Image communication system

An image communications system for receiving fax image data encoded with a specific facsimile data format and carrying transmission codes having no relation with image contents, converting the received fax image data into Internet-fax data in a specific format, and transferring the Internet-fax data to an Internet terminal as an in-system terminal, the system comprising:

• a receiver to receive the fax image data supplied via a regular communications network;
• a comparator to compare an encoding mode for the received fax image data and an encoding mode for the Internet-fax data for the Internet terminal;
• a code detector, based on the encoded data for which the encoding mode has been compared, to detect a specific code from a specific encode data, the specific code having no relation with image contents, and delete the detected specific code with no decoding of another code;
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• a converter to add format data for the Internet-fax data to the fax image data with no decoding of the fax image data if there is a match in the comparison, for converting the format data-added fax image data into the Internet fax data;
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• a transmitter to transmit the converted Internet fax data to the Internet terminal.