Internet facsimile and control method thereof and communication instruction terminal
AssigneeFuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
InventorsToshiaki Koue, Makoto Takada, Soh Suzuki
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Abstract
In an Internet fax, to receive an electronic mail document for fax transfer, if a password related to a control command for indicating a facsimile communication function is encrypted and set in the destination field or the main body of the received electronic mail, the encrypted password is decrypted and using the decrypted password, facsimile transfer of the electronic mail document is executed following the control command
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A communication control method of an Internet communication apparatus for transmitting and receiving document information via Internet and transmitting and receiving facsimile image information via a public switched telephone network, the communication control method comprising the steps of:
- receiving an electronic mail containing a facsimile-transfer instruction requesting the internet communication apparatus to transfer the electronic mail as the facsimile image information to a destination via the public switched telephone network;
- refusing the facsimile-transfer instruction contained in the received electronic mail when the facsimile-transfer instruction or the received electronic mail meets a certain condition;
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- printing out, with the internet communication apparatus, at least a part of the electronic mail which contains the facsimile-transfer instruction refused by the internet communication apparatus.
An Internet communication apparatus for transmitting and receiving document information via Internet and transmitting and receiving facsimile image information via a public switched telephone network, the Internet communication apparatus comprising:
- a receiving section that receives an electronic mail containing a facsimile-transfer instruction requesting the internet communication apparatus to transfer the electronic mail as the facsimile image information to a destination via the public switched telephone network;
- a transfer refusing section that refuses the facsimile-transfer instruction contained in the received electronic mail when the facsimile-transfer instruction or the received electronic mail meets a certain condition;
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- a print section for printing out, with the internet communication apparatus, at least a part of the electronic mail which contains the facsimile-transfer instruction refused by the Internet communication apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.