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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 29, 1999
Shozo Kabeya, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
In S10, a CPU detects whether the transmission start button has been turned ON to request an automatic facsimile transmission. If so, then the telephone circuit is closed, and a dial tone is transmitted from an exchange system. After waiting three seconds after the dial tone has been received, then in S16, the CPU automatically retrieves an access code from a RAM and dials the access code. Upon receipt of the dial signal, the exchange system will set an interrupt prohibition, which will prohibit interruption during the communication just to be performed. Next in S20, the CPU retrieves a remote facsimile number from the RAM and dials the remote facsimile number. Once the line is connected with the remote facsimile machine, image information is transmitted from the facsimile machine to the remote facsimile machine in S22.