Facsimile Broadcast Transmission Memory Optimization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Facsimile broadcast transmission systems face memory capacity shortages due to the need to store multiple pieces of job information for various transmission destinations, which exceeds the limited memory capacity of facsimile apparatuses.
Innovation Solution
A communication system where an information processing apparatus transmits first job information including a single piece of image information and multiple address information to a facsimile apparatus, allowing the facsimile apparatus to broadcast the image information to different destinations based on the included address information, thereby preventing memory capacity shortages.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple pieces of job information are stored temporarily in the facsimile apparatus for broadcast transmission, then the number of transmission destinations increases, but the memory capacity is exceeded
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the image information from multiple separate job information records and stores it as a single shared resource in the facsimile apparatus. Only the address information varies per destination, while the image data is stored once and referenced by multiple destinations, thereby reducing memory usage while maintaining broadcast capability to multiple destinations
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the image information component into a shared storage area that is common to all job information records. Instead of duplicating image data across multiple job information entries, the system combines them into a single stored copy that serves all transmission destinations, resolving the memory capacity conflict
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AI summary
A communication system includes an information processing apparatus and a facsimile apparatus connected to the information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus transmits, to the facsimile apparatus, first job information that includes a single piece of first image information and includes two or more pieces of address information that respectively indicate addresses of transmission destinations of the first image information. When the first job information is received from the information processing apparatus, based on the two or more pieces of address information that are included in the received first job information, the facsimile apparatus broadcasts the first image information by facsimile communication to the addresses indicated respectively by the two or more pieces of address information.