Patent · US Expired

System utilizing portable device

US5283820A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 30, 1992
Grant dateFeb 1, 1994
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Expiry dateOct 30, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N1/0049
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system generates a call according to the states of a photoreception unit of a call generator in response to data from a portable device. Data received by the photoreception unit from different types of portable devices can be processed and the portable device operation and the data transmission may be controlled according to the destination for the data and the mode of communication required by destination communication apparatus. Facsimile or telephone call data may be transmitted by the portable device in accordance with the type of destination communication apparatus.

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