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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. 17, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 30, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Isamu Konta, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/00 ;
Abstract
In a facsimile communication system including a first adapter connected to a first facsimile machine having a polling function and a second adapter connected to a second facsimile machine, wherein, only when the first adapter receives digital identification signals from both of the first and second facsimile machines within a predetermined time period, does the first adapter generate a digital transmit signal and transmit it to the first facsimile machine so that a polling communication is carried out from the first facsimile machine to the second facsimile machine.