Patent · US Expired

Communication device

US5745257A · kind A · utility

4Cited by
22References
15Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 19, 1995
Grant dateApr 28, 1998
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 19, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N1/32704
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A communication device that can operate as a facsimile only, telephone only, or combined device having the ability to retransmit data, either a message or identification data, originated at a first site to another site. The device has the capability of breaking communications when incoming data is identical to data previously received based upon the identification data of the originator.

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