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Self-contained fax communications appliance

US5757892A · kind A · utility

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13Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 11, 1995
Grant dateMay 26, 1998
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Expiry dateOct 11, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N2201/0067
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A communications appliance which accepts ASCII character based input and creates fax machine compatible output for transmission over phone lines. The appliance mimics the responses of a modem to provide text-to-fax conversion or provides fax reports based on input from devices not otherwise capable of communicating in the fax mode.

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