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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1995
Richard A Bellemare, Oakville, CT (US);
Edward G Keplinger, Woodbury, CT (US);
Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A facsimile system having a capability to selectively retransmit transmitted and received facsimile signals to an archive station. A facsimile system including a scanner, printer, modem and memory for storing a speed dial directory, documents storage, and system parameters is controlled to transmit and receive facsimile signals and to selectively retransmit such signals to an archive station. As remote stations identified in the speed dial directory are those stations for which it is likely communications need not be archived, entries in the speed dial directory include a field for an exception tag. Prior to retransmission to the archive station the phone number of the remote station is tested against the phone numbers in the speed dial directory and if that number is found in the directory, and is tagged, the facsimile signal transmitted to, or received from, that remote station is not archived.