Patent ID: 6882438
Filing Date: 2005-04-19
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A data terminal which is coupled to a local area network and a public switched telephone network, comprising: a first communications device that transmits and receives communications data through said local area network; a second communications device that transmits and receives communications information through said public switched telephone network; and a controller that instructs said first communications device to perform a first data transfer operation for transferring communications data to a destination data terminal connected to said local area network when said second communications device receives destination identification information identifying said destination data terminal during a time when said second communications device performs a receiving operation for receiving said communications information from a communications machine connected to said public switched telephone network, wherein said controller determines whether conditions of said local area network are proper for said first data transfer operation to be performed by said first communications device and instructs said second communications device to terminate said receiving operation when said controller determines that said conditions of said local area network are not proper for said first data transfer operation.