Patent ID: 6065025
Filing Date: 2000-05-16
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
An information processing apparatus comprising:communication means for communicating information with another apparatus via a communication line;reception means, connected to said communication means, for receiving image information and identification information from the another apparatus;memory means, connected to said reception means, for storing, as a file, the image information every time the image information is received, such that a plurality of files of the image information is stored, the received identification information being used as a file name, wherein the plurality of files of the image information are distinguished from each other by the received image information and another information added thereto;instruction means for instructing a display means to display respective titles of the plurality of files of the image information stored in said memory means; andcontrol means for sending one of the files of the stored image information corresponding to a desired one of the displayed titles to a print means and for controlling said memory means to use an area in which the one of the files of the image information was stored, to store a new file of image information to be subsequently received by said communication means, after the one of the files of the image information is printed by the print means.