Patent ID: 6499055
Filing Date: 2002-12-24
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
A communication apparatus for making a dial-up connection to the Internet via a network to provide a client with e-mail and to enable viewing of World-Wide Web pages on the Internet, said apparatus comprising:interface means for connecting a plurality of clients; dial-up connection means for making a dial-up connection to the Internet; detection means for detecting a priority of e-mail; and e-mail processing means for, in a case where the priority of the e-mail is a high priority, making a dial-up connection to transmit the e-mail immediately, and, in a case where the priority of the e-mail is not a high priority, storing the e-mail until a dial-up connection is made by said dial-up connection means, not for transmitting the e-mail, and transmitting the stored e-mail and receiving e-mail when a dial-up connection has been made.