Patent ID: 9729752
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A communication apparatus capable of performing fax communications via an IP network using a plurality of sessions, comprising: a setting unit configured to set the number of sessions to be used exclusively for fax reception; a determining unit configured to determine whether or not the number of sessions set by the setting unit is able to be used even if an unoccupied session is used for a transmission job; and a transmitting unit configured to perform a fax transmission using the unoccupied session based on a determination result by the determination unit, wherein the determining unit determines whether or not the number of sessions set by the setting unit is able to be used even if the unoccupied session is used for the transmission job by determining whether or not a number of unoccupied sessions is larger than a value obtained by subtracting a number of sessions currently used in fax reception from the number of sessions set to be used exclusively for fax reception, and wherein the setting unit, the determining unit, and the transmitting unit are implemented by a processor and a memory.