Facsimile allowing correct registration of telephone number

• US 6,721,071 B1
• Filed: 07/06/1998
• Issued: 04/13/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 07/09/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Minolta Corporation Limited (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Minolta Corporation Limited (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Inventors: Maruyama, Tomoko
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Thomas D.
• Application Number:
  US09/110,619
• Time in Patent Office: 2,108 Days
• Field of Search: 358/440, 358/400, 358/403, 358/404, 379/100, 379/100.01, 379/100-2-1
• US Class Current: 358/440
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32708 Telephone
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32721 facsimile protocol signals, e.g. DCS or TSI
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32732 within a predetermined time
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32736 a state or mode of the facsimile apparatus H04N1/32728 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/3275 Giving priority to one of the apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32765 Initiating a communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32771 in response to a request, e.g. for a particular document
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32786 Ending a communication H04N1/32614 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3207 of an address
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3209 of a telephone number
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3276 of a customised additional information profile, e.g. a profile specific to a user ID

Abstract

The facsimile forms an image based on an image data received through a communication and allows registration of a telephone number specifying a calling device. In the facsimile, the telephone number of the calling device is detected at the time of calling and is referenced to a registered telephone number. If the telephone number of the calling device is registered for reception rejection, the received image data will be discarded, an error signal indicating the reception rejection will be transmitted, or the telephone circuit will not be connected.

Claims

1. A facsimile, comprising:

a receiver which receives a facsimile signal transmitted by a calling facsimile through a telephone exchange, said facsimile signal including a telephone number of the calling facsimile which is added in the telephone exchange by a caller identification system and a TSI information set in the calling facsimile side;

a controller which gives priority to the telephone number based on the caller identification system rather than the TSI information, and

a memory which stores various data including the telephone number;

wherein the controller writes the telephone number based on the caller identification system to the memory without writing the TSI information when the facsimile signal includes the telephone number based on the caller identification system.

2. A facsimile according to claim 1, wherein the controller selects a telephone number from the memory and sets the selected telephone number at a calling operation.

3. A facsimile according to claim 1, wherein the controller writes the TSI information to the memory when the facsimile signal includes no telephone numbers based on the caller identification system.

4. A facsimile, comprising:

a receiver which receives a facsimile signal transmitted by a calling facsimile through a telephone exchange, said facsimile signal including a first telephone number of the calling facsimile which is added in the telephone exchange by a caller identification system and a second telephone number set in the calling facsimile side;

a controller which gives priority to the first telephone number rather than the second telephone number, and

a memory which stores various data including the telephone number;

wherein the controller writes the first telephone number without writing the second telephone number when the facsimile signal includes the first telephone number.

5. A facsimile, comprising:

a receiver which receives a facsimile signal, said facsimile signal including two kinds of telephone numbers of the calling facsimile;

a controller which gives priority to one of the telephone numbers rather than the other, and

a memory which stores various data including the telephone number;

wherein the controller writes one of the telephone numbers without writing the other telephone number.