Patent ID: 6351316
Filing Date: 2002-02-26
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An internet facsimile apparatus comprising:a printer that prints received data; an interface that receives and transmits e-mail data, the e-mail data comprising image data and specific information, the specific information comprising at least a type of data; and a controller that is controllably connected to the printer and to the interface, the controller determining whether or not e-mail data received by the interface can be printed by the printer based on the type of data; said controller, in response to a determination that the e-mail data cannot be printed by the printer, extracting the specific information from the e-mail data, and transmitting the specific information to a recipient information terminal apparatus through the interface, said controller, in response to receipt of an instruction from the recipient information terminal apparatus to transfer the e-mail, transmits the e-mail data to the recipient information terminal apparatus.