Patent · US Expired

Facsimile machine and facsimile communication system

US6005673A · kind A · utility

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43Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 17, 1996
Grant dateDec 21, 1999
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Expiry dateDec 17, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N2201/33378
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a case where facsimile communications are executed via a communication line according to a specified communication protocol, in a machine in the receiving side, expanded functional information indicating the receiving form of the machine is stored in an expanded functional information memory, the expanded functional information stored in the expanded functional memory is returned by a control section to a machine in the transmitting side according to a request from the machine in the transmitting side, and then a facsimile message is received in the receiving form according to the expanded functional information notified from the machine in the transmitting side after a response is returned for controlling an output operation of a color printer.

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