Facsimile server device
AssigneeMurata Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMasakazu Ishibashi
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Abstract
A facsimile server device that can append TTI information to facsimile data in various manners. The facsimile server device is connected to a plurality of data processing devices such as client PCs over LAN, and is adapted to send facsimile data to a designated remote communication device upon instructions from a data processing device. The facsimile server device includes CPU, a keyboard or mouse and a display to set TTI information. TTI information may contain information about recipient, sender, time and page. The facsimile server device stores the TTI in RAM. TTI information in a certain form may also be provided from a data processing device. The TTI information programmed in the facsimile server device or the TTI information sent from the data processing device is given priority and appended to the facsimile data.
Claims12
A facsimile server device which is adapted to be connected to a plurality of data processing devices and transmit facsimile data based on transmission instructions from at least one of the plurality of data processing devices, comprising:
- storage means for storing transmittal terminal identifier information registered in the facsimile server device and transmittal, terminal identifier information specified in transmission instructions from a first data processing device;
- means for determining priority between and selecting either the transmittal terminal identifier information data registered in the facsimile server device and/or the transmittal terminal identifier information specified in the transmission instructions from the first data processing device;
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- means for appending an image comprising the selected transmittal terminal identifier information to facsimile data when transmitting the facsimile data.
A facsimile server device which is adapted to be connected to a plurality of data processing devices and transmit facsimile data based on transmission instructions from at least one of the plurality of data processing devices, comprising;
- register means for registering transmittal terminal identifier information;
- storage means for storing transmittal terminal identifier information specified in transmission instructions from a first of the plurality of data processing devices;
- means for determining priority between and selecting either transmittal terminal identifier information registered in the register means and/or the transmittal terminal identifier information stored in the storage means for the first data processing device;
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- means for appending an image comprising the selected transmittal terminal identifier information to facsimile data when transmitting facsimile data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.