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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8189750 | System and method for tracking call activity to a set of advertised businesses A system and method for tracking call activity of a plurality of businesses is disclosed. A global pool of phone numbers is allocated from which to draw numbers. A business-specific pool of numbers is established for business locations involved in advertisements usi... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8116440 | Transmitting apparatus and transmitting method When a transmission of image data to a destination has not been completed, retransmission processing in which the image data is repeatedly transmitted to the destination is performed and the number of times the transmission has been performed is counted. When the nu... | 02/14/2012 |
| 7414744 | Method for tracking internet fax jobs A method for tracking facsimile jobs may be employed to examine, at an originating device, an incoming facsimile transmission for information indicating that the transmission originated at the originating device, in which case the incoming message is determined to b... | 08/19/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7409049 | Network-based securing of added-value services against automated connections A network-based verification of call connections is provided between a telecommunications subscriber terminal and a telecommunications service device selected by a service call number. This verification provides a way of enabling secure protection against an undesir... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7394559 | Network facsimile device and a method of controlling the network facsimile device A network facsimile device connected to the Internet or a local area network, employs an electronic mail function, and has a function of exchanging image information through said Internet or said local area network and functions of a facsimile device. The device com... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7366468 | Wireless communication apparatus capable of wireless communication with public wireless network and wireless communication apparatus, and image communication apparatus capable of wireless communication with wireless communication apparatus The invention provides an image communication apparatus in which an image input unit for entering image and a portable communication unit capable of wireless connection with a public wireless network are constructed in separate manner and are rendered capable of mut... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366780 | System and method for controlling and managing sessions between endpoints in a communications system In a communications system having a plurality of endpoints (240,242,246) each including a logical entity and its physical counterpart, a system for controlling and managing session between at least two endpoints. The system including a registration manager ( | 04/29/2008 |
| 7355758 | Automated facsimile monitoring and displaying methods and related systems Automated facsimile monitoring methods, systems, and computer program products can track response data from multiple facsimiles sent to different locations and generate electronically accessible failure reports to allow for error or faults to be tracked and assessed... | 04/08/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7320019 | Method and apparatus for automatically checking e-mail addresses in outgoing e-mail communications The present invention provides a system and method for detecting incorrect e-mail addresses in outgoing e-mail communications. In a first embodiment, a domain name database creates a table of domain names by automatically storing the domain names of e-mail addresses... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7305440 | Apparatus and method for receiving image An [X-mailer:] field analyzing section checks whether or not [X-mailer:] field is included in a header of received mail data. If [X-mailer:] field is included in the header, there is a possibility that received mail data will be error mail. Then, a [From:] field ana... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7286496 | IP network communication device with facsimile communication function IP network communication device which allows facsimile communication conforming to ITU-T recommendation V.34 in the network conforming to ITU-T recommendation T.38. This IP network communication device comprises a call controller for setting the call connection of a... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7286908 | Communication system for communication between in-vehicle terminals and center, and in-vehicle terminal employed in communication system In a communication system for downloading programs from a center to in-vehicle terminals, a center can check whether downloading has been completed normally or a program is operating normally in an in-vehicle terminal. According to the timing of activating a downloa... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7280894 | Communication system for communication between in-vehicle terminals and center, and in-vehicle terminal employed in communication system In a communication system for downloading programs from a center to in-vehicle terminals, a center can check whether downloading has been completed normally or a program is operating normally in an in-vehicle terminal. According to the timing of activating a downloa... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7272217 | Telecommunications call time slicing system and method A telecommunications system and method provides a time slicing capability whereby alternate services, such as advertising, can be provided to a party while being kept on hold. Thus, charges associated with portions of the call during which alternate services are pro... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7256905 | Communication apparatus, communication method and memory medium with plural data transmission components The invention provides a communication apparatus with plural communication functions, which, in case of importing plural address information, judges whether the communication function corresponding to each address information is effective or not and selectively impo... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7251644 | Processing an electronic document for information extraction The present invention relates to a method of automatically processing an electronic document for routing over a computer network. The method includes recognizing text in the document to identify a candidate address, accessing a collection of potential destinations a... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7249111 | Method of assigning value codes Method for distribution of value codes configured to be cashed in to obtain credit for services subject to charges. The value codes are generated and stored in a database of a value code issuer. A value code is ordered by a customer through transmission of order dat... | 07/24/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7245393 | Facsimile machine and communication result notifying method 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... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7240010 | Voice interaction with and control of inspection equipment The non-destructive inspection equipment is provided with voice interaction to interface with the inspector and/or operator who preferably controls the inspection equipment and the inspection process, at least in part, through the use of voice control and by receivi... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7231082 | System and method for the secure data entry from document images A system and method for the secure entry of textual data contained in a digital image of a document into a database. The image is assigned a document type, a document identifier and a data base record and segmented based on its document type into at least one image ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7230733 | Communication control method of internet facsimile and internet facsimile A communication control method of an Internet facsimile may provide transmitting and receiving document information via the Internet and transmitting and receiving facsimile image information via a public switched telephone network. The method may include receiving ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7218710 | Separately secured voice messages Apparatus and processes to allow voice messages to be individually and/or separately secured by a caller for playback only by an intended person or persons. The voice messages are separately secured with security information contained in a header associated with eac... | 05/15/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7213076 | Dynamic indication of email capabilities A method of email administration including receiving in a transcoding gateway from a sender an email display capability request for a domain, wherein the capability request comprises a domain identification, finding in dependence upon the domain identification, at l... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7202962 | Scan and print processing in a network system having a plurality of devices Digital processing of images (i.e. scanning or printing) in a network system including digital image processing devices provided with operating means and a display may be impeded or even be impossible, when a device selected for processing a job does not have the ca... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7199906 | Internet facsimile gateway device An Internet facsimile gateway device that exchanges image information between a data terminal device and a facsimile device through a telecommunication network and the Internet by taking the steps of transmitting the image information included in an electronic mail ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7190769 | Apparatus for controlling operation of a recording device with a telephone instrument An apparatus for controlling operation of a recording device with a telephone configured for orientation in a first state and a second state includes: (a) an information conveying section for conveying information from the telephone to a recording locus in the recor... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7184160 | Spam fax filter A spam fax filter which has been configured in accordance with the present invention can include a fax transformation processor configured to transform rasterized fax images into non-rasterized representations of fax images. The spam fax filter further can include a... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7164487 | Communication terminal A communication terminal capable of preventing a circuit from being released when a hook key is operated in the case the circuit is being closed forcibly. The communication terminal is capable of informing the functions capable of being used in the case the circuit ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7152101 | Communication control method, communication control apparatus, and ADSL communication apparatus A communication control method detects whether an opposing apparatus is capable of performing an abbreviated procedure during a handshake step, declares an initiation of the abbreviated procedure if the opposing apparatus is capable of performing the abbreviated pro... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7143140 | Method and system for publishing an electronic file attached to an electronic mail message Publishing content associated with an electronic file attached to an electronic mail message by executing instructions contained in the electronic mail attachment and accessing the content at a remote computer server identified by the attached file. The attached fil... | 11/28/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7102777 | Image processing service system The present invention provides a predetermined image processing service via a network to an image processing apparatus having an image information input/output function. In this case, the image processing service is provided by a dedicated server connected to a netw... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7103633 | Method and system for transmitting the capabilities of a facsimile machine over the internet A method and system for obtaining the capabilities of a facsimile machine. In facsimile transmission systems which utilize a communication medium in which a direct connection does not exist between the transmitting facsimile machine and the receiving facsimile machi... | 09/05/2006 |
