Patent ID: 6879411
Filing Date: 2005-04-12
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A facsimile system, comprising: a facsimile machine reading image data from an original; a computer transmitting to and receiving from the facsimile machine data of addressee identification information indicative of at least a name of addressee and a facsimile number corresponding to the name of addressee; computer-side storage means provided at a computer side for storing the data of addressee identification information; computer-side referring means provided at the computer side for fetching the data of addressee identification information from the computer-side storage means; computer-side output means for outputting the fetched data of addressee identification information to the facsimile machine in case of facsimile transmission so that the facsimile transmission is executed according to a desired piece of addressee identification information selected from the fetched data of addressee identification information; instruction means provided in the facsimile machine so as to instruct the computer at the facsimile machine side to refer via the computer-side referring means to the data of addressee identification information stored in the computer-side storage means in case of facsimile transmission, the instruction means including: a display that displays the data of addressee identification information fetched by the computer-side referring means in case of facsimile transmission so that the desired piece of addressee identification information is selected at the facsimile machine side.