Technique for retransmission of uncompleted transmissions of broadcast transmissions in a facsimile system

• US 6,124,947 A
• Filed: 04/09/1997
• Issued: 09/26/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 04/10/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Seo, Seok-Hwan
• Primary Examiner(s): Johns, Andrew W.
• Application Number:
  US08/827,704
• Time in Patent Office: 1,266 Days
• Field of Search: 358/402, 358/407, 358/434, 358/440, 358/400, 358/403, 358/405, 358/437, 382/311
• US Class Current: 358/405
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00408 Display of information to the user, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32037 Automation of particular transmitter jobs, e.g. multi-address calling, auto-dialing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32064 Multi-address calling
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32074 Redialing, e.g. after failure to make a connection
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32358 using picture signal storage, e.g. at transmitter H04N1/17 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32374 Storage subsequent to an attempted transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32619 with retransmission retransmission after changing the mode H04N1/3333
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/3263 of reading apparatus or transmitter, e.g. original jam
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32657 locally
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32694 Storing a fault condition in memory

Abstract

A device for broadcast transmission in a facsimile system includes: a memory; a control unit for storing the telephone number of a failed transmission in a broadcast transmission and other related data as transmission information in a certain area of the memory; a unit for informing a user of said transmission failure; and a unit for dialing and retransmitting to a corresponding telephone number based on the retransmission information in response to data of a certain key pressed by the user. A method for effecting the broadcast transmission in a facsimile system having a display and a pending job list stored in a memory includes the steps of: performing a broadcast transmission wherein broadcast telephone numbers are read and sequentially dialed, a message is transmitted upon a line connection and information of remaining pages is stored in a given area of the pending job list at the time of a transmission failure of the corresponding message; storing the telephone number of a failed transmission and other related data as the retransmission information in the given area of the pending job list when the corresponding message transmission fails; periodically checking the pending job list and displaying the retransmission information of the pending job list on the display; and returning to the step of broadcast transmission in order that the telephone number of a failed transmission is retransmitted according to a user'"'"'s command responding to the display of the retransmission information.

Claims

1. A device for a broadcast transmission in a facsimile system, comprising:

a memory having a given area for storing a pending job list for a broadcast transmission;

a control unit for storing a telephone number of a failed transmission in a broadcast transmission and other related data as retransmission information in said given area of said memory for storing said pending job list, said retransmission information including data of any remaining page of said failed transmission;

a unit for informing a user of said failed transmission; and

a unit for dialing and retransmitting any remaining page of said failed transmission to a corresponding telephone number based on said retransmission information in response to data of a certain key pressed by the user.

2. The device as claimed in claim 1, further comprised of:

said unit for informing a user of said failed transmission comprising;

a display for displaying said retransmission information on a display screen; and

a printer for printing said retransmission information on print paper.

3. The device as claimed in claim 2, further comprised of:

said control unit, upon receiving an interrupt during a certain time interval, accessing said given area of said memory for storing said pending job list and searching for said retransmission information.

4. The device as claimed in claim 1, further comprised of:

said control unit, upon receiving an interrupt during a certain time interval, accessing said given area of said memory for storing said pending job list and searching for said retransmission information.

5. A method for effecting a broadcast transmission in a facsimile system having a display and a pending job list stored in a memory, comprising the steps of:

providing a memory for said facsimile system;

storing a pending job list for a broadcast transmission in said memory;

performing a broadcast transmission wherein broadcast telephone numbers are read and sequentially dialed;

transmitting a corresponding message to a corresponding one of said sequentially dialed broadcast telephone numbers upon a line connection;

storing information of any remaining page of said corresponding message in a given area of said pending job list as retransmission information at a time of a failed transmission of said corresponding message to said corresponding one of said broadcast telephone numbers;

storing said corresponding one of said broadcast telephone numbers and other related data of said failed transmission as retransmission information in said given area of said pending job list when transmission of said corresponding message fails;

periodically checking said pending job list and displaying said retransmission information stored in said given area of said pending job list on the display; and

returning to said step of performing said broadcast transmission in order that any said corresponding message to a corresponding one of said broadcast telephone numbers of a corresponding said failed transmission is selectively retransmitted according to a user'"'"'s command in response to said display of said retransmission information.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5 further comprising:

repeatedly performing said broadcast transmission until a predetermined retry counter number value is exceeded when it has been determined that said broadcast transmission has failed.

7. The method as claimed in claim 5, further comprising the step of when receiving an interrupt during a certain time interval, accessing said memory and searching for said retransmission information stored in said given area of said pending job list in said memory.

8. The method as claimed in claim 7, further comprising the step of printing using a printer said retransmission information on print paper.

9. The method as claimed in claim 5, further comprising the step of printing using a printer said retransmission information on print paper.