Patent ID: 8295460

Claim:
A communication apparatus comprising: an obtaining unit configured to obtain a caller identification information through a caller identification via a communication line when an incoming call is received from a caller; an image data receiving unit configured to receive an image data transmitted from the caller via the communication line; an extracting unit configured to extract caller information from the image data to specify the caller; and a first display control unit configured to display the caller information on a display screen when the obtaining unit does not obtain the caller identification information at the incoming call, wherein the caller information is embedded in a head region of each page data contained in the image data, wherein the extracting unit includes: a judging unit configured to read data from a head of the page data and judge whether a non-blank portion exists from the head to a first predetermined length in a read direction; and a cutting unit configured to, if the non-blank portion exists, cut a region of a second predetermined length in the read direction from a position of the non-blank portion, and wherein picture data related to the region of the predetermined length that is cut from the page data by the cutting unit is defined as the caller information.