Facsimile machine
AssigneeMatsushita Graphic Communication Systems, Inc.
InventorsKumi Okada, Kiyoshi Toyoda
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Abstract
A communication result notifying method for notifying a result of a process result in a facsimile machine or a printing machine to a notification destination node, comprises the following steps. A step of obtaining an e-mail address of the notification destination node from facsimile data or print, received via a LAN from a requesting node, a step of detecting a result of a process result in the facsimile machine or printing machine, and a step of notifying the detected process result to the e-mail address of the notification destination node.
Claims10
A facsimile machine for transmitting facsimile data by facsimile, said facsimile data received via an internet from a requesting node, to a transmission destination specified by said requesting node, the facsimile machine comprising:
- an acquiring section configured to acquire, from the internet, facsimile data sent on the internet from said requesting node;
- an obtaining section configured to obtain an e-mail address of a notification destination node, to which a process result of facsimile transmission is to be notified, from said acquired facsimile data;
- a detecting section configured to detect a process result of a transmission process performed on said acquired facsimile data;
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- a notification section configured to notify said detected process result to said e-mail address of said notification destination node by e-mail when the notification destination is different from the transmission destination.
A facsimile machine for transmitting facsimile data by facsimile, said facsimile data received via an internet from a requesting node, to a transmission destination specified by said requesting node, the facsimile machine comprising:
- an acquiring section configured to acquire, from the internet, facsimile data sent on the internet from said requesting node;
- an obtaining section configured to obtain an e-mail address of a notification destination node, to which a process result of facsimile transmission is to be notified, from said acquired facsimile data;
- a detecting section configured to detect a process result of a transmission process performed on said acquired facsimile data, when said transmission process has been terminated improperly;
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- a notification section configured to notify said detected improper process result to said e-mail address of said notification destination node by e-mail, when the notification destination is different from the transmission destination.
A facsimile communicating method for transmitting facsimile data by facsimile, the facsimile data received via an internet from a requesting node, and transmitted to a transmission destination specified by said requesting node, the method comprising:
- acquiring, from the internet, the facsimile data sent on the internet from the requesting node;
- obtaining an e-mail address of a notification destination node, to which a process result of facsimile transmission is to be notified, from the acquired facsimile data;
- detecting a process result of a transmission process performed on said acquired facsimile data;
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- notifying the detected process result to the destination node by e-mail, when the notification destination is different from the transmission destination node.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.