Patent ID: 9020112
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A communication apparatus comprising: a first communication portion configured to communicate with a sub-communication apparatus; a second communication portion configured to transmit and receive data to and from a data processing apparatus; a third communication portion configured communicate with an external communication apparatus via a telephone line; a communication controlling portion configured to control the third communication portion to establish communication between the communication apparatus and the external communication apparatus via the telephone line when the communication apparatus has received a connecting command from the sub-communication apparatus via the first communication portion and disconnect the communication between the communication apparatus and the external communication apparatus when the communication apparatus has received a disconnecting command from the sub-communication apparatus via the first communication portion; a destination-telephone-number receiving section configured to receive a destination telephone number of the external communication apparatus from the sub-communication apparatus via the first communication portion; a transmitting request receiving section configured to receive a transmitting request command from the sub-communication apparatus in a state in which the communication between the communication apparatus and the external communication apparatus has been established, via the telephone line, in response to the connecting command, the transmitting request command being a command for requesting the communication apparatus to transmit the data to the external communication apparatus; a request section configured to, in response to receipt of the transmitting request command, transmit the received destination telephone number and a request, to the data processing apparatus via the second communication portion to transmit to the communication apparatus associated data, which is associated with the received destination telephone number; a receiving section configured to receive the associated data transmitted from the data processing apparatus via the second communication portion in response to the request from the request section; and a transmitting section configured to transmit the associated data received by the receiving section to the external communication apparatus by the third communication portion via the telephone line in a state in which the established communication between the communication apparatus and the external communication apparatus via the telephone line is maintained, wherein the data processing apparatus comprises: