Method for displaying journal data on a display window of a facsimile system

A method for displaying journal data on a display window of a facsimile system, comprising the steps of:

• checking whether said journal data is stored in an internal memory of said facsimile system in response to an input of a journal data display key;
• displaying a message indicating that the facsimile system is in a journal data display mode on said display window, when said journal data is stored in said memory;
• sequentially displaying, on said display window, a predetermined item of said journal data corresponding to a destination telephone number, a start time, a transmittance elapsed time, a total page number, a transmission mode and a transmittance result in a full information display mode in response to an input of a scroll key in one of a backward and forward direction;
• displaying, on said display window, said journal data corresponding to a destination telephone number, a transmittance result, a total page number and a start time in a short information display mode in response to an input of said scroll key in one of an upward and downward direction;
• when said scroll key is pressed exhaustively in said forward direction while said journal data is being displayed on said display window in said full information display mode, automatically displaying, on said display window, said journal data in said short information display mode;
• alternatively, when said scroll key is pressed in one of said upward direction and said downward direction while said journal data is being displayed on said display window in said full information display mode, automatically displaying said journal data in said short information display mode;
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• printing the corresponding item of said journal data in response to an input of a journal data print key.

A facsimile system, comprising:

• a memory for storing therein journal data representing a communication history of said facsimile system;
• an operational panel including a display window, a journal data display key for allowing a user to retrieve the journal data stored in said memory for a visual display on said display window, a scroll key for allowing the user to scroll among the journal data stored in said memory while the journal data is being displayed on said display window in one of a full information display mode and a short information display mode, and a journal data print key for allowing the user to optionally print the journal data stored in said memory;
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• controller means for controlling a visual display of the journal data on said display window by:
• determining whether said journal data is stored in said memory, when said journal data display key is pressed by the user;
• displaying a message indicating that the facsimile system is in a journal data display mode on said display window, when said journal data is determined as being stored in said memory;
• sequentially displaying, on said display window, each predetermined item of said journal data in a full information display mode, when said scroll key as pressed by the user is in one of a backward and a forward direction;
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• displaying, on said display window, said journal data in a short information display mode, when said scroll key as pressed by the user is in one of an upward and a downward direction;
• when said scroll key is pressed exhaustively in said forward direction while said journal data is being displayed on said display window in said full information display mode, automatically displaying said journal data, on said display window, in said short information display mode;
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• alternatively, when said scroll key is pressed in one of said upward direction and said downward direction while said journal data is being displayed on said display window in said full information display mode, automatically displaying said journal data, on said display window, in said short information display mode.

A method for displaying journal data on a display window in a facsimile system, comprising the steps of:

• checking whether said journal data reflecting a communication history of said facsimile system is stored in an internal memory of said facsimile system, in response to an input of a journal data display key;
• displaying a message indicating that the facsimile system is in a journal data display mode on said display window, when said journal data is stored in said internal memory;
• when a scroll key is depressed in one of a first symmetrically opposite directions, sequentially displaying, on said display window, each item of said journal data in a full display format;
• when said scroll key is depressed in one of a second symmetrically opposite directions perpendicular to said first symmetrically opposite directions, displaying, on said display window, said journal data in an abbreviated display format;
• when said scroll key is depressed exhaustively in one of said first symmetrically opposite directions while said journal data is being displayed on said display window in said full display format, displaying said journal data in said short display format;
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• alternatively, when said scroll key is depressed in one of said second symmetrically opposite directions while said journal data is being displayed on said display window in said full display format, displaying said journal data in said short display format.