Appeal No. 96-1624 Page 2
Application 07/913,615
DISCUSSION
The application is entitled "Facsimile System". (Paper 1
at 1.) The system consists of a set of remote document scanners
(or "terminals") associated with a main body of a facsimile
system. The scanners transmit data to the main body in a manner
that permits the main body to distinguish among the scanners and
permits remote operation of the facsimile system. (Paper 1
at 4-5.) Claim 12, the sole independent claim, sets forth the
subject matter of the invention as follows (Paper 1 at 35-36;
Paper 6 (Amdt. A) at 2; Paper 9 (Amdt. B) at 2; and Paper 11
(Amdt. C) at 1) (emphasis added):
12. A facsimile system having a plurality of
terminals and a main body, each of said plurality of
terminals reading an image and said main body being
connected to a communication line and receiving image
data from said plurality of terminals, wherein each of
said terminals comprises:
means for instructing processing of said read
image at said main body;
first storage means for storing an identification
code for identifying each of said terminals; and
means for sending to said main body said image
data, instruction data instructed by said processing
instructing means, and said identification code stored
in said first storage means,2
and wherein said main body comprises:
means for receiving said data sent by said sending
means;
means for detecting said identification code from
said data received by said receiving means;
means for processing through the communication
line said image data received by said receiving means
based on said instruction data received by said
receiving means; and
2 Sic, ";".
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