Facsimile record and playback system
First Claim
1. A system for receiving and recording facsimile transmissions from a telephone line on a removable recording medium for later display and viewing comprising:
- (a) a cassette device containing a recording medium;
(b) recorder means for removably receiving said cassette device, for receiving data signals at an input thereof, and for writing said data signals on said recording medium;
(c) modem means connectable to the telephone line at an input thereof for receiving a facsimile transmission and for providing said facsimile transmission at an output thereof; and
,(d) first logic means connected to said output of said modem means for establishing a handshaking interface with a facsimile machine transmitting a facsimile on the telephone line, for receiving said facsimile transmission, for stripping off unnecessary transmission related information from document data information, for inserting control characters required for proper transcription at a later time, and for transmitting said control characters and document data information as data signals to said input of said recorder means, said first logic means including logic for performing the steps of,(d1) outputting a start of message indicator to said input of said recorder means to be recorded on said cassette device whereby the start of each message on said cassette device can be found at a playback time,(d2) when an incoming call from a sending facsimile machine is received, first staying in a loop to establish the necessary handshake interface with the sending machine,(d3) when information from the sending machine begins to flow, looking to see if it has received document data related to the pixel content of a document being transmitted or interFAX communication data and if document data, proceeding to step (d4), otherwise to step (d5),(d4) outputting document data to said input of said recorder means to be recorded on said cassette device and then proceeding to step (d9),(d5) striping non-document data from a stream intended for recording on said cassette device,(d6) determining whether an internal control character as employed by transcription logic should be inserted and if not, proceeding to step (d4),(d7) providing appropriate control character(s) in said stream intended for recording on said cassette device and proceeding to step (d4),(d8) checking to see if the incoming transmission is finished and if not, returning to step (d3),(d9) outputting an end of message indicator to said input of said recorder means to be recorded on said cassette device, and(d10) terminating the interface with the sending facsimile machine in a normal manner and exiting.
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Abstract
Facsimile record and playback apparatus for receiving and recording facsimile transmissions on a removable recording medium for later display and viewing. There is a cassette device and a record/playback deck for removably receiving the cassette device, for receiving data signals, for writing the data signals on the recording medium, for reading the data signals, and for providing the data signals at an output. A modem is connected for receiving facsimile transmissions. First logic is connected to the output of the modem for establishing a handshaking interface with a facsimile machine transmitting a facsimile, for receiving the facsimile transmission, for stripping off unnecessary transmission related information from document data information, for inserting control characters required for proper transcription at a later time, and for transmitting the control characters and document data information as data signals to the record/playback deck. There is a viewing device for presenting facsimile documents in a viewable form and second logic connected to the output of the record/playback device for receiving the data signals, for recognizing and separating the document data information and the control characters, and for formatting and outputting the document data information in combination with control information to the viewing device for viewing and reading thereof. The viewing device can be, inter alia, a computer, a printer, a display, or a facsimile machine.
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43 Claims
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1. A system for receiving and recording facsimile transmissions from a telephone line on a removable recording medium for later display and viewing comprising:
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(a) a cassette device containing a recording medium; (b) recorder means for removably receiving said cassette device, for receiving data signals at an input thereof, and for writing said data signals on said recording medium; (c) modem means connectable to the telephone line at an input thereof for receiving a facsimile transmission and for providing said facsimile transmission at an output thereof; and
,(d) first logic means connected to said output of said modem means for establishing a handshaking interface with a facsimile machine transmitting a facsimile on the telephone line, for receiving said facsimile transmission, for stripping off unnecessary transmission related information from document data information, for inserting control characters required for proper transcription at a later time, and for transmitting said control characters and document data information as data signals to said input of said recorder means, said first logic means including logic for performing the steps of, (d1) outputting a start of message indicator to said input of said recorder means to be recorded on said cassette device whereby the start of each message on said cassette device can be found at a playback time, (d2) when an incoming call from a sending facsimile machine is received, first staying in a loop to establish the necessary handshake interface with the sending machine, (d3) when information from the sending machine begins to flow, looking to see if it has received document data related to the pixel content of a document being transmitted or interFAX communication data and if document data, proceeding to step (d4), otherwise to step (d5), (d4) outputting document data to said input of said recorder means to be recorded on said cassette device and then proceeding to step (d9), (d5) striping non-document data from a stream intended for recording on said cassette device, (d6) determining whether an internal control character as employed by transcription logic should be inserted and if not, proceeding to step (d4), (d7) providing appropriate control character(s) in said stream intended for recording on said cassette device and proceeding to step (d4), (d8) checking to see if the incoming transmission is finished and if not, returning to step (d3), (d9) outputting an end of message indicator to said input of said recorder means to be recorded on said cassette device, and (d10) terminating the interface with the sending facsimile machine in a normal manner and exiting. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. The method for receiving and recording standard facsimile transmissions from a telephone line on a removable recording medium for later display and viewing comprising:
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(a) providing a cassette device containing a recording medium; (b) providing a recorder for removably receiving the cassette device and for writing data signals on the recording medium; (c) connecting a modem to the telephone line at an input thereof so as to receiving facsimile transmissions and provide them at an output thereof; (d) establishing a handshaking interface with a facsimile machine transmitting a facsimile on the telephone line; (e) receiving the facsimile transmission; (f) stripping off unnecessary transmission related information from document data information; (g) inserting control characters required for proper transcription at a later time; (h) transmitting the control characters and document data information as data signals to the input of the recorder; (i) outputting a start of message indicator to the input of the recorder to be recorded on the cassette device whereby the start of each message on the cassette device can be found at a playback time; (j) when an incoming call from a sending facsimile machine is received, first staying in a loop to establish the necessary handshake interface with the sending machine; (k) when information from the sending machine begins to flow, looking to see if document data has been received related to the pixel content of a document being transmitted or interFAX communication data and if document data, proceeding to step (l), otherwise to step (m); (l) outputting document data to the input of the recorder to be recorded on the cassette device and then proceeding to step (q); (m) striping non-document data from a stream intended for recording on the cassette device; (n) determining whether an internal control character as employed by transcription logic should be inserted and if not, proceeding to step (l); (o) providing appropriate control character(s) in the stream intended for recording on the cassette device and proceeding to step (l); (p) checking to see if the incoming transmission is finished and if not, returning to step (k); (q) outputting an end of message indicator to the input of the recorder to be recorded on the cassette device; and
,(r) terminating the interface with the sending facsimile machine in a normal manner and exiting. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. Facsimile record and playback apparatus for receiving and recording facsimile transmission from a telephone line on a removable recording medium for later display and viewing comprising:
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(a) a cassette device containing a recording medium; (b) record/playback means for removably receiving said cassette device, for receiving data signals at an input thereof, for writing said data signals on said recording medium, for reading said data signals from a said cassette device, and for providing said data signals at an output thereof; (c) modem means connectable to the telephone line at an input thereof for receiving a facsimile transmission and for providing said facsimile transmission at an output thereof; (d) first logic means connected to said output of said modem means for establishing a handshaking interface with a facsimile machine transmitting a facsimile on the telephone line, for receiving said facsimile transmission, for stripping off unnecessary transmission related information from document data information, for inserting control characters required for proper transcription at a later time, and for transmitting said control characters and document data information as data signals to said input of said recorder means, said first logic means including logic for performing the steps of, (d1) outputting a start of message indicator to said input of said recorder means to be recorded on said cassette device whereby the start of each message on said cassette device can be found at a playback time, (d2) when an incoming call from a sending facsimile machine is received, first staying in a loop to establish the necessary handshake interface with the sending machine, (d3) when information from the sending machine begins to flow, looking to see if it has received document data related to the pixel content of a document being transmitted or interFAX communication data and if document data, proceeding to step (d4), otherwise to step (d5), (d4) outputting document data to said input of said recorder means to be recorded on said cassette device and then proceeding to step (d9), (d5) striping non-document data from a stream intended for recording on said cassette device, (d6) determining whether an internal control character as employed by transcription logic should be inserted and if not, proceeding to step (d4), (d7) providing appropriate control character(s) in said stream intended for recording on said cassette device and proceeding to step (d4), (d8) checking to see if the incoming transmission is finished and if not, returning to step (d3), (d9) outputting an end of message indicator to said input of said recorder means to be recorded on said cassette device, and (d10) terminating the interface with the sending facsimile machine in a normal manner and exiting; (e) viewing means for presenting facsimile documents in a viewable form; and
,(f) second logic means connected to said output of said record/playback means for receiving said data signals therefrom, for recognizing and separating said document data information and said control characters therefrom and for formatting and outputting said document data information in combination with control information derived from and reflecting said control characters to said viewing means whereby said facsimile as originally recorded from the telephone is presented in a manner for the viewing and reading thereof. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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