsimile machine; when a ring signal is input from the transm... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7006259 | Facsimile apparatus and method of controlling the apparatus A facsimile apparatus is provided with boxes corresponding to an F-code which is received by facsimile transmission procedures, executes a center-machine application using the corresponding boxes based on sub-address information when receiving image information, the... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6965459 | Communication system between computer and facsimile machine Remote data entry is performed in such a manner that a plurality of entry items and a plurality of data items are caused to collectively enter within one communication and the check sum is calculated simultaneously with the data entry so that abnormality of the data... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6961415 | Method and system for facilitating telecommunications service provisioning and service assurance An automated system coordinates, controls and polices installation of customer premise equipment (CPE) for telecommunications services and provides continuing service assurance. The system verifies equipment availability on service request, schedules a qualified tec... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6956677 | 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... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6947988 | Method and apparatus for allocating resources of a contact center Resources of a contact center are allocated by electronically monitoring at least one operational parameter of the contact center and performing a comparison between the operational parameter and a threshold value for the operational parameter. An indication of an a... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6925367 | Control method and system for automatic pre-processing of device malfunctions In a control method and a system for the automatic pre-processing of device malfunctions, first data about a device malfunction are sent to a central control device by means of first terminal equipment. On the basis of the first data and on the basis of stored secon... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6915342 | Method and system for maintaining the business office appliance through log files A method and system for monitoring a business office appliance by a remote service center using logs that are transferred to the remote service center. When the service center analyzes the data in the logs, it can detect warning messages or error messages from appli... | 07/05/2005 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6731238 | System and method for proactive content delivery by situation location Provided is transmission of situational location dependent information from a server data processing system to a receiving data processing system. The server data processing system communicates with the receiving data processing system in a manner by pushing content... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6727801 | Lock box device A lock box device having a unit with a pepper spray dispenser or a signal transmitter, or both, each of which can be selectively actuated or actuated simultaneously. The device allows selective discharge by a user of an irritant, such as a pepper spray, and selectiv... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6661879 | System and method for recording telephonic communications A system and method are disclosed for recording a wireless telephone call upon demand comprising the steps of initiating a telephone call from a telephone device with at least one receiving party, and establishing a third-party connection with a central a... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6651042 | System and method for automatic voice message processing The present invention relates to a system and methods for automatic voice message processing and in particular to a system and method for processing voice messages to convert the voice mail to email and prioritise the e-mail according to acoustic features... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6570677 | Communicating apparatus In a selective polling communication, the apparatus on the reception side is allowed to properly recognize the absence of polling transmission information in a designated memory box. If there is no polling transmission information in the memory box, a DIS... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6529592 | Internet-based message delivery with PSTN billing A global computer network message delivery service is disclosed. A sender enters a short message for delivery to a recipient's telephone. The sender also enters the recipient's telephone number. The sender may also enter the telephone number that he can b... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6510220 | Method and apparatus for simultaneously monitoring computer user screen and telephone activity from a remote location The present invention relates to simultaneous computer screen and voice monitoring from a remote location, and particularly relates to synchronized telephone and screen monitoring of a computer workstation from a remote location. Such monitoring is useful... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6472973 | Information collector and disseminator for a realty lock box This invention is the addition of a wireless radio link to a real estate lock box to transfer the data obtained from the access keypad to a nearby receiver which sends the data to a central site computer and compiles the data for dissemination. The lock b... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6452966 | Digital signal carrier detector An improved digital signal line carrier type detector non-conductively senses and counts voltage pulses on a probed line. Further, the detector produces a human-readable display of the carrier type in use on the probed line, and can detect carriers of var... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6442253 | ISDN terminal apparatus An object of the invention is to provide an ISDN terminal apparatus in which a facsimile and an ISDN interface are integrated and the functions thereof are merged to avoid waste. An ISDN line control unit is disposed between an ISDN line and a facsimile u... | 08/27/2002 |
