Abstract:
A system, method, and apparatus for accepting an incoming call in a Computer/Telephony Integrated System wherein the incoming call is received by both a base station and a computer. A determination is made whether the incoming call is a voice call or a data or facsimile transmission. If the incoming call is a data or a facsimile transmission, the incoming call is accepted by an application program running on the computer. If the incoming call is a voice call, the incoming call is accepted by the base station.
Abstract:
A telephone ring detector (10) detects a ring signal voltage (60) from a diverse set of signals transmitted on a telephone line (12) before a complete alternating current ring signal cycle (58) is received. In an exemplary embodiment, the ring detector (10) includes a voltage threshold setting device (32) for establishing a voltage threshold (62) and comparing the ring signal voltage (60) to the voltage threshold (62) to provide an output signal (64) when the ring signal voltage (60) is above the voltage threshold (62). A pair of zener diodes (46, 48) having a selected voltage value can provide the threshold setting and comparison functions. A microprocessor (34), including a timer for measuring a time duration of the output signal (64), outputs a ring detection signal (66) when the time duration exceeds a predetermined time interval value, which is substantially less than a full ring cycle. A line switch (16) responsive to the ring detector (10) is provided to direct communication signals to a telecommunications device (18, 20, 22, 24, 26).
Abstract:
An integrated communication system for the transception of facsimile data or binary file data is described. The system comprises a conventional facsimile machine having the components of a scanner (14), sampling device (16), transmission memory (20), compression device (22) and modem (24) connected to a telephone line (12) of a public switched telephone network all being for the transmission of facsimile data and decompression device (28), reception memory (30), recording memory (34) and recording device (36) all being for the reception of facsimile data. These components are under the control of the operations microprocessor (26) and user interface (25). The binary file data transfer components are the Tx/Rx memory (42), floppy disk controller (40) and floppy disk drive (38), again, all under the control of the operations microprocessor (26). The binary file transfer is achieved either by control codes inserted in the Non Standard Field (NSF) of a facsimile transmission conducted under the CCITT Recommendation T.30, or the proposed amendments to the DIS/DTC/DCS signals of the same T.30 Recommendation as are under consideration.
Abstract:
The present disclosure provides methods and apparatus for delivering documents. A web based application server transmits a document to a distribution management system. The distribution management system then translates the document if necessary (e.g., from a spreadsheet to a PDF and a fax) and sends the translated document to one or more destinations such as email inboxes, printers, and fax machines. For fax deliveries, the distribution management system sends the document to a particular client device that is associated with the fax destination. For example, the client device that actually transmits the fax may reside at a company, and the fax machine may be at a customer of that company. In this manner, fax transmissions appear to come from the correct source (not the distribution management system), and transmission charges associated with the fax are incurred by the appropriate company (not the company associated with the distribution management system).
Abstract:
A faxing method includes: acquiring an original image which needs to be faxed; converting the original image into a set of concolorous line segments; encoding the set of concolorous line segments to obtain the concolorous line segment code of the image, and sending the concolorous line segment code to the receiving end in the form of faxing. The present invention provides a faxing system and a faxing computer. In accordance with the invention, the encoding with the use of pixel could be prevented from occupying relatively large memory space of the faxing computer and much more CPU, the efficiency of faxing could be improved, therefore, the transmission could be steady even when the faxing system is performing one-to-many faxing, the stability of the faxing system could be improved, and the shutdown of the faxing computer could be reduced.
Abstract:
In a packet-based communications network, where proxy servers guide the routing of requests and responses between destinations to aid in establishing the flow of voice or other media streams between the destinations, and where at least some destinations are assigned an IP or other network address and a telephone number or other symbolic address, a system for establishing the routing of the media streams that comprises at least one directory database associating at least some destination network addresses with symbolic addresses and, in at least some cases, also with media type and format or CODEC capability information combined with at least one proxy server connecting to the directory database. Programs within the proxy server cause the proxy server, in response to receiving a given request which contains a symbolic address, to route the given received request to a destination whose network address the directory database associates with the symbolic address contained in the given received request. In the case where the directory database associates two or more network addresses with the symbolic address contained in such a given received request, the proxy server routes the given received request to the one of the two or more network addresses which the directory database associates with media type and format or CODEC capability information most compatible with the media type and format or CODEC capabilities of the destination that sent out the given received request.
Abstract:
A facsimile machine (1) comprises an off-hook device (14) for ascertaining whether a telephone set (2) connected to a telephone line (TL) in parallel with the facsimile machine (1) has already taken an incoming call, which call is featured by a ringing signal in the telephone signal (TS). For this purpose, the off-hook device (14) compares the voltage value of the DC component (G(TS)) of the telephone signal (TS) with off-hook thresholds (OSW1, OSW2) and, if necessary, produces off-hook detection information (ODI1, ODI2) or fax off-hook information (FAI). Since the voltage values of the DC component (G(TS)) of the telephone signal (TS) - more particularly in a private branch exchange - may be lower than specified, in response to which the off-hook device (14) could determine a false outcome, the off-hook device (14) activates an error mode when the off-hook detection information (ODI1) is produced simultaneously with the ringing signal detection. When the error mode is activated, the off-hook device (14) also takes the call when the off-hook detection information (ODI1) is present. Similarly, when the error mode is activated, the off-hook device (14) does not pass on an already taken call to the parallel-connected telephone set (2) when the off-hook detection information (ODI1) is present.
Abstract:
A novel and improved method and apparatus for providing an interface to a digital wireless telephone system compatible with standard analog wire line telephones and analog wire line fax machines are disclosed. During a telephone call, a fax detector (11) monitors the incoming data for fax signals. If a fax is detected, the data processor (12) switches from processing the data as if it were voice to processing it as fax. In addition, the remote station is sent a signal notifying it to process the data as fax rather than voice. The fax detector (11) operates by detecting the preamble of a V.21 message, present at the beginning of every fax call. Energy is measured in both frequencies of the BFSK signals. A decision is made by analyzing these energies and locating a specific pattern which repeats itself a sufficient number of times.