Automatic identification of destination information in a facsimile transmission device
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorPaul A. Siddle
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Abstract
In a facsimile transmission device, the destination telephone number is automatically determined. The user places a mark at each of a plurality of predetermined locations on a cover sheet to indicate the destination telephone number. Each mark is placed in a numeral position of a digit area. The facsimile transmission device scans the cover sheet, electronically senses the presence of the marks, and electronically decodes the locations of the sensed marks into the destination telephone number. Decoding the sensed marks includes correlating the numeral position of the mark in each digit area with a numeral to obtain a correlated numeral for each digit of the destination telephone number.
Claims9
In a document facsimile transmission device, a method of conducting a transmission, the method comprising:
- placing a mark at each of a plurality of predetermined locations on a document to indicate a destination telephone number;
- electronically scanning the document;
- electronically sensing the presence of the marks at the predetermined locations on the document;
- electronically decoding the locations of the sensed marks on the document into the destination telephone number;
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- in response to a transmit instruction, automatically dialing the decoded destination telephone number.
In a facsimile transmission device, a method of initiating a transmission, the method comprising:
- obtaining an electronic representation of a document;
- sensing in the electronic representation of the document electronic data indicating the presence of marks at predetermined locations on the document;
- converting the locations of the sensed marks into a destination telephone number;
- responsive to an instruction to contact the recipient, automatically calling the destination telephone number.
A facsimile transmission device comprising:
- a document scanner for scanning a document;
- a decoder connected to the document scanner, wherein the decoder senses the presence of marks at predetermined locations on the scanned document, and determines from the locations of the sensed marks on the scanned document a destination telephone number;
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- a dialer for automatically dialing the identified recipient telephone number.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.