Facsimile apparatus capable of data forwarding and data forwarding method
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShinya Goto
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Abstract
A facsimile apparatus includes a data receiver, a data transmitter, and a controller. The controller receives facsimile data from another facsimile apparatus through the data receiver, the facsimile data including related information. The controller outputs a screen on which at least one forwarding destination related to the related information of the received facsimile data is displayed in preference to at least one forwarding destination which does not relate to the related information of the received facsimile data. The controller forwards the received facsimile data through the data transmitter to at least one of the at least one forwarding destination designated on the screen.
Claims20
A facsimile apparatus comprising a data receiver, a data transmitter, and a controller,
- wherein the controller is configured to:
- receive facsimile data from another facsimile apparatus through the data receiver, the received facsimile data including related information which is information related to the facsimile data;
- output a screen on which at least one forwarding destination indicator indicating a forwarding destination related to the related information of the received facsimile data is displayed in preference to at least one forwarding destination indicator indicating a forwarding destination which does not relate to the related information of the received facsimile data;
- and
- forward the received facsimile data through the data transmitter to at least one forwarding destination designated on the screen,
- wherein the facsimile apparatus further comprises a storage configured to store sign-in information for signing in to the forwarding destination of facsimile data, and
- wherein the controller is configured to output the screen on which at least one forwarding destination indicator indicating the forwarding destination related to the related information of at least one forwarding destination, the sign-in information of which is stored in the storage, is displayed, and at least one forwarding destination indicator, indicating the forwarding destination, the sign-in information of which is not stored in the storage, is not displayed.
A data forwarding method of a facsimile apparatus comprising a data receiver and a data transmitter, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving facsimile data including related information which is information related to the facsimile data from another facsimile apparatus through the data receiver;
- outputting a screen on which at least one forwarding destination indicator indicating a forwarding destination related to the related information of the received facsimile data is displayed in preference to at least one forwarding destination indicator indicating a forwarding destination which does not relate to the related information of the received facsimile data;
- and
- forwarding the received facsimile data through the data transmitter to at least one forwarding destination designated on the screen,
- wherein the facsimile apparatus further comprises a storage configured to store sign-in information for signing in to the forwarding destination of facsimile data;
- and
- wherein the method further comprises the step of:
- outputting the screen on which at least one forwarding destination indicator indicating the forwarding destination related to the related information of at least one forwarding destination, the sign-in information of which is stored in the storage, is displayed, and at least one forwarding destination indicator, indicating the forwarding destination, the sign-in information of which is not stored in the storage, is not displayed.
A facsimile apparatus comprising a data receiver, a data transmitter, and a controller,
- wherein the controller is configured to:
- receive facsimile data from another facsimile apparatus through the data receiver, the received facsimile data including related information which is information related to the facsimile data;
- output a screen on which at least one forwarding destination indicator indicating a forwarding destination related to the related information of the received facsimile data is displayed in preference to at least one forwarding destination indicator indicating a forwarding destination which does not relate to the related information of the received facsimile data;
- and
- forward the received facsimile data through the data transmitter to at least one forwarding destination designated on the screen,
- wherein the facsimile apparatus further comprises a display and an operating unit, and
- wherein the controller is configured to:
- receive a receiving instruction of the facsimile data from the operating unit;
- receive the facsimile data from said another facsimile apparatus in response to receiving of the receiving instruction;
- and
- output the screen on the display when the controller receives the receiving instruction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.