Patent ID: 9148527
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A facsimile apparatus, comprising: a first communication unit configured to carry out a VoIP communication in which audio data for a facsimile communication is sent and received over an IP network; a second communication unit configured to carry out a non-VoIP communication in which a facsimile communication is carried out via the IP network without using the audio data; a tone output unit configured to, when the VoIP communication is being carried out by said first communication unit, output a first tone for notifying a user of a communication status of the VoIP communication; and a control unit configured to, when the non-VoIP communication is carried out by said second communication unit, control said tone output unit to output a second tone so as to notify the user of a communication status of the non-VoIP communication.