Patent ID: 7639670
Filing Date: 2009-12-29
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A broadcast facsimile (FAX) transmission system for broadcasting FAX data from a transmitting-side analog FAX device to a plurality of receiving-side analog FAX devices, comprising: a transmitting-side virtual FAX device receiving, from the transmitting-side analog FAX device, information related to a FAX communication to broadcast FAX data to the plurality of receiving-side FAX devices; a generating unit generating an IP (Internet Protocol) multicast packet containing the information related to the FAX communication; and a relay unit transmitting the IP multicast packet to a multicast group in which a plurality of the receiving-side virtual FAX devices for transmitting the FAX data to the plurality of receiving-side analog FAX devices has been participating, wherein the transmitting-side virtual FAX device is connected with the transmitting-side analog FAX device one-to-one, and the plurality of receiving-side virtual FAX devices is respectively connected with the plurality of receiving-side analog FAX devices one-to-one.