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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 07, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kazutoshi Shimada, Yokosuka, JP;
Yoshio Yamashita, Tokyo, JP;
Yasutomo Suzuki, Yokohama, JP;
Nobuyuki Niwa, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
370527 ; 37910006 ;
Abstract
In order to automatically renew data using a modem which can simultaneously transmit/receive audio and data signal, there is disclosed an apparatus having a modem which can simultaneously transmit/receive audio and data signal (4 in FIG. 2), a discrimination circuit (flow chart in FIG. 5B) for discriminating if a communication partner is a specific partner, and a control CPU (flow charts in FIGS. 4A and 4B) for controlling the modem to perform a predetermined data communication together with an audio call on the basis of the discrimination result of the discrimination circuit.