Patent ID: 6915119

Claim:
A data transmission system, comprising: a wireless telephone that receives data of at least one of an image and characters through a transmitting provider; a designating device on said wireless telephone for designating the data for reception by the wireless telephone and for selectively designating an apparatus to which the received data is to be transmitted; a display device on said wireless telephone for displaying information from the received data and displaying a designating address of the apparatus and displaying a menu for designating at least one of transmitting data and receiving data; and a wireless communicating device that communicates with the apparatus without the transmitting provider and transmits the data to the apparatus designated by said designating device, wherein said menu comprises selections for a receive mode for indicating that data has been received, a transmit image mode for transmitting an image from the wireless telephone to an apparatus, a receive mail mode for receiving characters, and a transmit mail mode for transmitting characters.