Patent ID: 6035023
Filing Date: 2000-03-07
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A facsimile communication system for communicating with other communication devices via a single telephone circuit, comprising:a facsimile including an automatic document feeder (ADF), and a START key;a telephone connected to said facsimile, both said facsimile and said telephone coupled to said single telephone circuit; andprocessor means for implementing a manual receive mode and responsive to detection of (i) a ring signal from a remote communication device and said telephone being off-hook, and (ii) a document sensed in said ADF, (iii) an actuation of said START key and (iv) detection of an incoming facsimile signal, to initiate a facsimile receive action by said facsimile communication system, in lieu of a facsimile transmission action of said document.