Patent ID: 7589855
Filing Date: 2009-09-15
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising: a receiving unit configured to receive facsimile data with transmission terminal identification data added thereto; a SUB data determining unit configured to determine whether SUB data to specify a box created in a storage unit is included in the facsimile data; a first transfer unit configured to transfer the facsimile data to a transfer destination set in the box specified by the SUB data when the SUB data determining unit determines that SUB data is included and the box specified by the SUB data is present in the storage unit, wherein the first transfer unit terminates receiving the facsimile data when the box specified by the SUB data is not present; a determining unit configured to determine, when SUB data is not included in the facsimile data, whether the received facsimile data is transferred on the basis of the identification data received at the receiving unit; a retrieving unit configured to retrieve whether a box to which the identification data is put as a name and to which a setting to transfer the received facsimile data is set is created in a storage unit when the determining unit determines to transfer the received facsimile data; and a transfer unit configured to transfer the received facsimile data in accordance with the setting of the box if the retrieving unit determines a presence of the box.