Apparatus for speed and data communication
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShintaro Abe
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Abstract
A communication apparatus connectable to an ISDN network and having a communication function and a data communication function comprises a memory for storing a destination number in a speech mode, an instruction unit for instructing data communication in the speech mode, and call means for calling based on the destination number stored in the memory in response to an instruction from the instruction unit.
Claims12
A communication apparatus connectable to an ISDN network and having a speech function and a data communication function, comprising:
- memory means for storing a destination number in a speech mode;
- instruction means for instructing data communication in the speech mode;
- and
- call means coupled to said instruction means, to said memory means and to said ISDN network for calling a destination on the basis of the destination number stored in said memory means in response to an instruction by said instruction means to said call means so as to make a new connection with the destination for data communication.
A communication apparatus connectable to an ISDN network and having a speech unit and a data communication unit, comprising:
- a memory for storing a destination number in a speech mode by said speech unit;
- a console unit including a manual switch for producing an instruction instructing data communication in the speech mode;
- a communication unit for calling to said ISDN network;
- and
- a control circuit coupled to the console unit, the communication unit and the memory for calling a destination on the basis of the destination number stored in said memory through said communication unit in response to the data communication instruction from said console unit so as to make a new connection with the destination for data communication.
A facsimile machine connectable to an ISDN network and having a speech function by a telephone set and a facsimile communication function, comprising:
- memory means for storing a destination number in a speech mode by the telephone set;
- instruction means for instructing facsimile communication in the speech mode;
- call means coupled to said instruction means and said memory means for calling a destination on the basis of the destination number stored in said memory means in response to an instruction from said instruction means so as to make a new connection with the destination for data communication;
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- communication means coupled to said call means for making facsimile communication with the terminal of the destination number while speech is maintained.
A facsimile machine connectable to an ISDN network and having a speech function by a telephone set and a facsimile communication function, comprising:
- memory means for storing a destination number in a speech mode by the telephone set;
- instruction means for instructing facsimile communication in the speech mode;
- and
- call means coupled to said instruction means and said memory means for disconnecting a line used for the speech in response to an instruction from said instruction means and calling a destination on the basis of the destination number stored in said memory means so as to make a new connection with the destination for data communication.
A method for performing data communication in a speech communication mode at a communication terminal connected to an ISDN network, comprising the steps of:
- storing a destination number in the speech communication mode, and
- calling a destination on the basis of the stored destination number in response to a manual instruction for the data communication so as to make a new connection with the destination for data communication, and performing the data communication if a called destination responds to the calling.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.