Patent ID: 6853462
Filing Date: 2005-02-08
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A facsimile apparatus with a function for performing facsimile communication via the Internet, comprising: a communication unit, adapted to perform non-e-mail-based facsimile communication via the Internet and e-mail-based facsimile communication via the Internet; a first registration unit, adapted to register a signal delay time to a receiving destination; and a controller, adapted to select either a non-e-mail-based facsimile communication mode or an e-mail-based facsimile communication mode in accordance with a registered signal delay time, and to cause said communication unit to execute a facsimile communication in accordance with the selected facsimile communication mode, wherein said controller selects the e-mail-based facsimile communication mode when the registered signal delay time for a receiving destination to which facsimile data is to be sent is equal to or longer than a predetermined time, and selects the non-e-mail-based facsimile communication mode when the registered signal delay time for the receiving destination is shorter than the predetermined time.