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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2005
Filed:
May. 10, 2000
Atsushi Kanaya, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Atsushi Kanaya, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A data terminal coupled to a local area network and a public switched telephone network includes first and second communications devices and a controller. The first and second communications devices transmit and receive communications data through the local area network and communications information through the public switched telephone network, respectively. The controller instructs the first communications device to perform a first data transfer operation for transferring communications data to a destination data terminal connected to the local area network when the second communications device receives destination identification information identifying the destination data terminal during a time when the second communications device performs a receiving operation for receiving the communications information from a communications machine connected to the public switched telephone network. The controller determines whether conditions of the first data transfer operation performed by the first communications device are proper and instructs the second communications device to terminate the receiving operation when the controller determines that the conditions of the first data transfer operation are improper.