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AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsAtsushi Akiyama, Masashi Watanabe
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In Internet FAX communications, a CPU acquires a recipient mail address designated by a user or an originator mail address indicated in received mail. The CPU then stores the acquired mail address in a recipient-address storage area or an originator-address storage area that is included in an information storage section. If any one of mail addresses stored in the recipient- or originator address storage area is selectively designated when a recipient of the Internet FAX communications is designated, the CPU sets the selectively-designated mail address as a recipient address.
A facsimile apparatus capable of performing facsimile communications through a computer network, said apparatus comprising:
A method of controlling a facsimile apparatus which comprises a storage section and is capable of performing facsimile communications through a computer network, said method comprising:
A facsimile apparatus capable of performing facsimile communication through a computer network, said apparatus comprising:
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Mode signalling or mode changing; Handshaking therefor: storage of mode or retrieval of prestored mode
With a digital computer or a digital computer system, e.g. an internet server: transmitting or receiving image data, e.g. facsimile data, via a…
Separate from the image data, e.g. in a different computer file: in a separate device, e.g. in a memory or on a display separate from image data
Connection or combination of a still picture apparatus with another apparatus: control of image communication with the connected apparatus, e.g.…
Term ended 23 Dec 2023 (estimated)
This application is based upon and claims the benefit of priority from the prior Japanese Patent Application No. 2000-227212, filed Jul. 27, 2000, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a facsimile apparatus for image communications using a computer network such as the Internet and a method for controlling the facsimile apparatus.
The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of the specification, illustrate presently embodiments of the invention, and together with the general description given above and the detailed description of the embodiments given below, serve to explain the principles of the invention.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a major part of an Internet facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a recipient-address storage area set in an information storage section of the apparatus shown in FIG. 1;
An Internet facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a major part of the Internet facsimile apparatus.
In FIG. 1, it is the Internet facsimile apparatus that is denoted by reference numeral 1. The apparatus 1 comprises a CPU 11, a ROM 12, a RAM 13, an information storage section 14, an image storage section 15, an encoding/decoding section 16, a scanner 17, a printer 18, a modem 19, an NCU 20, a telephone control section 21, a circuit signal detecting section 22, a LAN interface 23, an operation/display section 24, and a clock section 25.