Electronic mail-capable communication terminal device and electronic mail communication method
OwnerMasashi Eguchiinventor
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Abstract
A communication terminal device provided with electronic mail communication capabilities creates image data indicating transmission of electronic mail to a recipient, dials a facsimile number of a recipient's device, and transmits the image data to the recipient's device via facsimile. The image data is prepared either before of after electronic mail transmission. On the receiving side, the image data is output from, for example, a printer of the recipient's device. A recipient's mailbox is checked upon receiving this image data.
Claims49
A communication terminal device with an electronic mail communication function comprising:
- means for transmitting electronic mail to an intended recipient;
- data creating means for creating data concerning mail transmission to an intended recipient;
- dialing means for dialing a facsimile number of a device of an intended electronic mail recipient;
- and
- transmission means for transmitting the data created by the data creating means to the recipient's device dialed by the dialing means by way of facsimile transmission.
An electronic mail communication method comprising the steps of:
- A) creating data about mail transmission to an intended recipient;
- B) dialing a facsimile number of a device of an intended electronic mail recipient;
- and
- C) transmitting the data created in the step A to the intended recipient's device by way of facsimile transmission.
An electronic mail-capable communication terminal device adapted to receive electronic mail and notification of transmission of electronic mail from a sender's device, comprising:
- determination means for determining if any mail is not received;
- data creating means for creating data indicating that electronic mail has not been received;
- dialing means for dialing a facsimile number of a sender's device if any mail is not received;
- and
- transmission means for transmitting the data created by the data creating means to the sender's device that is dialed by the dialing means by way of facsimile transmission.
An electronic mail communication method comprising the steps of:
- A) logging-in to a network to determine if there is missing mail;
- B) creating data indicating that there is missing mail if it is determined at the step A that there is missing mail;
- C) dialing a facsimile number of a sender's device;
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- D) transmitting the data created in the step B to the sender of the missing electronic mail via facsimile communication.
An electronic mail-capable communication terminal device comprising:
- determination means for determining whether or not electronic mail to be received has been successfully received;
- data creating means for creating data indicating that electronic mail has been successfully received;
- dialing means for dialing a facsimile number of an electronic mail sender's device;
- and
- transmission means for transmitting the created data to the sender's device dialed by the dialing means by way of facsimile transmission.
An electronic mail communication method comprised of the steps of:
- A) logging-into a network to determine if mail to be received has been successfully received;
- B) creating data indicating that the mail has been received successfully;
- C) dialing a facsimile number of an electronic mail sender's device;
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- D) transmitting the data created in the step B to the sender's device via facsimile communication.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.