Patent ID: 7292362
Filing Date: 2007-11-06
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A facsimile apparatus, comprising: a transmitting/receiving unit to transmit and receive a facsimile data via an external communication line, an output unit to output the facsimile data received by the transmitting/receiving unit, a display to display the facsimile data received by the transmitting/receiving unit, a forwarding unit to forward the facsimile data displayed on the display to another equipment, an instruction receiving unit to receive an instruction to output or forward the facsimile data displayed on the display by means of an external operation, a forwarding-end presenting unit to present the selection of a forwarding end, to which the facsimile data displayed on the display is to be forwarded, to an operator when the forwarding instruction is received by the instruction receiving unit, a forwarding-end receiving unit to receive the forwarding end given by an external operation after the forwarding end is presented by the forwarding-end presenting unit, a control unit to cause the forwarding unit to forward the facsimile data displayed on the display to the received forwarding end if the forwarding-end receiving unit receives the forwarding end, and to cause the output unit to output the facsimile data displayed on the display if the instruction receiving unit receives the output instruction, a character-data converting unit to convert the facsimile data received by the transmitting/receiving unit into a character data, and a forwarding-end detector to detect whether or not the facsimile data converted into the character data by the character-data converting unit includes a string indicating the forwarding end stored in the forwarding-end presenting unit, wherein if the forwarding end is detected by the forwarding-end detector, the control unit causes the forwarding unit to forward the character data obtained by the conversion by the character-data converting unit to the forwarding end detected by the forwarding-end detector.