Patent ID: 7421473
Filing Date: 2008-09-02
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of image communications with E-mail, comprising the steps of: receiving E-mail that includes image and a request for a receipt acknowledgement, said E-mail being sent from a mail sender; decoding said image included in said E-mail; creating a return mail for acknowledging a receipt of said electronic mail, wherein said return mail includes information indicating successful or unsuccessful transmission of said E-mail; attaching a predetermined page of said image to said return mail if the transmission of the E-mail is successful, and attaching the original E-mail in its entirety to the return mail if the transmission of the E-mail is unsuccessful, wherein said predetermined page of said image attached to said return mail corresponds to a designated page, a page number of said designated page being designated by said request included in said E-mail; and transmitting said return mail back to said mail sender as a response to said request.