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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 08, 1994
Toshio Kenmochi, Yokohama, JP;
Masao Kiguchi, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a data communicating apparatus such as a facsimile which can use a portable device such as a card-like electronic telephone directory. The apparatus comprises: a receiver to receive a signal from the portable device; a data communicating circuit; a designating device to designate a data communicating mode of the data communicating circuit; a capturing circuit to capture a line; and a controller for driving the capturing circuit so as to capture the line in accordance with a predetermined signal received by the receiver, for transmitting the dial signal to the line, and for controlling the data communicating circuit in accordance with the data communicating mode designated by the designating device. The use functions of the communicating apparatus can be limited from the portable device.