Network facsimile apparatus
AssigneeMatsushita Graphic Communication Systems, Inc.
InventorJunichi Iida
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Abstract
A communication apparatus is connected to a terminal apparatus via a network. The communication apparatus includes a memory that stores image data and a storage period of the image data and a checker that determines whether a storage time of the image data exceeds the storage period time. A deleter deletes image data based on a determination by the checker section and a server transmits an instruction for changing the storage period to the terminal apparatus in accordance with a request by the terminal apparatus, wherein the storage period is changeable from the terminal apparatus.
Claims14
A communication apparatus connected to a terminal apparatus via a network, the communication apparatus comprising:
- a memory that stores image data and a storage period of the image data;
- a checker that determines whether a storage time of the image data exceeds the storage period time;
- a deleter that deletes image based on a determination by said checker;
- and
- a server that transmits an instructions for changing the storage period to the terminal apparatus in accordance with a request by the terminal apparatus, wherein the storage period is changeable from the terminal apparatus.
A communication method using a communication apparatus connected to a terminal apparatus via a network comprising:
- storing image data and a storage period of the image data;
- determining whether a storage time of the image data exceeds the storage period;
- deleting image data based on a result of the determination;
- and
- transmitting an instruction for changing the storage period to the terminal apparatus in accordance with a request by the terminal apparatus, wherein the storage period is changeable from the terminal apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.