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Preferential recording system for a facsimile apparatus

US5608540A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 9, 1994
Grant dateMar 4, 1997
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Expiry dateSep 9, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N2201/3278
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a preferential recording system provided in a transmission unit and a reception unit of a facsimile apparatus, the preferential recording system includes: a priority/time setting unit provided in the transmission unit for setting priority of recording desired time of recording at the reception side into the telegram message to be transmitted from the transmission unit of the transmission side to the reception unit of the reception side; a priority/time decision unit provided in the reception unit for determining the priority of the recording and/or the desired time of the recording set into the telegram message; a priority/time memory also provided in the reception unit for storing the priority of the recording and the actual time of the recording for every telegram message; and a time counting unit also provided in the reception unit for imparting present time and a setting time of recording to the priority/time decision unit.

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