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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 1991
Filed:
Jul. 24, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Masaharu Iida, Ebina, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
379 98 ; 379100 ;
Abstract
A data communication apparatus is connected to two telephone lines and includes a single telephone circuit, a modem and a switching circuit for selectively coupling one of the telephone circuit and the modem to a selected one of the telephone lines. A telephone call is made through the telephone circuit, and a data communication such as a facsimile communication is made through the modem.