Patent ID: 6493102
Filing Date: 2002-12-10
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A facsimile device having means for storing communication information of communication devices of receiving stations in accordance with the receiving stations registered by means of a one-touch dialling function or abbreviated dialling function, by which ITU-T non-standard communication procedure is executed so as to allow the required time for performing the procedure to be reduced, said facsimile device comprising:means for transmitting stored communication information when said facsimile device is used as transmitting station of image data to receiving station of image data registered by means of the one-touch dialling function or abbreviated dialling function; means for comparing communication information of one's own device transmitted from the transmitting station with the actual communication information of one's own device and, if there is a difference, for transmitting new communication information to the transmitting station, when said facsimile device is used as a receiving station; and means for updating said stored communication information when the new communication information is transmitted from the receiving station, and when said facsimile device is used as a transmitting station.