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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:
Apr. 28, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 19, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tokunori Kato, Ichinomiya, JP;
Junji Hatamura, Nagoya, JP;
Assignee:
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358440 ; 358402 ; 358444 ; 379100 ; 379200 ;
Abstract
A communication device that can operate as a facsimile only, telephone only, or combined device having the ability to retransmit data, either a message or identification data, originated at a first site to another site. The device has the capability of breaking communications when incoming data is identical to data previously received based upon the identification data of the originator.