H04N 1/32765
Initiating a communication
Official title: {Initiating a communication}
H04N1/32765 (Initiating a communication) appears on 1,191 US grants and 1,216 published applications in this corpus.
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Granted patents
Recent patents
- Image reading apparatus, image reading system, and image reading control method26 May 2026US 12,641,186 B2Seiko Epson Corporation
- Function executing device with two types of wireless communication interfaces2 Dec 2025US 12,487,783 B2Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Information processing apparatus, storage medium, and information processing system2 Dec 2025US 12,489,857 B2Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Image management system, image management method, and computer program product10 Jun 2025US 12,328,527 B2Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Image reader and method of setting wireless setup information for image reader8 Apr 2025US 12,273,796 B2Seiko Epson Corporation
- Image reading apparatus capable of changing port for use according to connection status20 Aug 2026US 2026/0246884 A1KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Image transmission/reception system, operation method of image transmission/reception system, and program7 May 2026US 2026/0129012 A1FUJIFILM Corporation
- Information processing apparatus, storage medium, and information processing system5 Mar 2026US 2026/0067411 A1Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Image forming apparatus and image forming system8 Jan 2026US 2026/0012548 A1Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Image processing apparatus, method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium27 Nov 2025US 2025/0365381 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
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- Method and apparatus for accessing and publishing electronic documents398US 5,848,413 ARicoh Company, Ltd. · 1998
- Interactive system for processing viewer responses to television programming375US 5,438,355 A1995
- Security system for controlling access to images and image related services299US 5,784,461 AEastman Kodak Company · 1998
- Method of encoding an E-mail address in a fax message and routing the fax message to a destination on a network297US 5,115,326 AHewlett-Packard Company · 1992
- Message publishing system for publishing messages from identified, authorized senders291US 7,596,606 B22009