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.
Claims15
A control method of an Internet facsimile being connected to a telephone network and Internet for transferring electronic mail received via the Internet by facsimile, the control method comprising:
- receiving electronic mail containing a control command and an encrypted password relating to the control command for indicating a facsimile communication function, wherein the facsimile communication function is a command for indicating a confidential communication function, a bulletin board communication function, or a relay broadcast communication function;
- decrypting the encrypted password;
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- transferring an electronic mail document by facsimile following the control command using the decrypted password.
An Internet facsimile being connected to a telephone network and Internet and having a function of transferring an electronic mail document received via the Internet by facsimile, the Internet facsimile comprising:
- a determination section, upon reception of an electronic mail document containing a control command and to be transferred by facsimile, for determining whether or not a password related to the control command for indicating a facsimile communication function is encrypted and set in the electronic mail, wherein the facsimile communication function is a command for indicating a confidential communication function, a bulletin board communication function, or a relay broadcast communication function;
- a decryption section for decrypting the password if the determination section determines that the electronic mail has the encrypted password;
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- a communication control section for transferring the electronic mail by facsimile following the control command using the decrypted password.
A communication instruction terminal having a function of instructing an Internet facsimile to transfer an electronic mail containing a control command by facsimile through Internet, the communication instruction terminal comprising:
- an encryption section for encrypting a password related to the control command, wherein the control command is for indicating a facsimile communication function and the encrypted password is added to the electronic mail to be transferred by facsimile, wherein the facsimile communication function is a command for indicating a confidential communication function, a bulletin board communication function, or a relay broadcast communication function;
- a sending section for giving the password encrypted by the encryption section to the electronic mail and sending the electronic mail.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.