Back to results
US 2004/0174558 A1Published application
Data transmitting and receiving device, facsimile machine, and data transmitting and receiving program
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHiromi Mori
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
When a request of receipt of facsimile data has been received, it is determined whether a recording unit is in a printable state. When the recording unit is not in the printable state, it is determined whether a setting of transferring the facsimile data to a target storage server on the Internet has been made. When it is determined that the setting has been made, a facsimile machine receives the facsimile data and then converts the received facsimile data into file data. The converted facsimile data is attached to an e-mail and transmitted to the target storage server.
Claims24
A data transmitting and receiving device, comprising:
- a first communication device that performs data communication via a public switched telephone network;
- a second communication device that performs data communication via the Internet;
- a third communication device that performs data communication with a processing device that processes facsimile data;
- and
- a communication control device that determines whether the processing device connected to the third communication device can receive facsimile data when the first communication device receives the facsimile data via the public switched telephone network, wherein the communication control device transfers the facsimile data received by the first communication device to the processing device through the third communication device when the processing device can receive the facsimile data, and the communication control device transfers the facsimile data received by the first communication device to a predetermined server on the Internet through the second communication device when the processing device cannot receive the facsimile data.
2 more elements
A facsimile machine comprising a data transmitting and receiving device, the data transmitting and receiving device comprising:
- a first communication device that performs data communication via a public switched telephone network;
- a second communication device that performs data communication via the Internet;
- a third communication device that performs data communication with a processing device that processes facsimile data;
- and
- a communication control device that determines whether the processing device connected to the third communication device can receive facsimile data when the first communication device receives the facsimile data via the public switched telephone network, wherein the communication control device transfers the facsimile data received by the first communication device to the processing device through the third communication device when the processing device can receive the facsimile data, and the communication control device transfers the facsimile data received by the first communication device to a predetermined server on the Internet through the second communication device when the processing device cannot receive the facsimile data.
2 more elements
A data transmitting and receiving program that allows a computer to function as each device of a data transmitting and receiving device, the data transmitting and receiving device comprising:
- a first communication device that performs data communication via a public switched telephone network;
- a second communication device that performs data communication via the Internet;
- a third communication device that performs data communication with a processing device that processes facsimile data;
- and
- a communication control device that determines whether the processing device connected to the third communication device can receive facsimile data when the first communication device receives the facsimile data via the public switched telephone network, wherein the communication control device transfers the facsimile data received by the first communication device to the processing device through the third communication device when the processing device can receive the facsimile data, and the communication control device transfers the facsimile data received by the first communication device to a predetermined server on the Internet through the second communication device when the processing device cannot receive the facsimile data.
2 more elements
A data transmitting and receiving device, comprising:
- a first communication device that performs data communication via a public switched telephone network;
- a second communication device that performs data communication via the Internet;
- a third communication device that performs data communication with an image forming device that processes facsimile data;
- and
- a communication control device that determines whether the image forming device connected to the third communication device can receive facsimile data when the first communication device receives the facsimile data via the public switched telephone network, wherein the communication control device transfers the facsimile data received by the first communication device to the image forming device through the third communication device when the image forming device can receive the facsimile data, and the communication control device transfers the facsimile data received by the first communication device to a predetermined server on the Internet through the second communication device when the image forming device cannot receive the facsimile data.
2 more elements
A transmission apparatus, comprising:
- a first communication unit that communicates with remote facsimile machines;
- a second communication unit that communicates with at least one internet server providing an e-mail service;
- a recording unit that prints material received from a remote facsimile machine and the at least one internet server;
- a determination device that determines an operational status of the recording unit;
- and
- a communication control unit, which allows receipt of a facsimile message through the first communication unit when the determination device determines the recording unit is operating properly and, when the recording device is not operating properly, allows receipt of the facsimile message through the first communication unit and then forwards the facsimile message through the second communication unit to a designated internet server.
3 more elements
A method of receiving facsimile messages, comprising:
- receiving request for receipt of a facsimile message;
- determining availability of a printing unit;
- determining availability of an internet server;
- accepting a facsimile message when at lest one of the printing unit and the internet server is available;
- forwarding the facsimile message to the internet server when the printing unit is not available;
- and
- creating a log of message status.
4 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.