Communication system for transmitting to a portable receiver data indicative of received image or voice signals

A communication system including a communication apparatus and a portable receiver, the communication apparatus receiving voice and image data and comprising:

• relay means, coupled to a transmission line, for receiving and sending voice and image data along the transmission line and for sending system data to the portable receiver;
• determination means, coupled to said relay means, for determining whether received data comprises voice data or image data and for generating a determination signal indicative thereof;
• image transceiving means, coupled through modem means to said relay means, for receiving and transmitting image data along the transmission lien through said relay means;
• automatic answering means, coupled to said relay means, for receiving and recording voice data, received along the transmission line, in absence of manual operation of the communication apparatus by a system user;
• control means, coupled to said determination means, for enabling either said image transceiving means on said automatic answering means and for directing said relay means to couple received data from the transmission line to either said image transceiving means or said automatic answering means, in accordance with said determination signal;
• data processing means, coupled to memory means and said control means, for selecting and modulating the system data, which is stored in said memory means, and for transmitting the modulated system data along the transmission line through said relay means upon termination of reception of voice or image data, under direction of said control means in accordance with said determination signal;
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• manual operation means, coupled to said control means, for entering user data into the communication apparatus, the user data comprising a calling number of the portable receiver, display data to be displayed by the portable receiver, and caller identification codes,
• the system data comprising
• the calling number, the display data and an image indication data when said determination means determines that the received data is image data,
• the calling number, the display data and a voice indication data when voice data is received and recorded by said automatic answering means, and
• the calling number, the voice indication data and message data, which is received along the transmission line from a system caller after entry of an identification code which matches one of the caller identification codes.

The communication system including a communication apparatus and a portable receiver, the communication apparatus receiving voice and image data and comprising:

• a relay means, coupled to a transmission line, for receiving and sending voice and image data along the transmission line and for sending identification data to the portable receiver, the identification data being indicative or whether the communication apparatus has received voice or image data;
• determination means, coupled to said relay means, for determining whether received data comprises voice data or image data and for generating a determination signal indicative thereof;
• image transceiving means, coupled through modem means to said relay means, for receiving and transmitting image data along the transmission line through said relay means;
• automatic answering means, coupled to said relay means, for receiving and recording voice data, received along the transmission line, in absence of manual operation of the communication apparatus by a system user;
• control means, coupled to said determination means, for enabling either said image transceiving means or said automatic answering means and for directing said relay means to couple received data from the transmission line to either said image transceiving means or said automatic answering means, in accordance with said determination signal;
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• data processing means, coupled to memory means and said control means, for selecting and modulating the identification data, which is stored in said memory means, and for transmitting the modulated identification data along the transmission line through said relay means upon termination of reception of voice or image data, under direction of said control means in accordance with said determination signal,
• the identification data comprising a calling number of the portable receiver and display data indicative of whether voice or image data has been received, the modulated identification data being transmitted to the portable receiver for display.