Appeal No. 2000-1503
Application 08/655,126
after a calling party at the remotely located facsimile
machine correctly inputs a secret number. After the
transmission of the list of received messages, a check is made
at the local facsimile machine to determine whether or not a
received message selection number has been inputted by the
calling party. When a received message selection number is
inputted by the calling party, the local facsimile machine
transmits the message that corresponds to the selection number
to the remotely located facsimile machine.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it
reads as follows:
1. A method for remotely confirming and receiving
messages received from a local facsimile machine having a
memory for storing a secret number set by a user and received
messages, comprising the steps of:
checking whether or not the secret number has been
inputted, in response to an input of a ring signal by a
remotely located facsimile machine of a remotely located
calling party when the local facsimile machine has been set in
a remote reception mode;
transmitting a list of received messages stored in the
memory to said remotely located facsimile machine of a calling
party when the secret number has been correctly inputted by
the calling party as determined in the secret number checking
step;
after transmitting the list of received messages,
checking whether or not a received message selection number
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