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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:
Mar. 03, 1992
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
379100 ; 379 96 ; 358434 ; 358438 ;
Abstract
A communication apparatus includes a facsimile system for performing data communication, a plurality of telephone sets for performing speech communication; and a control unit for controlling the facsimile system. Each telephone set includes a display unit for displaying a state of data communication. The control unit selectively sends information associated with the state of the facsimile system to the telephone sets to cause the display units to display the state of the facsimile system.