Work station apparatus with an electronic mail function
Patent 5408333 Issued on April 18, 1995. Estimated Expiration Date: 
October 6, 2012. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
October 6, 2012. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesMethod for black and white image reduction based upon averaging black/white pixel counts of neighboring blocks Information processing apparatus capable of connecting printer Direct manipulation of icons via conversational linking Patent #: 5214756 InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 957005 filed on 10/06/1992US Classes:358/400, FACSIMILE358/402Electronic mailboxExaminersPrimary: Brinich, StephenAssistant: Grant, II, Jerome Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassH04N 001/00Foreign Application Priority Data1991-10-07 JPAbstractA work station apparatus includes an electronic mail function. In the work station apparatus, a transmission box icon and object icons indicative of objects to be transmitted are displayed on the display screen of a display unit, and an instruction for transmitting an electronic mail is given in a manner such that a desired object icon is selected from the object icons and is placed on the transmission box icon. The work station apparatus includes a storing unit for storing the destination data set in connection with the transmission box icon, a developing unit for developing the destination data into destination data of the data body corresponding to the object icon in response to the instruction for transmitting the electronic mail, and a transmitting unit for performing a transmission process of the data body according to the developed destination data.Other References
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