Patent ID: 6618749
Filing Date: 2003-09-09
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
An Internet transmission apparatus connected to a computer network, comprising:a transmitter that transmits a message in e-mail format to a designated destination via the computer network; a receiver that receives e-mail data transmitted via the computer network; a determiner that determines whether or not the received e-mail data is an error message indicating that the e-mail data transmitted from said transmitter has not been successfully transmitted; an extractor that, when said determiner determines that the received e-mail is the error message, extracts a specific data from the received e-mail data, the specific data containing at least information regarding an error and a predetermined portion of the transmitted message from said transmitter; an editor that edits the extracted specific data so that the specific data fits on one page of recording paper having a predetermined size, the editor not changing a resolution of the specific data, and a printer that prints the edited specific data on one page of recording paper having the predetermined size, said editor being configured to edit the specific data when the transmitted message and at least the information regarding an error cannot fit on the one page of recording paper such that another portion of the transmitted message is not printed.