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US 5,953,391 AGranted
Data communication apparatus having automatic data reception informing systems
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorToshio Kenmochi
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Abstract
A data communication apparatus includes a receiving unit for receiving data, a memory unit for storing received data, an informing unit for, after memory reception is performed by the memory unit, automatically calling a predetermined destination and informing that memory reception is performed, and a transmitting unit for transmitting data of the memory unit in accordance with reception of a control signal.
Claims33
A data communication apparatus comprising:
- detection means for detecting reception of a signal identifying a non-speech terminal equipment;
- first receiving means for receiving data of a first type;
- second receiving means for receiving data of a second type when said detecting means detects the signal identifying a non-speech terminal equipment, the second type being different from the first type;
- first storing means for storing received data of the first type;
- second storing means for storing received data of the second type;
- manual selection means for selectively pre-setting whether or not a predetermined destination is to be informed of reception of data of the first type and whether or not the predetermined destination is to be informed of reception of data of the second type;
- informing means for automatically calling the predetermined destination in response to a preset selection of said manual selection means and reception of data of the first type or data of the second type to inform the destination of the reception of data;
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- means for receiving a control signal and transmitting received data of the first type stored in said first storing means or received data of the second type stored in said second storing means in accordance with said control signal.
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A data communication apparatus comprising:
- detecting means for detecting reception of a signal identifying a non-speech equipment terminal;
- means for receiving data of a first type and for storing the received data;
- means for receiving data of a second type when said detecting means detects the reception of the signal identifying a non-speech equipment terminal and for storing the received data;
- manual selection means for selectively pre-setting whether or not a predetermined destination is to be informed of reception of data of the first type and whether or not the predetermined destination is to be informed of reception of data of the second type;
- and
- informing means for automatically calling a predetermined destination in response to a preset selection of said manual selection means and reception of data of the first type or data of the second type to distinctively inform the destination of the reception of data.
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A data communication apparatus comprising:
- memory-receiving means for temporarily storing received data;
- informing means for, after receipt is finished, calling a telephone number registered beforehand and informing a user of reception;
- transmission control means for transmitting the received data stored in said memory to a predetermined data communication apparatus when a user responds on the basis of the information from said informing means;
- informing operation control means for activating and causing said informing means to perform an informing operation at predetermined intervals of time during which the user does not respond to having been informed of reception;
- recording means for recording the received data on recording paper when the user does not respond although said informing operation control means repeats the informing operation a predetermined number of times;
- and
- erasing means for erasing the received data output by said recording means from said memory at a predetermined time.
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A data communication apparatus comprising:
- memory-receiving means for temporarily storing received data;
- informing means for, after reception is finished, calling a telephone number registered beforehand and informing a user of reception;
- transmission control means for transmitting the received data stored in said memory to a predetermined data communication apparatus when a user responds on the basis of the information from said informing means;
- informing operation control means for activating and causing said informing means to perform an informing operation at predetermined intervals of time when the user does not respond to having been informed of reception;
- recording means for recording the received data on recording paper when the user does not respond although said informing operation control means repeats the informing operation a predetermined number of times;
- erasing means for erasing the received data output by said recording means from said memory at a predetermined time;
- detecting means for detecting a voice energy on a telephone line;
- and
- another detecting means for detecting that the voice energy on said telephone line is in a no-sound state below a predetermined level by using said detecting means,
- wherein when said another detecting means detects the no-sound state, said informing means outputs a predetermined message signal.
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A data communication apparatus comprising:
- memory-receiving means for temporarily storing received data;
- informing means for, after reception of data is completed, calling a telephone number registered beforehand in said apparatus and informing a user at that telephone number of reception;
- transferring means for receiving a control signal and transmitting the received data stored in said memory-receiving means in accordance with the control signal;
- recording means for recording the received and stored data on recording paper, when the transmission by said transferring means is not conducted;
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- erasing means for erasing received data already output by said recording means from said memory-receiving means at a predetermined time.
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A data communication method comprising the steps of:
- receiving data;
- storing the received data into a memory;
- after reception is completed, calling a telephone number registered beforehand and informing a user at that telephone number of reception;
- receiving a control signal and transmitting the received data stored in the memory in accordance with the control signal;
- recording the received data on recording paper;
- and
- erasing received data output by said recording step from the memory at a predetermined time when the transmission of the stored data in accordance with the control signal is not conducted,
- wherein when the transmission of the stored data in accordance with the control signal is not conducted after repeatedly executing said informing step at predetermined times, said recording step is executed to record the stored data on the recording paper.
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A data communication method comprising the steps of:
- detecting reception of a signal identifying a non-speech terminal equipment;
- receiving data of a first type;
- receiving data of a second type when said detecting step detects the signal identifying a non-speech terminal equipment, said second type being different from the first type;
- storing received data of the first type;
- storing received data of the second type;
- selectively and manually pre-setting whether or not a predetermined destination is to be informed of reception of data of the first type and whether or not the predetermined destination is to be informed of reception of data of the second type;
- automatically calling the predetermined destination in response to pre-setting in said pre-setting step and reception of data of the first type or data of the second type to inform the destination of the reception of the data;
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- receiving a control signal and transmitting received data of the first type or received data of the second type, stored in said storing step, in accordance with the control signal.
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A data communication method comprising the steps of:
- detecting reception of a signal identifying a non-speech equipment terminal;
- receiving data of a first type and storing the received data;
- receiving data of a second type when said detecting step detects the reception of the signal identifying a non-speech equipment terminal and storing the received data;
- manually and selectively pre-setting whether or not a predetermined destination is to be informed of reception of data of the first type and whether or not the predetermined destination is to be informed of reception of data of the second type;
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- automatically calling the predetermined destination in response to pre-setting in said pre-setting step and reception of data of the first type or data of the second type to distinctively inform the destination of the reception of the data.
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A data communication method comprising the steps of:
- temporarily storing received data;
- after receipt is finished, calling a telephone number registered beforehand and informing a user of reception;
- transmitting the received data stored in said temporarily storing step to a predetermined data communication apparatus when a user responds on the basis of information provided to the user in said calling and informing step;
- causing performance of said calling and informing step to perform an informing operation every predetermined time when the user does not respond;
- recording the received data on recording paper when the user does not respond although said causing step repeats the informing operation a predetermined number of times;
- and
- erasing from memory the received data output in said recording step at a predetermined timing.
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A data communication method comprising the steps of:
- temporarily storing received data;
- after reception of data is completed, calling a telephone number registered beforehand and informing a user at the telephone number of reception;
- receiving a control signal and transmitting the received data stored in said storing step means in accordance with the control signal;
- recording the stored data on recording paper, when the transmission in said receiving and transmitting step is not conducted;
- and
- erasing received data already output in said recording step from memory at a predetermined timing.
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A data communication method comprising the steps of:
- temporarily storing received data in a memory;
- after reception is finished, calling a telephone number registered beforehand and informing a user of reception;
- transmitting the received data stored in the memory to a predetermined data communication apparatus when a user responds on the basis of the information from said informing step;
- activating and causing said informing step to perform an informing operation at predetermined intervals of time when the user does not respond to having been informed of reception;
- recording the received data on recording paper when the user does not respond although said activating and causing step causes said informing step to repeat the informing operation a predetermined number of times;
- erasing means for erasing the received data output by said recording step from the memory at a predetermined time;
- detecting a voice energy on a telephone line using a detecting means;
- and
- detecting that the voice energy on the telephone line is in a no-sound state below a predetermined level by using the detecting means,
- wherein when said second-mentioned detecting step detects the no-sound state, said informing step outputs a predetermined message signal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.