Communication apparatus having inter-communicating device for exchanging data between fax terminal and radio terminal

A communication apparatus comprising:

• a radio terminal having display means;
• a data communication terminal lacking a display function for displaying a control command operative therein;
• and
• an intercommunicating means for exchanging various data between said data communication terminal and said radio terminal, said intercommunicating means connecting said data communication terminal and said radio terminal to allow said data communication terminal and said radio terminal to exchange necessary data therebetween, said intercommunicating means comprising means for transferring the control command from said data communication terminal to said radio terminal for display on said display means of said radio terminal,
• wherein said radio terminal and said data communication terminal are physically separable from each other and said data communication terminal is independently fully functional in its data communication functions.

A communication apparatus comprising:

• a radio terminal including at least one standard facsimile operation element;
• a data communication terminal lacking said at least one element;
• and
• interface contacts including intercommunicating means for exchanging various data between said data communication terminal and said radio terminal, said intercommunicating means connecting said data communication terminal and said radio terminal to allow said data communication terminal and said radio terminal to exchange facsimile data therebetween, wherein said data communication terminal controls said at least one element in said radio terminal by exchanging data through said intercommunicating means,
• wherein said radio terminal and said data communication terminal are physically separable from each other and said data communication terminal is independently fully functional in its data communication functions except for said at least one element but must be connected with said radio terminal in order to communicate facsimile data.

A communication apparatus comprising:

• a radio terminal having storage means;
• a data communication terminal;
• and
• intercommunicating means for exchanging various data between said data communication terminal and said radio terminal, said intercommunicating means connecting said data communication terminal and said radio terminal to allow said data communication terminal and said radio terminal to exchange necessary data therebetween,
• said storage means, having a call function, storing telephone numbers of call partners, wherein when "DC" and "TEL" telephone numbers are stored for one partner in said storage means, a document sheet sensing signal is sent by said intercommunicating means from said data communication terminal to said radio terminal, and the "DC" telephone number is discriminated from the "TEL" telephone number in accordance with a document sheet sensing result indicative of a presence or absence of a document sheet in said data communication terminal, thereby making a call, and
• wherein said data communication terminal lacks storage means for storing the telephone numbers,
• wherein said radio terminal and said data communication terminal are physically separable from each other and said data communication terminal is independently fully functional in its data communication functions.

A communication apparatus comprising:

• a radio terminal having data storage means;
• a data communication terminal;
• and
• intercommunicating means for exchanging various data between said data communication terminal and said radio terminal, said intercommunicating means connecting said data communication terminal and said radio terminal to allow said data communication terminal and said radio terminal to exchange necessary data therebetween, wherein communication report data is transferred by said intercommunicating means from said data communication terminal to said radio terminal and is stored in said data storage means in said radio terminal, and wherein said data communication terminal lacks a data storage function for storing the communication report data,
• wherein said radio terminal and said data communication terminal are physically separable from each other and said data communication terminal is independently fully functional in its data communication functions.

A method of controlling a communication apparatus comprising a radio terminal having display means and a data communication terminal lacking a display function for displaying control commands operative therein, wherein the radio terminal and the data communication terminal are physically separable from each other and the data communication terminal is independently fully functional in its data communication functions, said method comprising the steps of:

• connecting the data communication terminal and the radio terminal to allow the data communication terminal and the radio terminal to exchange necessary data therebetween;
• exchanging various data between the data communication terminal and the radio terminal;
• and
• transferring display data indicative of the control commands from the data communication terminal to the radio terminal for display of the control commands on the display means of the radio terminal.

A method of controlling a communication apparatus comprising a radio terminal having display means and a data communication terminal lacking a display function for displaying a control command operative therein, wherein the radio terminal and the data communication terminal are physically separable from each other and the data communication terminal is independently fully functional in its data communication functions, said method comprising the steps of:

• connecting the data communication terminal and the radio terminal to allow the data communication terminal and the radio terminal to exchange necessary data therebetween;
• exchanging various data between the data communication terminal and the radio terminal;
• and
• transferring display data indicative of the control command from the data communication terminal to the radio terminal for display of the control command on the display means of the radio terminal.

A method of controlling a communication apparatus comprising a radio terminal including at least one standard facsimile operation element and a data communication terminal lacking the at least one element, wherein the radio terminal and the data communication terminal are physically separable from each other and the data communication terminal is independently fully functional in its data communication functions except for the at least one element but must be connected with the radio terminal in order to communicate facsimile data, said method comprising the steps of:

• connecting the data communication terminal and the radio terminal to allow the data communication terminal and the radio terminal to exchange facsimile data therebetween;
• exchanging various data between the data communication terminal and the radio terminal;
• and
• using the data communication terminal to control the at least one element in the radio terminal by exchanging data therewith.

A method of controlling a communication apparatus comprising a radio terminal having storage means and a data communication terminal, wherein the radio terminal and the data communication terminal are physically separable from each other and the data communication terminal is independently fully functional in its data communication functions, said method comprising the steps of:

• connecting the data communication terminal and the radio terminal to allow the data communication terminal and the radio terminal to exchange necessary data therebetween;
• and
• exchanging various data between the data communication terminal and the radio terminal,
• wherein the storage means, having a call function, stores telephone numbers of call partners,
• wherein when "DC" and "TEL" telephone numbers are stored for one partner in the storage means, a document sheet sensing signal is sent from the data communication terminal to the radio terminal, and the "DC" telephone number is discriminated from the "TEL" telephone number in accordance with a document sheet sensing result indicative of a presence or absence of a document sheet in the data communication terminal, thereby making a call, and
• wherein the data communication terminal lacks storage means for storing the telephone numbers.

A method of controlling a communication apparatus comprising a radio terminal having data storage means and a data communication terminal, wherein the radio terminal and the data communication terminal are physically separable from each other and the data communication terminal is independently fully functional in its data communication functions, said method comprising the steps of:

• connecting the data communication terminal and the radio terminal to allow the data communication terminal and the radio terminal to exchange necessary data therebetween;
• and
• exchanging various data between the data communication terminal and the radio terminal,
• wherein communication report data is transferred from the data communication terminal to the radio terminal and is stored in the data storage means in the radio terminal, and
• wherein the data communication terminal lacks a data storage function for storing the communication report data.