Internet facsimile apparatus
AssigneeMurata Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMasashi Eguchi
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Abstract
An Internet facsimile apparatus includes an account specification device that accepts at least one of a plurality of accounts set in the Internet facsimile apparatus as a common account, and also accepts a default value as the common account. The Internet facsimile apparatus also includes a communication device that transmits and receives e-mail. E-mails are transmitted and received with a specified account and the common account is used for the transmission of e-mails when the account is not specified.
Claims39
An Internet facsimile apparatus, comprising:
- a plurality of accounts;
- means for setting at least one of the plurality of accounts as a common account;
- means for accepting an indication of an account;
- and
- means for transmitting and receiving e-mails;
- wherein e-mails are transmitted and received with a specified account and the common account is used for the transmission and reception of e-mails when the account is not specified.
An Internet facsimile apparatus, comprising:
- a plurality of accounts;
- means for setting at least one of the plurality of accounts as a common account;
- means for accepting an indication of an account;
- means for transmitting and receiving e-mails;
- means for transmitting and receiving facsimile data;
- means for delivering received e-mails or facsimile data to a delivery destination;
- means for storing a list of accounts;
- and
- a table wherein a delivery destination address of e-mails received by the means for transmitting and receiving e-mails is defined,
- wherein a delivery destination address of the facsimile data received by the means for transmitting and receiving facsimile data is also stored in a table for common accounts, and e-mails are transmitted, received, or delivered with a specified account, the common account is used for the transmission or delivery of e-mails when the account is not specified, and the facsimile data is delivered to the e-mail address specified in the common account when the means for transmitting and receiving facsimile data receives the facsimile data.
An Internet facsimile apparatus, comprising:
- a scanner;
- a start key for instructing to start an operation;
- a plurality of accounts;
- means for setting at least one of the plurality of accounts as a common account;
- means for accepting an indication of an account;
- means for transmitting and receiving e-mails;
- means for delivering received e-mails to an e-mail address of a delivery destination;
- means for storing a list of accounts;
- a table wherein a delivery destination address of e-mails received by the means for delivering with each account of the list is defined;
- and
- means for extracting untaken e-mails from a mail box corresponded to an account set by the means for accepting or the common account without setting a document on the scanner and setting a sending destination when the start key is pressed,
- wherein e-mails are received and delivered with a specified account when the account is specified, and the common account is used for the reception and delivery of e-mails when the account is not specified.
A method of transmitting and receiving facsimiles by e-mail comprising:
- accepting the indication of the account where a common account is made into a default value when transmitting and receiving e-mails;
- and
- transmitting and receiving e-mails with a specified account when the account is specified and also with a common account when the account is not specified.
An Internet facsimile apparatus comprising:
- an account specification device that accepts at least one of a plurality of accounts set in the Internet facsimile apparatus as a common account and also accepts a default value as the common account;
- and
- a communication device that transmits and receives e-mails wherein e-mails are transmitted and received with a specified account and the common account is used for the transmission of e-mails when the account is not specified.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.