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Data retrieval, manipulation and transmission with facsimile images

US6167439A · kind A · utility

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17References

16Claims

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Assignee

Kodak Company · GB

Inventors

Stephen R. Levine · North Andover, US
Alex J. Harui · Derry, US
Michael W. Schirpke · Bedford, US
Stephen P. Boylan · Somerville, US
Karen Donoghue · Melrose, US
Mary J Boyd · Chelmsford, US
Donna Ajgaonkar · Carlisle, US
Charles Paress · Nashua, US
David J. Angel · San Antonio, US
Chia-Chuan Hsiao · Lincoln, US
Kenneth C. Knowlton · Merrimack, US
Bruce E. Brown · Orem, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 12, 1993
Grant date	Dec 26, 2000
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 12, 2013

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F3/0483
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A data processing system is coupled to a facsimile device which receives and transmits facsimile images between the data processing system and a telephone line. The data processing system includes the capability to receive a facsimile image, interpret certain images as specified commands for the data processor, and to retrieve, manipulate and transmit data in response to the specified commands.

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