Patent ID: 6922255
Filing Date: 2005-07-26
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An internet facsimile device of a receiving party, comprising: first receiving means for receiving by the internet facsimile device via an internet at least one set of electronic mail data attached with an electronic mail title; title reading means for reading the electronic mail title; title displaying means for displaying the electronic mail title that has been received along with the electronic mail data; data selecting means for selecting electronic mail data from the at least one set of the electronic mail data based on the electronic mail title; priority determining means for determining whether or not each one of the at least one set of electronic mail data has a high priority based on a corresponding electronic mail title; and image forming means for forming an image based on electronic mail data selected by the data selecting means, wherein the internet facsimile device displays the received electronic mail title, and wherein the image forming means forms an image based on the electronic mail data which has been determined to have a high priority, whereby the internet facsimile device prints the image formed by the image forming means automatically without any instructions from a user; and notifying means for notifying a user when the image forming means forms an image based on the electronic mail data which has been determined to have a high priority.