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Smart facsimile machine pick-up

  • US 6,968,045 B1
  • Filed: 07/25/2000
  • Issued: 11/22/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/25/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An intelligent FAX machine, comprising:

  • a monitoring circuit in communication with a telephone line, said monitoring circuit adapted to monitor a signal from said telephone line shared with another telephonic device while maintaining an on-hook state with respect to said monitored telephone line;

    a FAX tone signal detector in communication with an output of said monitoring circuit; and

    a FAX modem activateable to take said intelligent FAX machine from said on-hook state to an off-hook state simultaneously with said another telephonic device already in an off-hook state with respect to said monitored telephone line upon receipt of an activation signal from said FAX tone signal detector.

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