Patent ID: 6377580
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A data communication apparatus comprising:interface means for connecting with a local area network (LAN); reception means for receiving data from a transmitting side; notification means for notifying a receiver on the LAN, via said interface means, of the fact that said reception means received the data; and management means for managing a plurality of data received individually by said reception means, for each notification destination to which the notification is performed by said notification means; wherein said notification means forms a single mail for notifying that the reception means has received the plurality of data, each data having been received at a different time from one another, to the receiver on the LAN, and a received time and a partner's information for each data are added to the single mail, and wherein said notification means transmits the formed single mail to the receiver on the LAN before the receiver confirms the data received by said reception means, and further transmits a next mail which is not yet transmitted to the receiver on the LAN the next time.