Patent ID: 6020981
Filing Date: 2000-02-01
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A facsimile apparatus comprising:a receiving unit configured to receive, in a first mode, protocol signals corresponding to a facsimile communication protocol and to receive document information transmitted from a facsimile transmitter corresponding to the facsimile communication protocol;a storage unit configured to store said document information and document management information for specifying said document information;an output unit configured to output contents of said document information;a capability identifying unit responsive to a first protocol signal in said protocol signals, and configured to identify whether or not said facsimile transmitter has a capability of transmitting a first demand signal and a second demand signal demanding the stored document information:a mode control unit responsive to said first protocol signal, and configured to shift a control from the first mode for a facsimile communication corresponding to the facsimile communication protocol, to a second mode;said receiving unit configured to receive said first demand signal and said second demand signal which contains said document management information transmitted from said facsimile transmitter under the control of said second mode;a determining unit, responsive to said first demand signal, configured to determine whether or not said document information remains in said storage unit without being output by said output unit under the control of said second mode;a transmitting unit configured to transmit a result of a determination of said determining unit to said facsimile transmitter under the control of said second mode;a searching unit, responsive to said second demand signal, configured to search said document information from said storage unit corresponding to said document management information in said second demand signal under the control of said second mode; anda deleting unit configured to delete said document information which is searched by said searching unit under the control of said second mode.