Patent ID: 6614891
Filing Date: 2003-09-02
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An electronic-mail reception apparatus, said apparatus comprising:a facsimile receiver that negotiates with a sender before receiving image data, to receive image data in a facsimile format from the sender via a telephone network; an electronic-mail receiver that receives data in an electronic mail format including one of image data and character code data via a communication network; a processor operating in accordance with a program and that determines whether the data received by the electronic-mail receiver is the image data or the character code data based upon data format information of the received data; a converter that converts the received data in the electronic mail format into a printable image data based upon a determination, by the processor that the received data is image data; a font section that converts the received data in the electronic mail format into the printable image data based upon the determination by the processor that the received data is character code data; and an output section that outputs the printable image data converted by one of said converter and said font section, wherein said facsimile receiver, said electronic-mail receiver, said processor, said converter, said font section and said output section are integrated in the apparatus.