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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:
Nov. 28, 1995
Filed:
Jan. 07, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Philippe Charbonnier, Yvelines, FR;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ; H04M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358400 ; 358434 ; 379100 ;
Abstract
The facsimile machine comprises a processor 10, a modem 18, a switch 20 cecting to a data transmission line 8, means for connecting to at least one main telephone set 7, switches 6, 61 connecting the telephone set 7 to the data transmission line 8, a module 17 recognizing the nature of the incoming calls, and a printer 14. The modem 18 is a combined modem of fax and videotex. Means 10 are provided so that in case of connection between videotex modem part 18 and the data transmission line 8, the events on line 8 shall be detected and their nature recognized, and thus the line 8 shall be routed onto the facsimile modem part or the videotex modem part 18 as a function of the nature of these events.