Patent ID: 6043903
Filing Date: 2000-03-28
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A facsimile apparatus comprising:a detector which detects a call signal sent from a communication network to which the facsimile apparatus is connected;a receiver which receives an identification unit included in said call signal, said identification unit specifying a caller;a storage device which stores predetermined information;a display which displays the predetermined information;a printer which prints the predetermined information;reception control means which causes said receiver to receive said identification unit in response to a detection of said call signal by said detector;display control means which causes said display to display the received identification unit when said receiver receives said identification unit;first storage control means which causes said storage device to store the received identification unit when said receiver receives said identification unit;determination means which determines whether a response has been made to said call signal after said identification unit is stored in said storage device by said first storage control means;process means which executes a predetermined incoming call process when said determination means determines said call signal as having been answered;second storage control means which additionally stores in said storage device non-answered information indicating that said call signal has not been answered when the determination means determines that no answer has been made to said call signal, in such a manner that said non-answered information corresponds to said identification unit stored in said storage device by said first storage control means; andprint control means which causes said printer to automatically print out at a predetermined timing the identification unit stored in said storage device regardless of whether the call signal including the identification unit has been answered or not, wherein the identification unit included in the non-answered call signal is printed out along with corresponding non-answered information which has been stored in said storage device to correspond to the identification unit.