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.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 12, 1993
Date of Patent:
December 26, 2000
Assignee:
Kodak Limited
Inventors:
Stephen R. Levine, Alex J. Harui, Michael W. Schirpke, Stephen P. Boylan, Karen Donoghue, Mary Jane Boyd, Donna Ajgaonkar, Charles Paress, David J. Angel, Chia-Chuan Hsiao, Kenneth C. Knowlton, Bruce Eric Brown