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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. 16, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2004
Applicants:
Michihiro Izumi, Chiba, JP;
Takehiro Yoshida, Tokyo, JP;
Yosuke Ezumi, Tokyo, JP;
Hideo Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Michihiro Izumi, Chiba, JP;
Takehiro Yoshida, Tokyo, JP;
Yosuke Ezumi, Tokyo, JP;
Hideo Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/00 (2006.01); G03F 3/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
According to this invention, the IP address and identifier of a destination apparatus are stored in correspondence with the telephone number of the destination apparatus. Input of the telephone number of the destination apparatus is accepted. Depending on whether or not the IP address corresponding to the accepted telephone number is stored, a session request is transmitted to the destination apparatus using that IP address so as to start an image communication.