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Sir William Preece, chief engineer, British Post Office ; 1878
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8094793 | Billing cycle division system, method, and computer program product A system, method and computer program product are provided for distributed billing. In use, service usage information associated with a plurality of customers is distributed to a plurality of billing processor platforms in substantially a billing cycle-independent m... | 01/10/2012 |
| 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 |
| 7164759 | Method for categorization and prioritization of phone callers A method (200) of categorizing and prioritizing a phone call for a recipient's phone number can include the steps of defining (205) a set of rules for a predetermined caller or a group of predetermined callers and assigning (210) a code to the s... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7003790 | Broadcast-program selection history information acquisition apparatus and its method In a broadcast-program selection history information acquisition apparatus and its method, the totalization side can easily totalize selection history information. To acquire the selection history information of a broadcast program selected out of broadcast programs... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6956934 | Management system and method, and data processing apparatus A center apparatus manages a to-be-managed apparatus, wherein: the center apparatus performs a management operation on the to-be-managed apparatus by making a call to the to-be-managed apparatus so as to establish a communications circuit therewith according to pred... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6564193 | System for, and method of, using the internet system to provide for the transmission of a facsimile message A document is processed by a web server at a web site to determine from a customer whether the customer wishes to facsimile the document to a recipient for free or for a fee. If the customer indicates the customer's desire to facsimile the document for fr... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6263057 | Automatic telecommunications provider selection system The invention provides methods and apparatuses for the automatic selection of a telecommunications service provider, for example, an inter-exchange or intra-exchange service provider, from a number of available telecommunications service providers, for a ... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6075849 | Method of monitoring a data transmission A method of monitoring a data transmission transmitted over a telephone line includes the first step of determining if a data transmission is incoming or outgoing over a telephone line. In the second method step, a modem is configured to monitor a receive... | 06/13/2000 |
| 5719924 | Electronic information transmitting apparatus with reviewable transmission history The electronic apparatus of the present invention can easily retrieve data transmitted via a facsimile function of the apparatus. The apparatus includes a data memory for storing input data; a transmission device for facsimile-transmitting the data stored... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5612993 | Facsimile communication system In a facsimile communication system, a user's terminal facsimile apparatus stores a plurality of character strings each composed of instruction words and data to be sent to a host apparatus for identifying one of communication services offered from the ho... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5517552 | Facsimile apparatus with cordless phone, a ring signal detection, an interface portion, a facsimile communication start signal detection and a first and second modes of operation In a facsimile apparatus comprising: a facsimile portion, having a CPU, for effecting facsimile receiving and transmitting operations; and a cordless phone portion for communicating with a cordless phone unit for providing a communication with a cordless ... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5394458 | System for the remote monitoring of a reproduction apparatus A reproduction apparatus includes a communication interface having an RS-232 interface and a modem, thereby permitting both on-site and remote communication with a diagnostic and administrative device. The RS-232 interface and modem enable the use of stan... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5311580 | Communication apparatus for providing a modulated analog wave A communication apparatus generates plural data representing a modulated analog wave by sequentially reading plural data representing an analog wave from a memory storing plural data, and controlling a sequence of such plural data to be read in accordance... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5224156 | Method and apparatus for facsimile enhancement A method and apparatus for causing a message sent in facsimile compatible form over a telephone system from a first location to a second location to be received at the second location in a confidential manner such that only the intended recipient may view... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5065426 | Facsimile/telephone controller A microprocessor/based telephone/facsimile controller which automatically gives priority to incoming messages. The ring voltage of an incoming message causes the microprocessor to close and latch the line between the telephone and the facsimile. When tran... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5057935 | Method for confirmation of document recipient in a data processing system A method is disclosed for efficiently managing the distribution of multiple documents within a data processing system. In many modern data processing systems an intended document recipient may selectively permit one or more alternate recipients to receive... | 10/15/1991 |
| 5046189 | Facsimile apparatus and method of transmitting management information A facsimile apparatus for communicating via an integrated service digital network comprises a reading part for reading a user information attached to a call setup message upon reception and acceptance of a call from other terminals sent via the network, a... | 09/03/1991 |
| 4856052 | Apparatus having a dial calling function and operable to identify picture image signals not yet transmitted to a called selected destination party An apparatus having a dial calling function for performing a calling operation from a calling party to a destination party selected to be called. An accumulator accumulates and stores picture image signals to be transmitted to the selected destination par... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4581656 | Facsimile communication apparatus A facsimile communication apparatus of the type which once stores facsimile data to be transmitted after scanning includes an information adding circuit which adds such information as source of transmission, total number of pages and current page number t... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4432020 | Administration data storage in a facsimile system A facsimile device includes an administration data storage system for memorizing the administration data related to each transmission operation. The data may comprise time data at which the transmission operation is initiated, time period data during whic... | 02/14/1984 |
