Facsimile mail system having means for storing facsimile signals and telephone signals
US5448626A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 29, 1993 |
| Grant date | Sep 5, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 29, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N1/324
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Disclosed is a facsimile mail system which comprises: a switching means having an input side connected to an outside telephone circuit and an output side connected to a plurality of telephones and at least one facsimile device; a facsimile mail storage means connected to the output side of the switching means and having a plurality of storage regions use of which are specified respectively; a judgment and control means for judging whether a telephone signal received by the switching means is a voice signal or a facsimile signal to thereby give a transfer request to the switching means that the switching means connects the telephone signal to one of the telephones addressed by a destination of the telephone signal when the telephone signal is a voice signal while the switching means connects the telephone signal to the facsimile mail storage means when the telephone signal is a facsimile signal; and means for selecting one of the storage regions specified by the destination of the telephone signal and for accumulating the received facsimile signal connected to the facsimile mail storage means.
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