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Automatic capture and processing of facsimile transmissions

US6021186A · kind A · utility

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26Claims
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Filing dateNov 14, 1997
Grant dateFeb 1, 2000
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Expiry dateNov 14, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F15/7867
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An automatic capture device, situated between a telephone line and a fax machine, provides real-time monitoring, recording, and selective modification of fax transmissions, and forwarding of the fax data to a computer interface. The automatic capture device is dynamically reconfigurable, capable of adaptation to a variety of facsimile formats and computer interfaces.

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