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Facsimile server system capable of recognizing at transmitting end an access to received facsimile data at receiving end

  • US 5,644,404 A
  • Filed: 09/06/1994
  • Issued: 07/01/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/08/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A facsimile server system, comprising:

  • a facsimile server terminal including a sending/receiving means for sending/receiving facsimile data via a communication line and a storage means for storing facsimile data received by the sending/receiving means;

    a client terminal coupled via a network to said facsimile server terminal and including an access means responsive to a user'"'"'s command for accessing received facsimile data stored in said storage means in said facsimile server terminal;

    said facsimile server terminal further including;

    a management means for managing a sending-end facsimile number in correspondence with the received facsimile data in a case where the facsimile data is received together with the sending-end facsimile number at a receiving end, and also for managing access information in correspondence with the received facsimile data, said access information indicating whether or not the facsimile data stored in said storage means has already been accessed by said access means in said client terminal; and

    a response data sending means, activated when the facsimile data stored in said storage means is accessed by said access means in said client terminal and when said access information indicates that the facsimile data has not yet been accessed by said access means, for calling said sending-end facsimile number corresponding to the accessed facsimile data to send back response data which indicates that the facsimile data has been accessed by a user at the receiving end, said response data including a receiving-end user identifier indicative of a user of the client terminal who has accessed the receiver terminal, a type of access made by said access means, and a time when the access was made by said access means by the receiving-end user identifier indicative of a user of the client terminal who has accessed the received facsimile data stored in said storage means in said facsimile;

    said storage means comprising a reception history data file for storing reception history data including data specifying received facsimile data, and reception process result data indicating at least whether or not the reception was normal;

    wherein said sending/receiving means creates reception history data upon every receipt of facsimile data, and stores the data in said reception history data file.

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