Patents by Inventor Walid Elsoufi

Walid Elsoufi has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Facsimile access controller for calculating a communication charge
    Patent number: 5568280
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for logging or identifying each page of a facsimile transmission or reception by a facsimile machine with a facsimile access controller is disclosed. The method involves several steps which include monitoring the transmission or reception of data by the facsimile machine for a resolution signal and end-of-line signals in the data, determining the number of lines which will be on a page based upon the resolution signal, counting the number of the end-of-line signals transmitted, detecting an end-of-page signal, and logging a transmission or reception of a page when the total count of the end-of-line signals indicates that a page has been transmitted or the end-of-page signal is detected. The apparatus includes a monitor coupled to the signal line from a facsimile machine for monitoring data on the signal line during facsimile transmissions or receptions. A converter is coupled to the monitor for converting the data from the signal line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1996
    Assignee: Jamex
    Inventors: James Wells, David B. Johnson, Edward A. Tennant, Walid Elsoufi