Patent ID: 6122066
Filing Date: 2000-09-19
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
Facsimile equipment having an interface which enables said facsimile equipment to communicate with a computer device, provide access to an opposite station on the basis of telephone number data concerning the opposite station sent from the computer device, and transmit data originally stored in the computer device to the opposite station after receiving the data from the computer device, said facsimile equipment comprising:means for sending a spurious report of connection to the computer device as if the computer device is actually connected, through the facsimile equipment, to the opposite station,storage means for storing data sent from the computer device in response to the computer device receiving said spurious report of connection;means for sending a spurious report of completed transmission to the computer device to report to the computer device as if transmission to the opposite station is completed after accumulation of data sent from the computer device in said storage means is finished even when said facsimile equipment is not in communication with the opposite station; andcontrol means for controlling said facsimile equipment to actually transmit data accumulated in said storage means to the opposite station on the basis of telephone number data indicated by the computer device after the spurious report of completed transmission is sent to the computer device, and to place the connection between the facsimile equipment and computer device in an off line state during the time the facsimile equipment transmits data to the opposite station.