Appeal No. 2006-0203
Application No. 09/187,332
BACKGROUND
Appellants’ invention is directed to simultaneous
transmission of a fax and an electronic mail to an intended
recipient by a fax machine. According to Appellant, transferring
electronic mail and facsimiles is accomplished by a user who
enters a facsimile telephone number and an electronic mail
address corresponding to the same recipient. The recipient
information is stored in a memory associated with an actuator
which causes the transmission as initiated by the user activating
a control button or switch (specification, page 5). An
understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of
exemplary independent claim 19, which is reproduced bellow:
19. A method comprising:
receiving from a user a facsimile telephone number and an
electronic mail address of the same recipient, and storing the
number and address in a memory of a facsimile machine;
converting a document provided by the user to the facsimile
machine into digital form;
associating an actuator disposed on the facsimile machine to
locations in the memory which contain the facsimile telephone
number and the electronic mail address; and
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