Patent ID: 8451481
Filing Date: 2013-05-28
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A facsimile apparatus comprising: an acquisition unit that acquires a transmission source number and a reception number of a facsimile reception document; a first registration unit that: a reception unit that receives the facsimile reception document, wherein the transmission source number is either sent from a transmission source of the facsimile reception document, or included in the facsimile reception document, wherein the use restriction information is assigned to the facsimile reception document, and wherein the facsimile apparatus further comprises: an output unit that adds identification information of the facsimile reception document in the second storage unit to a document image of the facsimile reception document and outputs the document image with the identification information; and a preventing unit that prevents the output unit from outputting the document image until the use restriction information is assigned to the facsimile reception document.