Compaq Compaq A1500 User Manual

(12) United States Patent McAfee et al. US006510211B1 (10) Patent N0.: (45) Date of Patent: US 6,510,211 B1 Jan. 21, 2003 (54) (75) (73) (21) (22) (51

U.S. Patent Jan. 21, 2003 Sheet 8 0f 13 US 6,510,211 B1 / 900 L'UMPAQ IE Control F arm 9 1 0 U FAX I:I COPY >I] SCAN I I I I I I CONTRAST

U.S. Patent Jan. 21, 2003 Sheet 9 0f 13 US 6,510,211 B1 MFP /- 1030 FIG. 10

U.S. Patent Jan. 21, 2003 Sheet 10 0f 13 US 6,510,211 B1 REMOTE FAX FORWARDING DETECT REMDTE FAX FWD COMMAND NEW FAX N FWD# ? Y 1106 SAVE NEW FAX FWD

U.S. Patent Jan. 21, 2003 Sheet 11 0f 13 US 6,510,211 B1 SET LOCAL PRINT 0N PRINT OFF REMOTE FAX FURWARDING COMPLETE FIG. 11B

U.S. Patent Jan. 21, 2003 Sheet 12 0f 13 US 6,510,211 B1 1210 FAX FDRWARDING 1 220 1230 PRINTIFORWARD FIG. 12 IF CURRENT TIMEIDATE < START TIMEIDAT

U.S. Patent Jan. 21, 2003 Sheet 13 0f 13 US 6,510,211 B1 UB-JUN MONTH 99 YEA ' f- 1320 START JUNIU6I99 START 05:29:01 P 29 MINUTE LOCAL PRINT DFF

US 6,510,211 B1 1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOTE FAX FORWARDING CONTROL BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention g

US 6,510,211 B1 3 facsimile machine F, by using a specially-designed control form, or via a telephone. Certain elements of the facsimile machine F hav

US 6,510,211 B1 5 Controlling The Facsimile Machine F From The Personal Computer P FIG. 5 is a picture 0 a main settings WindoW 500 in a utility softw

US 6,510,211 B1 7 pressing buttons on a tone-based telephone. Users can dial their facsimile number and When the facsimile machine F ansWers, enter a

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US 6,510,211 B1 9 An exemplary series of windows for setting the fax forwarding feature is shown in FIG. 13. In window 1305, the display 1305 shows t

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