Patent ID: 7031007

Claim:
A facsimile apparatus capable of performing facsimile communications through a computer network, said apparatus comprising: a storage section; an address acquisition section configured to acquire addresses of other parties of the facsimile communications during the facsimile communications; an address storage control section configured to store all of the addresses acquired by the address acquisition section for a given time period in the storage section so as to maintain a communication history; an address designation section configured to selectively designate an address of a desired one of the other parties from the addresses stored in the storage section and to set the designated address as a designated other party address; wherein the storage section comprises a recipient-address area and an originator-address area; and wherein when the other party of one of the facsimile communications is a recipient of the facsimile communication, the address of the other party is stored in the recipient-address area, and when the other party of one of the facsimile communications is an originator of the facsimile communication, the address of the other party is stored in the originator-address area.