Internet facsimile terminal apparatus and communication method using the same
AssigneePanasonic Communications Co., Ltd.
InventorTakefumi Wakabayashi
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Abstract
A POP access section accesses a POP3 server using a first user ID/password registered in a user ID registration table, fetches message information from a mailbox of the user ID, and stores it to RAM. A message information extracting section extracts necessary information from the message information, and stores it to be associated with the user ID. Thereafter, a reception list generating section reads message information of all user IDs from RAM, and generates a reception list. Sequentially, the reception list generating section outputs the generated reception list. A user, who has seen the reception list, instructs the POP access section to fetch an e-mail message from a panel control section. This improves communication concealment.
Claims19
An Internet facsimile terminal apparatus connectable to a server via an Internet, the Internet facsimile terminal apparatus comprising:
- a mode setting device that selectively sets said Internet facsimile terminal apparatus to a reception list generation mode, in which said Internet facsimile terminal apparatus generates a reception list without receiving an e-mail stored on the server, said reception list containing message information regarding the stored e-mail;
- a storage configured to store a user ID of a user;
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- a controller configured to access the server using the user ID to extract message information of the e-mail associated with the user ID, the controller being further configured to generate the reception list on a user-by-user basis, based on the extracted message information when said reception list generation mode is set by said mode setting device.
A method for an Internet facsimile terminal apparatus to communicate with a server via an Internet, the method comprising:
- storing a user ID of a user;
- accessing a server using the stored user ID;
- extracting message information from an e-mail stored on the server associated with the user ID;
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- generating a reception list based on the extracted message information, without receiving the stored e-mail from the server associated with user ID, the reception list representing message information regarding the e-mail stored on the server on a user-by-user basis.
A method for an Internet facsimile terminal apparatus to communicate with a server via an Internet, the method comprising:
- storing at least one user ID associated with a password in a storage device;
- accessing a server at predetermined time intervals to acquire image data contained in a mail box of the server that is associated with the stored at least one user ID and associated password;
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- producing a reception list for each of the at least one user ID.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.