Patent ID: 7822642

Claim:
A network facsimile apparatus comprising: a facsimile communication control part configured to control facsimile communications by said network facsimile apparatus; a communication management storage part configured to store communication management information concerning the facsimile communications controlled by said facsimile communication control part; an electronic mail communication control part configured to control electronic mail transmission and reception by said network facsimile apparatus; a report generation part configured to generate a communication management report utilizing at least some of the communication management information stored in said communication management storage part; a user interface part configured for user input; and a communication management destination registration part that registers a plurality of destinations, and for each registered destination, when a user, through said user interface part, sets reporting timings at which the communication management report is to be transmitted to the registered destination, registers the reporting timings, set by the user through the user interface, for the registered destination, wherein the communication management report is transmitted to a selected destination at a user-set reporting timing registered for the selected destination.