Patent ID: 9565321
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. An information processing apparatus comprising: a memory; and a processor in communication with the memory, the processor configured to control: a storage unit configured to store connection numbers; a receiving unit configured to receive a destination number from a user; a determination unit configured to determine a communication mode for performing communications based on the destination number received by the receiving unit; and a control unit configured to control the information processing apparatus in such a way as to use the destination number and a first connection number as a destination in a case where the communication mode determined by the determination unit is a FAX mode, and configured to control the information processing apparatus in such a way as to use the destination number and a second connection number, which is different from the first connection number, as a destination in a case where the communication mode determined by the determination unit is an IP-FAX mode, wherein in a case where a connection number stored in the storage unit is included in a head of the destination number received by the receiving unit, the control unit prevents the information processing apparatus from using the connection number as a destination.