Patent ID: 8582140
Filing Date: 2013-11-12
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A facsimile apparatus comprising: a receiver, that receives image data according to a facsimile procedure through a telephone network from a sender apparatus; a clock unit, that indicates a current time; a converter, that converts the image data received by said receiver into an image file, generates text data regarding reception result information including at least a reception time based on the current time indicated by said clock unit when the image data is received by said receiver and a telephone number corresponding to the sender apparatus of the received image data, and converts the converted image file and the generated text data, into e-mail data in which the image file is inserted in one part and the text data not including the image file is inserted in another part under MIME format, both of the parts being other than a mail header section; a transmitter, that transmits the e-mail data obtained by said converter to a receiver apparatus that is other than the sender apparatus through a computer network; said transmitter transmits the e-mail data to a destination specified by information received by said receiver; a printer that prints an image based on the image data received by said receiver; and a controller that controls such that the image data received by said receiver is transmitted by said transmitter in a case where the information for specifying the destination is received by said receiver, and the image based on the image data received by said receiver is printed by said printer in a case where the information for specifying the destination is not received by said receiver.