Patent ID: 7012705
Filing Date: 2006-03-14
Classification: H04M,H04N

Abstract:
1. A communication apparatus capable of facsimile communication through the Internet by dial-up connection, comprising: an Internet communication execution unit configured to establish a dial-up connection from a station A to an Internet service provider to execute a facsimile communication with a station B having a TCP/IP address through the Internet; a notification unit configured to notify the station B via the PSTN of report information representing that a facsimile has been sent to the station B through the Internet and description information of the facsimile, when the facsimile communication has been executed by said Internet communication execution unit; and a control unit configured to cause said notification unit not to perform notification operation, when the number of pages of the facsimile information to be transmitted from the station A to the station B through the Internet is not more than a predetermined value.