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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2005
Kurt W. Piersol, Campbell, CA (US);
Tatsuo Ito, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirosuke Kainuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A facsimile capture device is provided that functions in a plurality of operating modes. In a first automatic operating mode, the facsimile device captures received facsimile or 'document' data without user intervention, and subsequently transmits the data to a device represented by a capture address. In one embodiment, the data is transmitted to a file management appliance ('FMA') which utilizes multiple processes and queues to provide document capture and indexing services to a network. In a second manual operating mode, the facsimile device selectively captures and modifies received document data based upon additionally received external input data. The facsimile device is capable transmitting the document data to a plurality of secondary devices utilizing various transmission and encapsulation protocols. In one embodiment, the facsimile device transmits captured document data to indexing and archiving devices according to standard Internet protocols.