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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:
Oct. 14, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Avraham Ron Schlank, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Chet Allen Erez, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Stanley H. Wong, Cupertino, CA (US);
Yu-Chen Tuan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Calvin C. Yee, Mountain View, CA (US);
Peter A. Knott, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/32 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/32 ;
Abstract
A system for managing printing and scanning and faxing functionality of a facsimile machine via a bi-directional parallel interface with which the facsimile machine is equipped. More particularly, a facsimile manager is provided for managing image files connected with printing, scanning and faxing. In addition, printing and scanning drivers are provided by which any Windows application program can access such printing, scanning and faxing functionality.