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Multi-media information transfer system

  • US 5,559,721 A
  • Filed: 11/09/1992
  • Issued: 09/24/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/11/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A multi-media information transfer system for transferring information between a computer center and a multi-media mail apparatus which is coupled to a communication network, said multi-media information transfer system comprising:

  • first means, provided in the computer center and the multi-media mail apparatus, for specifying a transfer mode to be one of;

    (a) a general transfer mode in which a plurality of pages are transferred together in response to one instruction of a transfer format, (b) a page transfer mode in which the transfer is made one page at a time by instructing the transfer format of each page, and (c) a combined transfer mode in which the general transfer mode and the page transfer mode are combined depending on whether information which is to be transferred;

    second means, provided in the multi-media mail apparatus, for storing information which is received from the computer center and the communication network; and

    third means, provided in the computer center and the multi-media mail apparatus, for transferring the information between the computer center and the multi-media mail apparatus in the transfer mode specified by said first means,wherein said third means includes means for transmitting attribute information related to information which is to be transmitted next, and means for specifying an appropriate transfer mode for the next information depending on the attribute information.

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