Patent ID: 6437871
Filing Date: 2002-08-20
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A facsimile apparatus comprising:PSTN adaptor means for transmitting and receiving data through general public telephone lines, and LAN adaptor means for transmitting and receiving data through a LAN; data input means for inputting destination data of communication partners; memory means having a plurality of divided one-touch dial memory areas, said memory means for storing the destination data of the communication partners individually in each of said one-touch dial memory areas; scanner means for inputting image data of a document; data compressing means for compressing the image data input by said scanner means; selecting means for selecting said divided one-touch dial memory areas of said memory means for storing the destination data therein and for selecting one or more of said divided one-touch dial memory areas for reading out the destination data therefrom to enable a communication to be sent; first control means for making said memory means store communication means and addresses associated with said partners individually in each of said one-touch dial memory areas by means of said input means; and second control means for, when said selecting means selects plural partners to which a communication is to be sent, (i) determining whether the selected plural partners are registered in said divided one-touch dial memory areas as belonging to a same specific group on said LAN, and (ii) if the selected plural partners are determined in step (i) as belonging to said same group, automatically extracting an IP address of said group from said addresses stored in said divided one-touch dial memory areas, and transmitting the compressed image data to said IP address.