Patent ID: 6470379
Filing Date: 2002-10-22
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
A data processing apparatus, operatively connected to a local area network, Internet, and a public telephone network and having at least functions of transmitting and receiving electronic mail on the local area network and the Internet and transmitting and receiving image information in accordance with a predetermined facsimile transmission procedure through the public telephone network, said data processing apparatus comprising:a transmitter unique information input mechanism which allows a user transmitting an electronic mail to input transmitter unique information uniquely associated with said user transmitter; a transmission controller, operative when specified destination information is a mail address upon transmitting image information, to transmit said image information using electronic mail; and an information controller, operative when the contents of transmitter unique information input through said transmitter unique information input mechanism is a mail address, to place the contents of the input transmitter unique information in a first specific field of said electronic mail, and operative, when the contents of the transmitter unique information input through said transmitter unique information input mechanism is other than a mail address, to place the contents of the transmitter unique information in a second specific field of said electronic mail.