Patents Assigned to Exfax Technologies Ltd Pty
  • Patent number: 5452106
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a facsimile device for local facsimile to computer interconnection. A preferred embodiment of the present invention is comprised of the facsimile device 3 which is capable of being connected to a facsimile transceiver 1 and a computer 2. The facsimile device 3 allows the computer 2 to print data on the facsimile transceiver 1 using the facsimile device 3. Similarly, a document scanned on the facsimile transceiver 1 can be communicated to the computer 2 by the facsimile device 3. Under the control of a microprocessor 10, it is also possible to send or receive a facsimile or transfer a file using facsimile protocols from the computer to the telephone network, or vice versa, which may be connected to the device 3 at connector 15. Similarly, the facsimile transceiver 1 can send or receive documents by the telephone network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 19, 1995
    Assignee: Exfax Technologies Ltd Pty
    Inventor: John L. Perkins