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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7359085 | Method and apparatus for recording sound information and playing sound information back using an all-in-one printer An all-in-one (AIO) printer is provided, in which its bulk input device (scanner) is employed as a data reader of audio information, and its bulk output device (print engine/printhead) is employed as a data burner (or writer) of audio information. The present invent... | 04/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7355530 | Method and device for determining at least one multimedia data encoding parameter The invention concerns a method of determining at least one parameter for encoding multimedia digital data organized in elementary units of data intended to be encoded according to at least one encoding mode, wherein said method comprises the following steps:—dete... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352483 | Network image processing apparatus and monitoring apparatus A number-of-commands counter counts number of commands received during a predetermined measurement period, which is timed by a timer. An access interval determiner determines command reception frequency from the count result, and decides on an optimum access interva... | 04/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7310156 | Printing system, printing method, digital camera, storage medium and program for printing method, and printing control apparatus Conventionally, when due to running out of a battery or paper the printing designated in advance is not completed and when the interrupted printing is to be resumed, the images from the beginning must be printed, or images to be printed must be selected again using ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7180638 | Network fax machine using a web page as a user interface A network fax machine for faxing files received from a remote client includes a server unit and a fax control unit. The server unit sends a fax document form to a remote client and receives fax information from the remote client. The fax information includes an iden... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7167469 | Method for eliminating multiple modulation and demodulation of Voice band Data communication over packet and low data rate digital networks A method of processing Voice band Data in a communication path in a telecommunication network. The communication path consists of a plurality of Voice band Data relay gateways, including a first Voice band Data relay gateway, a last Voice band Data relay gateway, an... | 01/23/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7081971 | System and method for printing on mailpieces using a fixed print head A system for printing markings along the top and bottom of mailpieces, using a print head in a fixed position. The print head receives print instructions either from a print module or an inverted print module and prints one or more first markings onto the mailpiece,... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7076556 | Method and apparatus for storage and retrieval of connection data in a communications system A method and apparatus for improved communication in a communications system is disclosed. The improvement involves storing connection data at a client end of a client-server connection within a communications system. Connection data is transmitted from a server com... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7065646 | Remote notification of print or fax hardcopy recipient using standard identification data Personal identifying information is obtained from a person receiving information content via an output device and sent back to the source of the information e.g. the sender. The personal information such as that in VCARD format is entered by the person receiving the... | 06/20/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7012707 | Image forming apparatus utilizing T.33 protocol to include both extensions and secondary phone numbers A facsimile apparatus transmitting a subaddress signal includes an extension number input block for inputting a plurality of extension numbers, a second telephone number input block for inputting a plurality of secondary telephone numbers, and a direct input block f... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7009721 | Communication terminal device A user uses a control panel (13) to specify quick memory transmission and instruct the machine to begin the procedure. The first page of the document is scanned in by a scanning unit (14) and stored in a image memory (19). Upon storing of the im... | 03/07/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6950208 | Data communication apparatus and control method therefor A conventional data communication apparatus cannot set different receiving capacity for each type of received image data. To solve this problem, a data communication apparatus according to this invention notifies a partner apparatus of the receiving capacity in the ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6894793 | User interface for an information processing system, with job monitoring In an information processing system including workstations and printers interconnected by a network, current collective status information of a set of print jobs of a user is displayed permanently in icon form on the screen of the workstation of the user. The status... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6888933 | Communication apparatus for selecting a communication protocol compatible to a partner station and executing the selected protocol A communication apparatus includes a first detection circuit which detects a call signal, and a second detection circuit detects information of a partner station sent between call signals. A memory circuit stores information of a communication system of the partner ... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6819455 | Image transmission apparatus An image transmission apparatus is provided with a FAX modem, an encoding/decoding section, a digitizer-integrated LCD, encoded image data memory, original image data memory, and additional image data memory. Original image data received by the FAX modem are tempora... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6785017 | Facsimile apparatus and facsimile system This invention provides a facsimile apparatus having an E-mail transmission/reception function, which can correctly transmit the contents of a file attached to E-mail even when the file cannot be opened on the other party side. A document file as a file attached to ... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6775021 | Data communication apparatus for receiving and recording data and having means for adding a predetermined mark and a time of reception to the recorded data A facsimile apparatus having a printer interface and a recorder unit usable as a printer, includes an image memory for storing facsimile image data received during an operation as the printer, a key switch for switching an operation mode between a facsimile mode and... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6597474 | Image data transmission apparatus An image data transmission apparatus reads image data from a document placed on a document tray via a line sensor or the like, and transmits the obtained image data to a receiving apparatus either after rotation of the image data or without rotation of th... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6563606 | Communication apparatus A communication apparatus appropriately controls the both-side recording and the both-side reading transmission with respect to a long size source document so as to supply an easily readable reception document to a user on a reception side. When the both-... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6563597 | Printing system and printing apparatus A printing system has a printing apparatus and a host apparatus. Print data or control data is transferred between the printing apparatus and the host apparatus in accordance with at least two transfer methods. Upon detecting that a specific state has pas... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6552826 | Facsimile network A facsimile network includes a plurality of nodes (10)-(14) which are disposed at different locations in the world. An originating fax machine (16) is associated with one of the nodes (10) for transmitting a fax over a local public telephone network (PSTN... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6546020 | Data communication system There is provided a data communication system capable of effectively executing multi-polling communication. In case of multi-polling communication between a polling-transmitter and a polling-receiver, the polling-transmitter declares the presence or absence ... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6445459 | Image communication system In an communication system comprising a transmitter unit for digitally converting an input image signal and for outputting the converted image signal, and a receiver unit for entering thereinto the image signal derived from the transmitter unit and for di... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6404513 | Job ID for fax forwarding A Fax system includes a sending fax machine, an intermediate fax machine operated by a fax forwarding service, and one or more receiving fax machines. A Job ID is generated to identify a fax message. The sending fax machine sends the fax message (e.g., a ... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6359707 | Communication apparatus which outputs communication status data in plural different colors A color communication apparatus includes a communication device for communicating color data, a color output device capable of outputting a plurality of colors, a generator for generating communication status data, and a controller for outputting the comm... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6229620 | Image processing apparatus and method thereof The present invention provides an image processing apparatus which comprises connection means for connecting to a computer, input means for inputting image data from the computer via the connection means, and output means for visibly outputting the image ... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6172699 | Thermal printing system having function for preventing over heating of thermal head An input unit inputs printing data. A detecting unit detects a current temperature of a thermal head which is used to print information associated with the printing data. A memory unit stores, instead of prints, a data packet of the printing data if it is... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6144462 | Enhancement of a fascimile machine for flexible notification of a facsimile sender A fax machine that allows the user to input any of a specified time, a specified manner, a specified place, or a specified condition for notification of the result of an attempt to fax a document on the fax machine. The user specifies any of the time, man... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6108099 | Image forming apparatus and management system therefor An image forming apparatus includes, a network interface for connecting the image forming apparatus to a network as a network terminal, an electronic mail communication control unit for communicating an electronic mail with another network terminal throug... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6088129 | Facsmile apparatus To prevent the reduction of an S/N ratio of an image signal in the ITU-T Recommendation V.34 half-duplex communication, signal level designation information included in a line probing signal is disregarded or "no signal level attenuation" information is i... | 07/11/2000 |
