Patent ID: 7656549
Filing Date: 2010-02-02
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a first judgment part configured to judge whether a transfer function based on transmission subscriber identification data is effective when facsimile data to which transmission subscriber identification data is added is received; a second judgment part configured to judge whether, when the first judgment part judges that the transfer function is effective, at least one box is registered in a table that stores a box to which a number indicating an identification number of a transmission source is assigned as a name and in which transfer setting of the facsimile data is associated therewith and are stored, and a box to which a number indicating a part of an identification number of a transmission source and a specified symbol added to the front or last of the number are assigned as a name and in which transfer setting of the facsimile data is stored; a selection part configured to select one box from the table in a case where the second judgment part judges that the box is registered in the table; a third judgment part configured to judge whether the symbol is included in the name of the box selected by the selection part; a first comparison part configured to compare the identification number of the transmission source as the name of the selected box with a number indicated by the transmission subscriber identification data for all digits when the third judgment part judges that the symbol is not included; a fourth judgment part configured to judge whether the symbol is added to the front or the last of the number assigned as the name to the selected box and indicating the part of the identification signal of the transmission source when the third judgment part judges that the symbol is included; a second comparison part configured to compare the number indicating the part of the identification signal of the transmission source with a last number of the number indicated by the transmission subscriber identification data for same digits as those of the number indicating the part of the identification signal when the fourth judgment part judges that the symbol is added to the front of the number indicating the part of the identification signal of the transmission source; and a transfer part configured to transfer the received facsimile data according to the transfer setting of the selected box in a case where the compared numbers match each other based on a comparison result in the first comparison part or the second comparison part.