Patent ID: 6202122
Filing Date: 2001-03-13
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
A facsimile apparatus comprising:(1) a facsimile unit; and(2) a memory device connected to said facsimile unit, wherein said memory device includes:(a) a memory medium comprising a plurality of blocks which are data input blocks, said memory medium being erasable on a block-by-block basis, and each of said plurality of blocks having a respective specified memory capacity,(b) control means for assigning at least one of said plurality of blocks as a user reloadable block which is write protected, and assigning all other blocks of said plurality of blocks as a plurality of data-input blocks, andwhen one or more files stored in one of said plurality of data-input blocks becomes an unnecessary file, said control means shifts necessary files from said one of said plurality of data-input blocks into said user reloadable block, then erases all files stored in said one of said plurality of data-input blocks, and assigns the erased block as a new reloadable block and said user reloadable block as a new data-input block.