Facsimile apparatus and storage medium

A facsimile device, comprising:

• first transmission means for transmitting image information via an internet;
• second transmission means for transmitting image information via a normal public communication switched network;
• switching/re-transmitting means for, when the facsimile device transmits the image information by the second transmission means to an addressee that can receive through both the public communication switched network and the internet and the image information cannot correctly reach the addressee when transmitted by the second transmission means, automatically switching to the other of the first transmission means and re-transmitting the image information;
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• a non-volatile address information registration memory storing the telephone number and the e-mail address for each addressee of a plurality of addressees in a priority order unique to each addressee that determines which of the public switched communication network and the internet will be used for transmission when an addressee is selected as the facsimile receiving party;
• an addressee selecting means that, when pressed, selects a desired addressee from among the plurality of addressees that are registered in the address information registration memory;
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• a transmission route determining means that determines whether to perform a facsimile transmission by using the second transmission means or by using the first transmission means in accordance with the priority order of the e-mail address and the telephone number of the addressee selected by the addressee selecting means, wherein the unique priority order is temporarily changed when the addressee selecting means is repressed after an addressee is selected by the addressee selecting means and before the image data transmission.

A facsimile apparatus, comprising:

• a storage device that stores addressee specifying information that specifies at least one of a mail address for transmission of image information through an internet and a facsimile number for transmission of the image information through a public switched communication network of an addressee to receive image information from the facsimile apparatus;
• a selection device that enables user selection of the addressee from information stored in the storage device;
• a transmission device that transmits the image information to the addressee selected by the selection device through a communication route, on the basis of the addressee specifying information;
• a display that displays in a unique priority order the mail address for transmission of the image information through the internet and the facsimile number for transmission of the image information through the public switched communication network of the addressee to receive the image information;
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• an instruction device that provides an instruction to successfully transmit the image information the addressee selected by the selection device through both the public switched communication network and the internet, the transmission device, upon the instruction from the instruction device, sequentially transmitting the image information to the addressee through the public switched communication network and the internet, on the basis of the addressee specifying information stored in the storage device in correspondence to the addressee selected by the selection device, wherein the unique priority order of the displayed mail address and the facsimile number may be switched by the user for transmission of the image information.

A facsimile apparatus, comprising:

• a public line facsimile transmission means that executes a facsimile transmission via a public switched communication network when a telephone number is designated as an address;
• an internet facsimile transmission means that executes a facsimile transmission via the internet when an e-mail address is designated as an address;
• a non-volatile address information registration memory storing the telephone number and the e-mail address for each addressee of a plurality of addressees in a priority order unique to each addressee that determines which of the public switched communication network and the internet will be used for transmission when an addressee is selected as the facsimile receiving party;
• an addressee selecting means that selects a desired addressee from among the plurality of addressees that are registered in the address information registration memory;
• a transmission route determining means that determines whether to perform a facsimile transmission by using the public line facsimile transmission means or by using the internet facsimile transmission means in accordance with the priority order of the e-mail address and the telephone number of the addressee selected by the addressee selecting means;
• a priority order changing means that changes the unique priority order that is registered for the addressee selected by the addressee selecting means prior to the facsimile transmission, wherein the transmission route determining means then determines whether to perform the facsimile transmission by the public line facsimile transmission means or by the internet facsimile transmission means in accordance with the priority order as changed by the priority order changing means;
• switching/re-transmitting means which, when the facsimile device transmits the image information by one of the public line facsimile transmission means and the internet facsimile transmission means to an addressee that can receive through both the public communication switched network and the internet and the image information cannot correctly reach the receiver when transmitted by the one of the public line facsimile transmission means and the internet facsimile transmission means, automatically switches to the other of the public line facsimile transmission means and the internet facsimile transmission means and re-transmits the image information;
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• an instruction device that provides an instruction to successfully transmit the image information to the addressee selected by the addressee selecting means through both the public switched communication network and the internet to the public line facsimile transmission means and the internet facsimile transmission means and, upon the instruction from the instruction device, the image information is transmitted sequentially to the addressee through the public switched communication network and the internet, on the basis of the addressee information stored in the non-volatile address information registration memory in correspondence to the addressee selected by the addressee selecting means.

A facsimile apparatus, comprising:

• transmission means for transmitting an image data message over two different communication routes via an internet using electronic mail and via a public switched communication network using facsimile;
• a non-volatile memory storing identifying data for a plurality of addressees and address data via at least one of the communication routes for each addressee;
• an input device enabling selection of an addressee for receipt of the image data message;
• priority setting means for setting a priority communication route for transmission of the image data message;
• a priority changing means that changes the priority communication route set for transmission of the image data message;
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• a controller that directs transmission of the image data message over a specified route which is a one of the two different communication routes and both of the two different communication routes, wherein when the controller directs transmission of the image data message over both of the two different communication routes, the transmission means transmits the image data message over the two different communication routes sequentially, wherein the input device includes an urgent message designation device, the controller directing sequential transmission of the image data message to an addressee over both the public switched communication network and the internet for which an address to the addressee is available upon input from the urgent message designation device, and wherein when the controller directs transmission of the image data message over a specified route the transmission means transmits the image data message over one of the two different communication routes in accordance with the priority communication route as changed by the priority changing means.