Data retrieval, manipulation and transmission with facsimile images
First Claim
1. A method of remotely controlling a local data processor, which is coupled through a local facsimile device to a telephone communication line, comprising the steps oftransmitting, from a remote facsimile device to the local data processor via the local facsimile device, a facsimile image which specifies data processor commands to be executed by the local data processor,said local data processor receiving said facsimile image and responding to the receipt of the image by recognizing specified data processor commands contained within the received image, and executing the recognized specified data processor commands.
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Abstract
A data processing system is coupled to a facsimile device which receives and transmits facsimile images between the data processing system and a telephone line. The data processing system includes the capability to receive a facsimile image, interpret certain images as specified commands for the data processor, and to retrieve, manipulate and transmit data in response to the specified commands.
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16 Claims
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1. A method of remotely controlling a local data processor, which is coupled through a local facsimile device to a telephone communication line, comprising the steps of
transmitting, from a remote facsimile device to the local data processor via the local facsimile device, a facsimile image which specifies data processor commands to be executed by the local data processor, said local data processor receiving said facsimile image and responding to the receipt of the image by recognizing specified data processor commands contained within the received image, and executing the recognized specified data processor commands.
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9. A method of processing data comprising the steps of:
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providing a data processor coupled through a local facsimile device to a telephone communications line; at a location remote from said data processor, transmitting a facsimile image containing graphical or textual images to said data processor through a remote facsimile device; said data processor recognizing certain of said graphical or textual images and retrieving and manipulating specific data in response to said graphical or textual images; and said data processor transmitting data, responsive to said recognized graphical or textual images, to a remote location. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of retrieving information stored in a data processing system, comprising the steps of:
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receiving, at the data processing system, image data transmitted from a remote facsimile device in a facsimile data format; the data processor recognizing information contained within the received image data as commands and in response thereto, retrieving stored information specified by the commands, and transmitting said retrieved information to said remote facsimile device. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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