Patent ID: 7908385
Filing Date: 2011-03-15
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. An electronic mail communicating method, comprising the steps of: (a) retrieving mail information stored in a server to be transmitted over a switched line from the server, wherein the mail information originates in an electronic mail format; (b) selecting a specification of communication needed for communication over the switched line from a network address contained in said mail information; and (c) initiating a call to said switched line using the selected specification of communication, and transmitting said mail information according to facsimile communication procedures to a receiving apparatus connected via the switched line, wherein the receiving apparatus converts said mail information from the selected specification of communication to the electronic mail format; wherein the step of converting comprises the step of determining a horizontal number of pixels and generating data by linking the data with the horizontal number in a vertical direction according to a specification based on ITU-T Recommendation T-30; and (d) forwarding said mail information from the receiving apparatus to the network address according to the electronic mail format.