Patent ID: 6587219
Filing Date: 2003-07-01
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
An Internet facsimile apparatus connected to the Internet in which e-mail data is transmitted to another Internet facsimile apparatus via the Internet, the other Internet facsimile apparatus serving as a relay apparatus capable of relaying the received e-mail data to a final destination not connected to the Internet, and a server apparatus having a table storing e-mail addresses and an image processing capability of one or a plurality of the relay apparatuses which is associated with at least a facsimile number of the final destination, at least one of the relay apparatuses being in charge of the final destination, the server apparatus being connected to the Internet, the Internet facsimile apparatus comprising:a scanner that scans an original to generate image information; a mail processor that receives and transmits the e-mail data via the Internet; a controller that controls said scanner and said mail processor; and an operation section, having a plurality of operation buttons, for sending an instruction to said controller to transmit the image information and to receive an input of an e-mail address of the final destination from the server apparatus via the Internet; wherein, when said controller receives an instruction for transmitting the image information sent by said operation section, said controller obtains an e-mail address and the image processing capability of a relay apparatus in charge of the final destination from the server apparatus via the Internet, the image information is converted to e-mail data, and the mail processor transmits the e-mail data to the final destination via the relay apparatus.