Patents Assigned to Panasonic Communications Co., Ltd.
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Patent number: 7058123Abstract: Method for performing a startup session to establish a communication session between a remote communication system and a central communication system. A start-up procedure is initiated by one of the remote communication system and the central communication system. The remote communication system selects one of a full duplex operating mode and a half duplex operating mode in response to a request by the central communication system. The remote communication system and the central communication system then exchange data representing a capability of at least one communication standard that is usable by each communication system to select a mutually compatible communication standard, so that the remote communication system can initiate the communication session using the acknowledged full duplex or half duplex operating mode.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2003Date of Patent: June 6, 2006Assignee: Panasonic Communications Co., Ltd.Inventor: Stephen Palm
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Patent number: 7054026Abstract: An image data communication apparatus is connected to an image data source and to a network, and transmits image data attached to an e-mail to a receiving apparatus via the network. The e-mail including a mail from command and a mail message. The image data attached to the e-mail as an openable document. The image data communication apparatus comprises a memory which stores default information and information regarding an identification of at least one user, and a panel section which selects information regarding an identification of at least one user other than the default information stored in the memory.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2004Date of Patent: May 30, 2006Assignee: Panasonic Communications Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hidehiko Ogawa
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Patent number: 7050185Abstract: IFAX reads an original using a scanner in accordance with a transmitting instruction by an operator. Next, IFAX generates a menu screen in an HTML, image data filed by unit of page is registered to a WWW server together with a generated HTML document. IFAX decides the WWW server based on a recipient's mail address. Next, IFAX sends notification of URL of a WWW server to a recipient to which image data should be transmitted. The recipient accesses to the WWW server based on URL, fetches image data by unit of page, and instructs printing selectively.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 1999Date of Patent: May 23, 2006Assignee: Panasonic Communication Co., Ltd.Inventor: Toshihisa Sawada
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Patent number: 7050645Abstract: The image processing apparatus transforms orthogonal transform coefficients into a predetermined number of bits for each spatial frequency, rearranges quantized data for each spatial frequency to an arrangement with spatial frequency band portions, thereby generates bit serial data that the quantized data of the same spatial frequency band exists successively over adjacent blocks, and compresses the bit serial data.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2001Date of Patent: May 23, 2006Assignee: Panasonic Communications Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinichi Sato, Toshiaki Watanabe
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Patent number: 7051258Abstract: A central communication apparatus that minimizes a retransmission of messages when an error message is received during a communication handshaking procedure. A receiver receives messages from a remote communication terminal during the communication handshaking procedure to detect whether an error message exists. If a predetermined number of error messages are detected by the receiver, a communication terminating section terminates a communication session.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2003Date of Patent: May 23, 2006Assignee: Panasonic Communications Co., Ltd.Inventor: Stephen Palm
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Publication number: 20060077462Abstract: An Internet facsimile apparatus is configured to receive e-mail and to print the e-mail. The Internet facsimile apparatus includes a controller that determines whether the received e-mail includes a text part when it is determined that the received e-mail comprises a multipart structure, and determines whether the text part includes a predetermined pair of codes. The controller replaces a character string between the predetermined pair of codes with another predetermined code when it is determined that the text part includes the predetermined pair of codes, so that the character string replaced by the another predetermined code is not printed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2005Publication date: April 13, 2006Applicant: Panasonic Communications Co., LtdInventor: Kyoji Saito
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Patent number: 7027192Abstract: When characters are input, the input information is sequentially displayed on a first display, an e-mail address, which is registered in a one-touch key registration area, is retrieved by using the input information, and the retrieved e-mail address is displayed on a second display. Further, when an @ mark is input after a character string input, the information displayed on the second display is switched to a domain name read from the domain name registration area. Thus, the @ mark key, which is always used to input e-mail addresses, is also utilized to switch the display information. Accordingly, the data communication apparatus is capable to prevent the inconvenience of inputting the entire e-mail addresses and to prevent input errors.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2001Date of Patent: April 11, 2006Assignee: Panasonic Communications Co., Ltd.Inventor: Shinichi Kawai
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Patent number: 7023574Abstract: A multifunctional printer retains image data in an image memory when paper runs out during a copying operation, until another operation is requested or a predetermined time period expires. Also, the multifunctional printer retains information of the document that has not been recorded in a RAM when erasing the image data. Then, the information is displayed on an operation panel when the document needs to be re-scanned in order to enable the user to re-scan the document.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2002Date of Patent: April 4, 2006Assignee: Panasonic Communications Co., Ltd.Inventor: Akira Furuichi
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Patent number: 7012954Abstract: A communication apparatus that is selectively connected to a central communication apparatus. The communication apparatus transmits CLR signals to the central communication apparatus that indicates a plurality of capabilities list of the communication apparatus, and also requests that the central communication apparatus transmit a capabilities list of the central communication apparatus to the communication apparatus. Upon receipt of a CL signals from the central communication apparatus that indicates a capabilities list of the central communication apparatus, the communication apparatus transmits ACK signals or MS signals to the central communication apparatus that designates a particular communication mode.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2003Date of Patent: March 14, 2006Assignee: Panasonic Communications Co., LtdInventor: Stephen Palm
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Patent number: 7012708Abstract: An IFAX on a transmitting end gains access to an ISP on the transmitting end by dialup. The IFAX on the transmitting end transmits mail transmission notice to an IFAX on a receiving end via a PSTN after transmitting e-mail to the ISP on the transmitting end. Thereafter, the IFAX on the receiving end gains access to an ISP on the receiving end by dialup in accordance with mail transmission notice and receives e-mail stored in its own postbox. The mail transmission notice is performed using a facsimile communication protocol. The mail transmission notice includes at least one of transmission finished notice information, sent data information, and receiving information. This eliminates the unavailing mail check connection and reduces access charge at a dialup IFAX of the Internet facsimile.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2001Date of Patent: March 14, 2006Assignee: Panasonic Communications Co., Ltd.Inventor: Tatsuya Tamaru
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Patent number: 7009727Abstract: An image data communication apparatus is connected to an image data source and to a network, and transmits image data attached to an e-mail to a receiving apparatus via the network. The e-mail including a mail from command and a mail message. The image data attached to the e-mail as an openable document. The image data communication apparatus comprises a panel section which inputs information regarding an identification of a user to the image data communication apparatus. The image data communication apparatus comprises a controller which sets the information regarding the identification of the user input by the panel section into the mail message of the e-mail to which the image data is attached. Thus, opening, at the receiving apparatus, of the attached image data is not required to determine the information regarding the identification of the user.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2004Date of Patent: March 7, 2006Assignee: Panasonic Communications Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hidehiko Ogawa
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Patent number: 7009725Abstract: A controller determines whether a transmission data amount of the image data exceeds a limit capacity of a mail server connected the electronic mail communication apparatus before an actual transmission of the image data. Further, when the transmission data amount of the image data exceeds the limit capacity of the mail server, automatic processing is performed so that an electronic mail including image data can be transmitted. Accordingly, electronic mail communication apparatus of the present invention is capable of enabling users to save a lot of time for the image transmission.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2001Date of Patent: March 7, 2006Assignee: Panasonic Communications Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hiroshi Miyanaga
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Patent number: 7006261Abstract: A MODEM can shorten the processing time of an interface disposed between a data terminal equipment (DTE) and the MODEM. The MODEM stores an object program of a procedure in a memory and switches an operational mode of the MODEM automatically corresponding to the prescribed procedure thereby executing the procedure corresponding to the current operational mode. The MODEM further comprises a timer which monitors the transits time between a completed procedure and the next procedure, and the MODEM starts the process of a specified operational mode based on a mode-setting-instruction of the procedure as well as monitoring the transitions time by using the timer, and executing a next specified operational mode when the timer times out, thereby allowing the MODEM to perform the various operational mode switches.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 1999Date of Patent: February 28, 2006Assignee: Panasonic Communications Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mikio Mizutani, Nobuhiko Noma, Eizo Katayama, Genzo Takagi, Yoshihiro Noguchi, Mitsuhiro Araki
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Patent number: 6999506Abstract: Method for terminating a startup session of a full duplex or half duplex communication to be established between a central terminal and the remote terminal. When predetermined data is transmitted upon reception of an ACK message transmitted by one of the central or remote terminals, a data transmission in the startup session is suspended. If the other one of the central or remote terminals receives the predetermined data and thereafter detects a predetermined period of silence, the startup session is terminated.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2003Date of Patent: February 14, 2006Assignee: Panasonic Communications Co., Ltd.Inventor: Stephen Palm
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Patent number: 6995856Abstract: An image data communication apparatus is connected to an image data source and to a network, and transmits image data attached to an e-mail to a receiving apparatus via the network. The e-mail including a mail from command and a mail message. The image data is attached to the e-mail as an openable document. The image data communication apparatus comprises a memory which stores information regarding an identification of at least one user of the image data communication apparatus and a mail address of the at least one user, and a panel section which selects the information regarding an identification of at least one user and the mail address of the at least one user stored in the memory. The image data communication apparatus comprises a controller which sets information regarding the identification of the user and the mail address of the user selected by the panel section, into the mail message of the e-mail to which the image data is attached.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2004Date of Patent: February 7, 2006Assignee: Panasonic Communications Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hidehiko Ogawa
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Patent number: 6987801Abstract: The present invention calculates a difference between present sampling data and sampling data one data unit ahead, cumulatively adds up difference values calculated for every sampling by going back to the time point ahead by the number of samples of a cyclic prefix signal inserted into an initializing signal and confirms the position of the cyclic prefix signal from the sample number for which this cumulative value indicates a minimum value.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2001Date of Patent: January 17, 2006Assignee: Panasonic Communications Co., Ltd.Inventors: Nobuhiko Noma, Mikio Mizutani, Toshiyuki Ougi
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Patent number: 6987580Abstract: A document transmission apparatus is provided that includes a print document manager that stores a document to be printed in association with an e-mail address of a user of a cellular phone. When the document to be printed is stored in the print document manager, a mail transmitter transmits a print notification message to the e-mail address of the user of the cellular phone. The print notification message indicates that the document to be printed is present. A print instruction acquirer acquires print instruction information from the cellular phone that receives the print notification message. A document transmitter transmits the document to be printed to a print destination designated in accordance with the print instruction information acquired by the print instruction acquirer.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2001Date of Patent: January 17, 2006Assignee: Panasonic Communications Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinichi Watanabe, Toshio Nagatsuka
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Patent number: 6987802Abstract: A first communication device that is connectable to a second communication device. The first communication device includes a negotiation data transmitter that transmits negotiation data with a first group of frequencies to the second communication device. The first communication device includes a negotiation receiver that receives negotiation data with a second group of frequencies from the second communication device. The first group of frequencies and the second group of frequencies belong to mutually different bands. This abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2002Date of Patent: January 17, 2006Assignee: Panasonic Communications Co., Ltd.Inventor: Stephen Palm
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Publication number: 20060010219Abstract: An Internet facsimile apparatus is configured to receive an e-mail and to print the e-mail. The Internet facsimile apparatus includes a controller that determines whether the received e-mail includes a text part when it is determined that the received e-mail comprises a multipart structure. The controller determines whether the text part includes only a predetermined code. The received e-mail is printed without printing a page including the text part when it is determined that the text part includes only the predetermined code.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2005Publication date: January 12, 2006Applicant: Panasonic Communications Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kyoji Saito
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Patent number: 6985242Abstract: An Internet facsimile apparatus as a sender makes inquiry about capability, which a destination Internet facsimile apparatus possesses, to a local server in a local network. When the local server has no capability information of the destination stored, the sender makes inquiry to a DNS server higher than the local server and obtains capability information of the destination from the DNS server. Then, the sender registers the obtained capability information of the destination to a memory, which the local server or the sender has. This realizes that the sender can surely obtain capability information of the destination. Also, this makes it possible to automatically register capability information of the destination to the memory of the local server or the sender.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 1999Date of Patent: January 10, 2006Assignee: Panasonic Communications, Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kiyoshi Toyoda