Patent ID: 7065552
Filing Date: 2006-06-20
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A relay communication device for transferring data fed from a requester for relay transmission to a specified destination based on information about a request for relay transmission made up of an identifying character for relay and destination information, said relay communication device comprising: a data memory used to store mail data in E (Electronic)-mail received; a relay identifying character information storing unit used to store an identifying character for relay being registered in advance; a relay identifying character extracting unit to extract said identifying character for relay from said information about a request for relay transmission described in a Subject column in a mail header of said E-mail being stored in said data memory; a relay identifying character judging unit to judge whether or not said identifying character for relay extracted by said relay identifying character extracting unit is stored in said relay identifying character information storing unit; a destination information extracting unit to extract, when said identifying character for relay is judged to be stored in said relay identifying character information storing unit by said relay identifying character judging unit, said destination information described in said Subject column in said mail header of said E-mail; and a relay processing unit to perform relay processing based on said destination information extracted by said destination information extracting unit.