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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2000
Filed:
May. 19, 1995
Takashi Umeda, Yokosuka, JP;
Motoyasu Ohno, Tokyo, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
In a communication between transmitter-side and receiver-side communication control devices, when a data communication is desired after a facsimile communication without opening a telephone line, the transmitter-side communication control device transmits a data communication shift request signal to the receiver-side communication control device based on a previous command inputted to the transmitter-side communication control device. In response to this request signal, the receiver-side communication control device switches a communication mode from a facsimile communication mode to a data communication mode, and then sends back a data communication shift acknowledge signal to the transmitter-side communication control device. In response to this acknowledge signal, the transmitter-side communication control device switches a communication mode from a facsimile communication mode to a data communication mode. Accordingly, the data communication can be performed automatically after the facsimile communication without once opening the line. Such a data communication after the facsimile communication may also be realized based on a data communication shift request signal from the receiver-side communication control device.