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US 2002/0054367 A1Published application
Facsimile apparatus and repeater
AssigneeMatsushita Graphic Communication Systems, Inc.
InventorSuguru Tsuchiya
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Abstract
When a multicast instruction is input, a facsimile apparatus transmits an input plurality of sub-addresses together with image data to a repeater in a single communication transaction. Thus, effective communication can be performed.
Claims10
A facsimile apparatus comprising:
- an input unit that inputs an identifier of a repeater and a plurality of sub-addresses of receiver terminals in association with the identifier;
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- a controller, upon receiving a multicast instruction, that performs call processing for the repeater based upon the identifier and transmits the plurality of sub-addresses to the repeater, together with image information in a single communication transaction.
A repeater comprising:
- a receiving section that receives a plurality of sub-addresses of receiver terminals from a telephone line, together with image information requested to be relayed in a single communication transaction;
- a memory section that stores sub-addresses of receiver terminals and TCP/IP addresses of the receiver terminals in association with each other;
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- a controller that, when the plurality of sub-addresses of receiver terminals are received together with the image information, obtains a TCP/IP address corresponding to each of the received sub-addresses of receiver terminals by referring to the memory section, and transmits the image information to a receiver terminal corresponding to the obtained TCP/IP address by an e-mail.
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A repeater comprising:
- a receiving section that receives a plurality of sub-addresses of receiver terminals from a telephone line, together with image information requested to be relayed in a single communication transaction;
- a memory section that stores sub-addresses of receiver terminals and e-mail addresses of the receiver terminals in association with each other;
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- a controller that, when the plurality of sub-addresses of receiver terminals are received together with the image information, obtains an e-mail address corresponding to each of the received sub-addresses of receiver terminals by referring to the memory section, and transmits the image information by an e-mail including the obtained e-mail address in an addressee field to a mail server.
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A communication method of a facsimile apparatus comprising:
- inputting a plurality of sub-addresses of receiver terminals;
- calling a repeater when a multicasting instruction is given;
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- transmitting the plurality of input sub-addresses of receiver terminals to the repeater in a single communication transaction, together with image information.
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A facsimile apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of one-touch buttons, each designating a telephone number of a repeater and a sub-address of a receiver terminal;
- a controller, when at least two of the one-touch buttons are pressed, that groups sub-addresses corresponding to the pressed one-touch buttons with repeaters based upon telephone numbers corresponding to the pressed one-touch buttons;
- a transmitter that transmits each of the grouped sub-addresses to each of the repeaters in one communication transaction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.