Patent ID: 6134305
Filing Date: 2000-10-17
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An information processing apparatus for transmitting information to a receiving apparatus comprising:input means for inputting character information;checking means for outputting and transmitting an identification signal via a network to the receiving apparatus, said checking means determining from the receiving apparatus whether or not the receiving apparatus is able to receive character information from said input means;changing means, connected to said checking means and responsive to said determination that the receiving apparatus is unable to receive the character information by said checking means, for changing a form of the information to a form that said receiving apparatus is able to receive in the event that the information is of a form other than that which the receiving apparatus is able to receive, said changing means reading out character image data from a memory for storing character image data corresponding to the character information to change a form of the information;converting means for converting the character image data into facsimile compatible data; andtransmitting means for transmitting the facsimile compatible or the character information via the network.