Patent ID: 7324223
Filing Date: 2008-01-29
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A network facsimile device for communicating in at least one of a plurality of communication modes for transmitting designated image information to a designated destination, said device comprising: scanner means for scanning a document and outputting document image information; input means for operator input of information identifying a plurality of destination addresses, including for each destination a plurality of address information respectively corresponding to said plurality of communication modes, and for designating one address among said plurality of addresses to which the document image information is to be transmitted; and address information registering means for registering the plurality of address information respectively corresponding to said plurality of communication modes, input by the operator through said input means, for each destination, wherein an operator uses said input means to (i) designate one of the plurality of destinations, (ii) select any one of said plurality of communication modes available for communicating through said network facsimile device with the designated destination, and (iii) then request that the image information be transmitted to the corresponding address of the designated destination through the selected communication mode, wherein one or more of the plurality of address information registered by said address information registering means is assigned a designation, said designation indicating whether the communication mode corresponding to the designated address information is to be inhibited.