Patent ID: 9549083
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: H04M,H04N

Claim:
1. A communication apparatus that executes communication via an IP network, the communication apparatus comprising: a facsimile controller including a tone detector configured to detect a CNG signal, and configured to control facsimile communication; a telephone controller configured to control a telephone; a selector configured to control whether to supply input signals from the IP network to both the facsimile controller and the telephone controller, or to either the facsimile controller or the telephone controller; and a setting unit configured to set a reception mode of the communication apparatus from among a plurality of reception modes including an answerphone connection mode where a facsimile reception starts when the CNG signal is detected, wherein the selector provides control, when the answerphone mode has been set by the setting unit: wherein after the selector provides control so that the input signals from the IP network are supplied to the facsimile controller and are prevented from being supplied to the telephone controller, the facsimile controller executes in-band facsimile communication via the IP network.